or his deputies shall have free access at all reasonable hours to all buildings embraced herein, and the prosecuting attorney in each county of the State shall render all necessary legal assistance as may be required by said chief inspector in enforcing this act. CHAPTER 246.-Inspection of steam boilers. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation Equipment. owning or using or causing to be used any steam boiler for generating steam to be applied to machinery in all industrial institutions subject to inspection by the department of inspection, shall [sic] provide them with a full complement of gauge cocks, some visible means of indicating the water level, one steam gauge, one fusible plug properly inserted, one safety valve, all to be kept in good working order (the area of said valve, if known as a pop valve, shall be in the ratio of one square inch of area to three square feet of grate surface), a lever and ball safety valve in the ratio of one square inch of area to two square feet of grate surface: Provided, That fusible plugs shall be required only in boilers having crown sheets. SEC. 2. The owner, agent, manager, or lessee of any boiler or boilers Inspection. described in section 1 of this act, of 10 or more horsepower, shall cause such boiler or boilers to be inspected, internally, once in six - by a practical boiler maker of not less than five years' experi a practical steam engineer who has had not less than ten years' Every boiler house in which a boiler, or nest, or battery of Steam gauges, or more than forty feet distant from the gauge or near- he prosecuting attorney of any county of this State is Enforcement. all be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to Penalty. Outside fire escapes. Duty of inspector. Violations. Enforcement. the department of inspection of the State shall be prima facie evidence of a compliance with such requirements. SEC. 2. In addition to the foregoing means of escape from fire, all such buildings as are enumerated in section 1 of this act, as are more than two stories in height, shall have one or more fire escapes on the outside of said buildings, as may be directed by the chief inspector aforesaid, except in such cases as the said chief inspector may deem such fire escapes to be unnecessary in consequence of adequate provision having been already made for safety in event of fire, and in such cases of exemption the said chief inspector shall give the owner, lessee or occupant of said building a written certificate to that effect and his reason therefor, and such fire escapes as are provided for in this section shall be constructed according to specifications issued or approved by the department of inspection and shall be connected with each floor above the first, well fastened and secured, and of sufficient strength; each of which fire escapes shall have landings or balconies guarded by iron railings not less than three feet in height, and embracing one or more windows at each story, and connecting with the interior by easily accessible and unobstructed openings; and the balconies or landings shall be connected by iron stairs, placed at a slant of not more than forty-five degrees, protected by a well secured hand rail on both sides, with a twelve-inch wide drop ladder from the lower platform, reaching to the ground, except in cases of school buildings, iron stairs shall extend to a ground landing, and no telegraph, telephone, electric light poles or wires, signs or other obstructions shall interfere with the construction and use of any fire escape. SEC. 3. Any other plan or style of fire escape shall be sufficient if approved by the chief inspector, but if not so approved the chief inspector may notify the owner, proprietor or lessee of such establishment or of the building in which such establishment is conducted, or the agent or superintendent, or school officer, or either of them, in writing, that any such plan or style of fire escape is not sufficient, and may, by an order in writing, served in like manner, require one or more fire escapes, as he shall deem necessary and sufficient, to be provided for such establishment at such location and [of] such plan and style as shall be specified in such written order. Within twenty days after the service of such order the number of fire escapes required in such order for such establishment shall be provided therefor, each of which shall be of the plan and style in accordance with the specifications in said order required. The windows or doors to each fire escape shall be of sufficient size and be located, as far as possible, consistent with accessibility from the stairways and elevator hatchways or openings, and the ladder thereof shall extend to the roof. Stationary stairs or ladders shall be provided on the inside of such establishment from the upper story to the roof, as a means of escape in case of fire. SEC. 6. The owner or owners of any building designated in this act, whether individual, firm or corporation, or the lessee or occupant thereof, or any school officer having charge of public property, who neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this act, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, and be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two months; and in case of fire occurring in said building or buildings in the absence of such fire escape or escapes, the said person or persons, or corporation or public officials shall be liable in an action for damages with a penalty of five thousand dollars for the life of each person killed, in case of death, or for damages for personal injuries sustained in consequence of such fire breaking out in said building, and shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than twelve months in the county jail; and such action for damages may be maintained by any person now authorized by law to sue as in other cases of similar injuries: Provided, That nothing in this act shall interfere with fire escapes now in use approved by the chief inspector. SEC. 7. The chief inspector of the department of inspection of the State is hereby charged with the enforcement of this act, and shall see that its provisions are observed and enforced, and for this purpose he or his deputies shall have free access at all reasonable hours to all buildings embraced herein, and the prosecuting attorney in each county of the State shall render all necessary legal assistance as may be required by said chief inspector in enforcing this act. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation Equipment. owning or using or causing to be used any steam boiler for generating steam to be applied to machinery in all industrial institutions subject to inspection by the department of inspection, shall [sic] provide them with a full complement of gauge cocks, some visible means of indicating the water level, one steam gauge, one fusible plug properly inserted, one safety valve, all to be kept in good working order (the area of said valve, if known as a pop valve, shall be in the ratio of one square inch of area to three square feet of grate surface), a lever and ball safety valve in the ratio of one square inch of area to two square feet of grate surface: Provided, That fusible plugs shall be required only in boilers having crown sheets. SEC. 2. The owner, agent, manager, or lessee of any boiler or boilers Inspection. described in section 1 of this act, of 10 or more horsepower, shall cause such boiler or boilers to be inspected, internally, once in six months by a practical boiler maker of not less than five years' experience; or a practical steam engineer who has had not less than ten years' experience with steam boilers carrying not less than seventy (70) pounds pressure per square inch; or by a boiler inspector of any company doing business under the laws of the State, who shall furnish to the owner, agent, or lessee of such boiler a certificate of inspection stating the kind and showing the condition of said boiler, the connections, and maximum pressure to be carried by said boiler; such certificate to be retained in the office of said establishment and to be shown to the chief inspector of the department of inspection or his deputy when required. SEC. 3. Every boiler house in which a boiler, or nest, or battery of boilers is placed shall be provided with a steam gauge or gauges, properly connected with the boilers, and where the engine is in a separate room, or more than forty feet distant from the gauge or nearest boiler, shall have another gauge attached to the steam pipe, so the engineer can readily ascertain the pressure carried. The safety valves of steam boilers subject to inspection under this act shall be loaded to sustain only the maximum pressure allowed by said certificate of inspection. SEC. 4. The prosecuting attorney of any county of this State is hereby required upon request of the chief inspector of the department of inspection, his deputy or any other person of full age, to commence and prosecute to a termination before any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the State, actions or proceedings against any person, firm, or corporation reported to him to have violated the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to knowingly operate any aforesaid boilers except as provided for in this act, and for the violation of section 1 or 3 a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be assessed for each offense. Each day such violation or violations continue shall constitute a separate offense. Any person, firm or corporation knowingly failing to comply with section 2 of this act, or any order issued by the department of inspection in accordance therewith, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). IOWA. CODE OF 1897 AND SUPPLEMENT OF 1902. Bureau of labor statistics. SECTION 2469 (as amended by chapter 102, Acts of 1906). The bureau of labor statistics shall be under the control of a commissioner, biennially appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent Steam gauges, etc. Enforcement. Penalty. Commissioner. Duties. Witnesses. May enter premises. of the executive council, whose term of office shall commence on the first day of April in each odd-numbered year and continue for two years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He may be removed for cause by the governor, with the advice of the executive council, record thereof being made in his office; any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. He shall give bonds in the sum of two thousand dollars with sureties to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and take the oath prescribed by law. He shall have an office in the capitol, safely keep all records, papers, documents, correspondence, and other property pertaining to or coming into his hands by virtue of his office, and deliver the same to his successor, except as hereinafter provided. * * * * * * SEC. 2470 (as amended by chapter 102, Acts of 1906). The duties of said commissioner shall be to collect, assort, systematize and present in biennial reports to the governor statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the State, especially in its relations to the commercial, social, educational and sanitary conditions of the laboring classes, the means of escape from, and the protection of life and health in factories, the employment of children, the number of hours of labor exacted from them and from women, and to the permanent prosperity of the mechanical, manufacturing and productive industries of the State; and he shall, as fully as practicable, collect such information and reliable reports from each county in the State, the amount and condition of the mechanical and manufacturing interests, the value and location of the various manufacturing and coal productions of the State, and in said biennial report he shall give a statement of the business