The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-01

NOTICE.
SPECIAL

SPECIAL
At a meeting of the board OF health.
held on January rs, 1920, the following
rules and regulations were adopted.
Whereas the city OF Richmond in
with other cities of the coun-
try Is now threatened with an epidemic
Of influenza which is recognized as an
infectious and dangerous disease: and
Whereas the employers of the city
have held a meeting in the Chamb of
Commerce land requested the promul-
cation of regulations in regard to the
opening and closing hours for work OF
employees SO as to minimize the risk OF
infection consequent upon the conges-
ton of the public means of travel that
results from requiring the same gen.
eraI hours for beginning and ending
the days labor; now. therefore.
Be it resolved by the board Of health
OF the city of Richmond, and 1t Is
hereby ordered:
/. Tha. the employers of the city of
Richmond are hereby divided into the
following groups and are ordered and
directed to observe the following regu-
lations:
l. Persons. firms and corporations
who are manufacturers or conduct re-
pair shops. including railroad shops
street railway shops, and automobile
and machine shops. shall not require
or permit their employees. as a class or
group. to report for work between
the hours of A. NJ. and 10 A. M on
any work day. nor require or permit
them to end work for the day between
the hours of $50 P. NJ. and $50 p. NJ.
All such persons, firms and corpora
lions who employ at their niaces of
business more than FIVE persons shall,
II their hours for beginning the days
work are between A. NJ. and A. M,
divide their employees as nearly as pos
sible into three classes of equal num-
hers and require one class to report
for work at Z A. M; another at 1880
A. NJ. and the third at A. M. and II
their hours for ending the days work
arc between 4;3e p. NJ. and $50 p. NJ.
they shall require one class to cease
work for the day at $40 T, NJ; another
a : p. NJ; and the third at 80 p. NJ
Employers of this class employing
FIVE employees or less must conform to
the hours of opening and closing pre-
scribed for the class.
2. No wholesale merchant shall re-
ouire or permit his employees. as a
class or group, including office en-
pioyes. to report for work between the
hours of Z A. NJ. and . A. NJ. nor be-
tween the hours Of A. NJ. and 10 A.
NJ. nor shall he require or permit them
to cease work for the day between the
hours OF 400 and $50 p. NJ, but every
such merchant shall require his said
employees to report for work at Q A. NJ.
and to cease work at $40 p. NJ.
3. No retail merchant shall permit or
require his employees. as class or
group, Including office employees to
report for work between the hours OF
Z A. NJ. and ESQ A. NJ. nor to cease
work for the day between the hours
Of 1880 p. NJ. and 6 r. M. nor at $50
r. NJ: but every such merchant shall
require said employees to report for
work az $50 A. NJ and to cease work
for the day at 6 p. NJ.
4. No other business or professional
man shall require or permit his en-
ployes, as a class or group. to repor.
for duty between the hours OF A. NJ
and 10 A. NJ. nor to cease work for the
day between the hours OF $3.50 P. NJ
and sac p. NJ. but shall require said
ernloves to report for work at 10 A. NJ
and to cease work at $50 P. NJ.
III. Any person, arm or corporation
NAV adopt and require another hour
than those hereinbefore designated for
tire beginning and ending OF work by
hts employees provided the hour so
chosen is not one forbidden to him by
these regulations.
III. All business concerns running
twentyfour hours a day and working
employees by shifts shall conform to the
schedule of hours above named to the
e>tent Of 80 arranging the shifts that
no shift shall come on or go of duty or
work during the, hours above specified
for some other group or class thereof
than hts own, and Il such business
concern is in group numbered one %
rsav use any Of the hours dasicnsted
for the classes OF fsrnup l fer a shift.
Nv, These REGULATIONS shall not apply
TO acts done in sudden emergencies
other than of business character nor
In cases of illness and the like
Y. Nothing in these rerula Nons shal'
apply to Wholesale or. retail dealers in
foodstufTs. wholesale and retail drue
stores, banks. trust companies or to
national, state or municipal officers
and employees.
vi. These regulations shall be ebli-
eatory and binding npon all EMPLOYERS
in the city OF Richmond until revoked
or amended by the hoard OF health. and
for any failure n observe the sarne OF
violation thereof the person, firm OF
corporation guilty thereof shall be liza
BILE to hne OF not less than two nor
more than Twenty-Five dollars, recov-
cradle before the police justice OF the
city Of Richmond.
:. At a meeting ~ thie ho,ard az hesith
held on January %. ! $50 the following
rules and regulations were adopted.
Until further notice, paper cups or
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