SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent of a free employment office
to immediately put himself in communication with the principal manufacturers, mer-
chants, and other employers of labor, and to use all diligence in securing the coopera-
tion of the said employers of labor for the purposes and objects of said employment
offices. To this end it shall be competent for such superintendents to advertise in the
columns of newspapers or other medium for such situations as he has applicants to fill,
and he may advertise in a general way for the cooperation of large contractors and em-
ployers in such trade journals or special publications as reach such employers, whether
such trade or special journals are published within the State of Colorado or not.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent to make report to the said
bureau of labor statistics annually, not later than December 1 of each year, concerning
the work of his office for the year, together with a statement of the expense of the same,
including the charges of an interpreter when necessary, and such report shall be pub-
lished by the said bureau of labor statistics with its biennial report. Each such su-
perintendent shall also perform such other duties in the collection of statistics of labor
as the deputy commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics may require.

SEC. 7. No fee or compensation shall be charged or received, directly or indirectly,
from persons applying for employment or help through said free employment offices
and any superintendent, assistant superintendent or clerk, who shall accept, directly
or indirectly, any fee or compensation from any applicant, or from his or her represen-
tative, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not
less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars, or imprisoned in
the county jail not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment at
the discretion of the court.

SEC. 8. The term "applicant for employment," as used in this act, shall be con-
strued to mean any person seeking work of any lawful character, and "applicant for
help" shall mean any person or persons seeking help in any ligitimate [legitimate]
enterprise; and nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the meaning of the term
"work" to manual occupation, but it shall include professional services and all other
ligitimate [legitimate] services.

SEC. 9. All money or moneys received from fees and fines by the said deputy com-
missioner of labor shall constitute a fund for the purposes of enforcing the provisions
of this act, and the said commissioner shall, at the end of each fiscal year, make an
account of said fund and pay into the State treasury whatever balance shall remain
after paying the necessary disbursements for the purpose of enforcing the provisions

of this act.

SEC. 10. All printing, blanks, blank books, stationery, postage, and such other sup-
plies as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the offices herein
created, shall be furnished by the secretary of state upon requisition for the same by
the superintendents of the several offices.

SEC. 11. All expenses attendant upon the conducting of the several offices herein
named shall be paid by this State: Provided, Such expense shall not exceed the sum
of two thousand ($2,000) dollars in any one year; and the State auditor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant on the State treasurer for the same.
Approved April 5, 1907.

CHAPTER 208.-Accidents on railroads.

SECTION 27. Every common carrier shall, whenever an accident attended by loss
of human life shall occur within this State on its line of road or on its ground or in its
yards, give immediate notice thereof to the [State railroad] commission.

In the event of any such accident, the commission, if it shall deem the public inter-
ests to require it, shall cause a suitable investigation to be made forthwith, and shall
give reasonable notice thereof to the persons and common carriers primarily interested.
The expenses of such investigation shall be certified by a majority of the commission
and shall be audited and paid by the State in the same manner as other expenses are
audited and paid.

The commission shall be empowered to make and enforce such rules as, in their
judgment, will tend to prevent accidents in the operation of the railroads of this State.
Approved March 22, 1907.

CHAPTER 240.-Assignments of wages-Recording, etc.

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act, no assignment of wages not already
earned at the time of such assignment, and no assignment of any other sum to become
due to the assignor shall be valid as against any creditor of the assignor who has not
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the same be recorded with the recorder of the county wherein such wages are to be earned or such sums are to become due, within five days from date thereof.

SEC. 2. No assignment of wages not already earned at the time of such assignment and no assignment of any sum to become due the assignor after the date of such assignment shall be valid, unless, if the assignor be a married man or woman and residing with a wife or husband, such wife or husband shall join in and shall sign such assignment.

SEC. 3. When any person or persons, association or corporation shall hereafter have been served with garnishee summons in any action, and shall have answered such garnishee summons, and when such answer shall have been traversed, and a trial of the issues thereof shall be had, and such garnishee as aforesaid, shall set forth in its answer, or by way of evidence any assignment of wages, or other sums to be earned or to become due after the date of such assignment, such assignment shall be held invalid and of no effect, as against the party in whose favor such process was issued, unless the garnishee shall show in addition that actual notice of such assignment was served upon the party in whose favor such garnishee process was issued at the date thereof, or that a copy of such assignment was duly recorded, as provided by section 1 of this act.