of the bureau since the last regular report, and shall compile and publish therein such information as may be considered of value to the industrial interests of the State, the number of laborers and mechanics employed, the number of apprentices in each trade, with the nativity of such laborers, mechanics' and apprentices' wages earned, the savings from the same, with age and sex of laborers employed, the number and character of accidents, the sanitary condition of institutions where labor is employed, the restrictions, if any, which are put upon apprentices when indentured, the proportion of married laborers and mechanics who live in rented houses, with the average annual rental, and the value of property owned by laborers and mechanics; and he shall include in such report what progress has been made with schools now in operation for the instruction of students in the mechanic arts, and what systems have been found most practical, with details thereof. Such report shall not contain more than six hundred printed pages, and shall be of the number, and distributed in the manner, provided by law. He shall make a report to the governor during the year 1906, and biennially thereafter. * * * SEC. 2471. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics shall have the power to issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to the duties herein required by said bureau, said testimony to be taken in some suitable place in the vicinity to which testimony is applicable. Witnesses subpoenaed and testifying before the commissioner of the bureau shall be paid the same fees as witnesses before a justice's court, such payment to be made out of the general funds of the State on voucher by the commissioner, but such expense for witnesses shall not exceed one hundred dollars annually. Any person duly subpoenaed under the provisions of this section, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to attend or testify at the time and place named in the subpoena, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days: Provided, however, That no witness shall be compelled to go outside the county in which he resides to testify. SEC. 2472. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics shall have the power, upon the complaint of two or more persons, or upon his failure to otherwise obtain information in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to enter any factory or mill, workshop, mine, store, business house, public or private work, when the same is open or in operation, upon a request being made in writing, for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics such as are contemplated by this chapter, and to examine into the methods of protection from danger to em- Inspection. ployees, and the sanitary conditions in and around such buildings and places, and make a record thereof. If the commissioner shall learn of any violation of, or neglect to comply with the law in respect to the employment of children, or in respect to fire escapes, or the safety of employees, or for the preservation of health, he shall give written notice to the owner or person in charge of such factory or building, of such offense or neglect, and if the same is not remedied within sixty days Notice. after service of such notice, such officer shall give the county attorney of the county in which such factory or building is situated, written notice of the facts, whereupon that officer shall immediately institute the proper proceedings against the person guilty of such offense or neglect. And any owner or occupant of such factory or mill, workshop, mine, Hindering emstore, business house, public or private work, or any agent or employee ployees of buof such owner or occupant, who shall refuse to allow any officer or employee of said bureau to so enter, or who shall hinder him, or in any way deter him from collecting information, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred Penalty. dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. reau. SEC. 2473. The expressions "factory," "mill," "workshop," "mine," Definitions. "store, "business house," and "public or private work," as used in this chapter, shall be construed to mean any factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, business house, public or private work, where five or more wage-earners are employed for a certain stipulated compensation. SEC. 2474. It shall be the duty of every owner, operator or manager of Reports to every factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, business house, public or bureau. private work, or any other establishment where labor is employed as herein provided, to make to the bureau, upon blanks furnished by said bureau, such reports and returns as said bureau may require for the purpose of compiling such labor statistics as are contemplated in this chapter; and the owner, operator or business manager shall make such reports or returns within sixty days from the receipt of blanks furnished by the commissioner, and shall certify under oath to the correctness of the same. Any owner, operator or manager of such factory, mill, workshop, mine, store, business house, public or private work, as herein stated, who shall neglect or refuse to furnish to the commissioner of labor such reports or returns as may be required by the following blank, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and cost of prosecution, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. BLANK. Name of firm or corporation?. Number of hands employed or decrease of business during past year?.... What means are pro- water-closets and wash rooms provided for the different sexes?. on short time or with reduced force?.. past year business was suspended?. year ending December thirty-first?. Alleged cause?...... Result?.. Number of weeks during How many days did strike continue, and what was loss of wages in consequence thereof?..... Was any property destroyed, and, if so, its value?. |