Report of the Special Committee Appointed by the House of Representatives of 1913 to Investigate the Conditions Under Which Women and Children Labor i

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1914 Excerpt: ... DISSENTING REPORT. Mr. Tufts dissents from so much of the report of the committee as recommends that the fifty-four hour law be extended to stenographers, bookkeepers and persons in similar clerical positions. Messrs. Hays, Sullivan and Mitchell dissent from so much of the report as recommends that women and children employed in mercantile establishments may be allowed to work twelve hours on Saturday under certain conditions, and that the limitation of the hours of labor of women and children employed in more than one establishment be ten hours per day rather than fifty-four hours per week. SUPPLEMENT. intendent, or other agent of such person, corporation, or association, who sends any minor in the employ or under the control of any such person, corporation, association, or agent, to the keeper of any house of prostitution, variety theater, or other place of questionable repute, or to any person connected with, or any inmate of, such house, theater, or other place, or who permits such minor to enter such house, theater, or other place, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1905, p. 760.) Sec. 273/ (added by chapter 294, acts of 1907). Any person, whether as parent, guardian, employer, or otherwise, and any firm or corporation, who as employer or otherwise, shall send, direct, or cause to be sent or directed to any saloon, gambling house, house of prostitution, or other immoral place, any minor under the age of eighteen, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Sanitation And Ventilation Op Factories And Workshops. Section 1. Every factory, workshop, mercantile or other establishment, in which five or more persons are employed, shall be kept in a cleanly state and free from the effluvia arising from any drain, privy, or other nuisance, and shall be provided, with...