SEC. 4. The several county clerks and recorders in their respective counties shall receive the sum of fifty cents (.50) for recording each of such assignments. Approved April 17, 1907.

CHAPTER 241.-Assignment of wages-Wage brokers.

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act no person, company, corporation, or association, shall establish or conduct the business of wage broker within the State of Colorado, unless such person, company, corporation or association shall have first procured a license from the proper authorities as hereinafter provided, and shall have executed a bond in such sum as said authorities may require for the faithful carrying out of the provisions of this act, and of the ordinances of any town or city in which such business may be carried on.

SEC. 2. The board of county commissioners of any county in this State, or, in case said business be carried on in any incorporated city or town, the city council or board of trustees of said city or town, may in their discretion from time to time grant licenses to any person or persons, company, corporation, or association to conduct or carry on the business of wage broker upon payment of such sum therefor and upon such terms and conditions as the said board of county commissioners or city council or board of trustees shall by resolution or ordinance require.

SEC. 3. Any person, company, corporation or association loaning money directly or indirectly to any employee or wage-earner upon the security of or in consideration of any assignment of the wages or salary of such employee or wage-earner, shall be defined and held to be a wage broker and subject to the provisions of this act.

SEC. 4. No assignment of his or her wages or salary by any employee or wage-earner to any wage broker or any other person for his benefit shall be valid or enforceable, nor shall any employer or debtor recognize or honor such assignment for any purpose whatever, unless it be for a fixed and definite part of the wages or salary earned or to be earned during a period not exceeding thirty days immediately following the date of the assignment. Any assignment which shall be postdated or dated on any other date than that of its actual execution shall be void and of no effect for any purpose whatever.

SEC. 5. No wage broker shall ask, demand or receive, either as compensation or interest, or in any other manner directly or indirectly, any compensation or interest for the use of money advanced or loaned by him to any employee or wage-earner in excess of two per cent per month, and said compensation or rate of interest shall be computed upon the amount actually advanced to and received by the borrower and shall include all commissions or compensation whatsoever to the wage broker or any other person for making or procuring said loan.

SEC. 6. No assignment of his wages or salary by a married man, who shall be the head of a family residing in this State, shall be valid or enforceable without the consent of his wife, evidenced by her signature to said assignment executed and acknowledged before a notary public or other officer empowered to take acknowledgements [acknowledgments] of conveyances, and no wage broker or person connected with him directly or indirectly shall be authorized to take any such acknowledgment.

SEC. 7. No wage broker shall make any loan to any minor, nor shall any assignment of wages or salary by any minor be valid and enforceable. Nothing in this act shall be construed as applying to brokers already doing business in cities of more than 25,000 inhabitants.

SEC. 8. No assignment of wages or salary shall be valid or enforceable unless notice in writing of the same accompanied by a copy of the assignment, shall be given to the employer or debtor within ten days from the date of its execution.

SEC. 9. Every purchase of a wage broker of an assignment of the wages or salary of any employee or wage-earner shall be held and considered to be a loan, in the sum and of the amount, actually paid to and received by such employee or wage-earner and shall be subject to all the provisions of this act.

SEC. 10. Any person, company, corporation or association, or the officers, members, agents or employees thereof, violating any or either of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine in the sum of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, or to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days, or both.

SEC. 11. Any note, bill or other evidence of indebtedness and any assignment of wages or salary given to or received by any wage broker or any other person in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be null and void and of no effect; and, upon conviction, any and all moneys advanced or loaned by said wage broker in violation of any of the provisions of this act and all interest thereon shall be forfeited. Approved April 3, 1907.

CONNECTICUT.

ACTS OF 1907.

CHAPTER 113.-Labor organizations-Registration of insignia,

SECTION 1. The insignia, flag, ribbon, badge, rosette, seal, button, or emblem of any society, association, labor union, or incorporated club may be filed and registered in the office of the secretary of the State, in the manner and subject to the provisions of section 4909 of the General Statutes so far as the same are applicable, and the secretary of the State may make regulations and prescribe forms for such registration.

SEC. 2. Whoever, not being a member of a society, association, labor union, or incorporated club, for the purpose of representing that he is a member thereof, willfully wears, displays, or uses the insignia, flag, ribbon, badge, rosette, seal, button, or emblem thereof, if the same has been registered in the office of the secretary of the State as provided by section one of this act, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

Approved, June 4, 1907.

CHAPTER 151.-Trade-marks of trade unions.

SECTION 1. Section 4907 of the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: Whenever any person, or any association or union of workingmen, has heretofore adopted or used, or shall hereafter adopt or use, any label, trade-mark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement for the purpose of designating, making known, or distinguishing any goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor as having been made, manufactured, produced, prepared, packed, worked upon, or put on sale by such person or association or union of workingmen, or by a member or members of such association or union, and shall have recorded such label, trade-mark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement as hereinafter provided in section three of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to counterfeit or imitate such label, trade-mark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement, or to use, sell, offer for sale, or in any way utter or circulate, any counterfeit or imitation of such label, trade-mark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement. Every person willfully and knowingly violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than three months nor more than one year, or both.

SEC. 2. Section 4908 of the General Statutes is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. Section 4909 of the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: Every such person, association, or union that has adopted or shall adopt a label, trademark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement, as aforesaid, may file the same for record in the office of the secretary of the State by leaving two copies, counterparts, or facsimiles thereof, with the secretary of the State. Said secretary shall deliver to such person, association, or union so filing the same a duly attested certificate of the record of the same. Such certificate of record, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall, in all suits and prosecutions under sections 4907, 4910, and 4911 as amended, and section 4912, be sufficient proof of the adoption of such label, trade-mark, term, design,

device, or form of advertisement, and of the right of said person, association, or union to adopt the same. No label shall be recorded that would probably be mistaken for a label already of record.

SEC. 4. All records or certificates of the record of labels, trade-marks, terms, designs, devices, or forms of advertisement which may, prior to the passage of this act, have been made or delivered in compliance with, or in attempted compliance with, sections 4907 and 4909 of the General Statutes, are hereby validated and shall have the same force and effect as if made or delivered under and pursuant to the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. Section 4910 of the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: Every such person, association, or union adopting a label, trade-mark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement, as aforesaid, and having duly recorded the same as herein before provided, may enjoin the manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeit or imitation thereof, or the sale of goods bearing any counterfeit or imitation thereof, either in its identical form, or in such near resemblance thereto as is calculated or liable to deceive; and all courts having jurisdiction thereof shall grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display, or sale, and shall award the complainant in such suit, such damages, resulting from such wrongful manufacture, use, display, or sale, as may by said court be deemed just and reasonable, and shall require the defendants to pay to such person, association, or union the profits derived from such wrongful manufacture, use, display, or sale; and such court shall also order that all such counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of any defendant in such case be delivered to an officer of the court or to the complainant to be destroyed.

SEC. 6. Section 4911 of the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: Every person who shall use or display the genuine label, trade-mark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement of any such person, association, or union, which shall have been duly recorded as herein before provided, in any manner not authorized by such person, union, or association, knowing that such use or display is not so authorized, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than three months nor more than one year, or both. In all cases where such association or union is not incorporated, suits under sections 4907 and 4910 as amended, section 4912, and this section may be commenced and prosecuted by any officer or member of such association or union, in behalf of and for the use of such association or union.

Approved, June 21, 1907.

CHAPTER 152.-Protection of employees on buildings.

SECTION 1. Every person employing another to perform labor of any kind in erecting, repairing, altering, or painting any building or other structure who shall provide or furnish, or cause to be provided or furnished, for the performance of such labor, any swinging scaffolding or staging to be used on the exterior of such building or other structure at a greater height than thirty-five feet from the ground, shall, except as hereinafter provided, equip such scaffolding or staging with a guard rail of some suitable material attached to such scaffolding or staging at a height not less than thirty-four inches above the flooring thereof, such rail to be properly secured and braced, and to extend along the entire length of the outside of such scaffolding or staging: Provided, That such requirement shall not apply to any scaffolding or staging exclusively used for the purpose of riveting, or to any scaffolding or staging less than four feet in length.

SEC. 2. Any contractor or owner, when constructing, in any city, a building, the plans and specifications for which require the floors to be arched between the beams thereof, or where the floors or filling in between the floors are of fireproof material or brickwork, shall complete such flooring or filling in, as the building progresses, to within not more than three tiers of beams below that on which the ironwork is being erected, or shall cover with planks not less than two inches in thickness such portion of each alternate tier of floor beams as may be reasonably necessary to give protection to those employed in the erection of such building. If the plans and specifications of such building do not require filling in between the beams of floors with brick or other fireproof material, all contractors for carpenter work in the course of construction shall lay the under flooring thereof on each story, as the building progresses, to within not more than two stories below that to which such building has been erected. Except in such buildings as are not to be lathed and plastered a temporary flooring at least eight feet wide, and protected on the outer edge by a plank at least eight inches high shall be laid, as the building progresses, around the inner side of the outer walls thereof on the floor below that to which such building has been erected. If the floor beams are of iron or steel, the contractors for the iron and steel work of

any building in the course of construction, or the owners of such building, shall cover with planks not less than two inches in thickness that portion of the tier of iron or steel beams on which the structural iron or steel work is being erected. The flooring, planking, or filling in, as required by this section, shall not include such spaces as may reasonably be required for the proper construction of any such building, and for the raising and lowering of material to be used in such construction, or such spaces as may be designated by the plans or specifications for stairways and elevator shafts. In buildings more than three stories in height, all such spaces other than those used for elevating or hoisting purposes shall be protected, on each story, by a guard rail at a height of three and one-half feet, and by a board at least eight inches high close to the floor. All spaces in such buildings used for elevating or hoisting purposes shall be protected at the ends thereof, if such ends are more than three feet in width, by some suitable barrier not less than five feet high, and the sides of such spaces on any story upon which the delivery of material has ceased shall be provided with a movable wooden bar at least two inches by four inches in section and of sufficient length to extend across such opening at a height of three and onehalf feet above the floor. When such bar has been provided, neither the contractor nor the owner shall be held responsible for any injury or damage resulting from the failure on the part of workmen, employees, or others to use said protection.

SEC. 3. The chief officer of any city charged with the enforcement of the building laws of such city is hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Approved, June 21, 1907.

CHAPTER 189.-Sunday labor-Observance of Saturday.

SECTION 1. No person who conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath, and actually refrains from secular business and labor on that day, or who conscientiously believes that the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at sundown on Saturday night, and actually refrains from secular business and labor during said period, and who has filed written notice of such belief with the prosecuting attorney of the court having jurisdiction, shall be liable to prosecution for performing secular business and labor on Sunday, provided he disturbs no other person who is attending public worship. SEC. 2. Section 1372 of the General Statutes is hereby repealed.

Approved, June 29, 1907.

CHAPTER 241.-Factory inspectors-Female deputy.

SECTION 1. The factory inspector shall, in addition to the deputy factory inspectors provided for by chapter 97 of the Public Acts of 1903, appoint, from time to time, on the recommendation of an advisory commission of three women appointed by the governor for that purpose as specified in section five of this act, a female deputy factory inspector, who shall hold office until her successor is appointed and qualified, unless removed by said factory inspector for cause. Said female deputy factory inspector shall receive the compensation for services and expenses provided by section three of chapter 97 of the Public Acts of 1903 as amended by this act.

SEC. 2. Said female deputy factory inspector shall inquire into the enforcement of the laws regulating the employment of women and girls in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, investigate the conditions relating to the health and welfare of women and girls employed in such establishments, and report thereon to the factory inspector: Provided, however, That she shall have no power or authority over and no duty concerning any machinery, appliances, or fixtures except sanitary fixtures.

SEC. 3. Said female deputy factory inspector shall have the same power and authority as the factory inspector, except as to machinery, appliances, and fixtures, subject to his approval, and shall serve under the direction of said factory inspector in all respects as other deputy inspectors.

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SEC. 4. Section three of chapter 97 of the Public Acts of 1903 is hereby amended * so that said section as amended shall read as follows: The inspector may from time to time appoint deputies to assist him in the performance of his duties. Such deputies shall have the same power and authority as the inspector, subject to his approval. Each of said deputies shall receive a compensation of five dollars per day for actual services, and his or her necessary expenses incident to the performance of the duties of his or her office. The total amount expended under this section shall not exceed in any one year nine thousand dollars, which shall be paid upon proper vouchers by the deputies, signed by the inspector.