Bureau of agriculture, labor, and statistics—Labor inspector.

SECTION 33 a. 1. In the bureau of agriculture, labor and statistics Labor inthere shall be appointed by the commissioner, with the approval of the spector. governor, a labor inspector, and one assistant labor inspector, who shall be men having practical knowledge of factories, machine or work shops, and who shall be under the supervision of the commissioner.

2. It shall be the duty of the labor inspector to visit and inspect the various factories, machine and work shops in this State, and under the direction of the commissioner to report to the Commonwealth's attorney and county attorney of the county or district, where such factory, machine or work shop is located, any violation or infraction of laws enacted for the protection of women, children and other persons laboring in such places.

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3. It shall be the duty of every owner, manager and agent of any tory, machine or work shop where laborers are employed, to admit the tories, etc. labor inspectors during reasonable hours and while the same is open, for the purpose of making an inspection of same, and any person who shall refuse to admit such inspectors in violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned in jail not more than six months, or both be so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the jury.

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4. It shall further be the duty of the labor inspector to collect statistics concerning labor wherever and however employed in this State, and re- statistics. port the same to the commissioner at such times as he may direct. shall be the duty of the owner, officers, manager, or agent, of any factory, machine or work shop where laborers are employed, to furnish upon demand of the labor inspectors statistical information concerning the number and sex of laborers employed, the compensation of each, the amount and kind of labor performed by such laborers, and such other reasonable information as may be required by the commissioner: Provided, That Provisos. no person shall be required to furnish the labor inspectors information concerning the private conduct or condition of his affairs, or the affairs of the firm or concern he represents, touching matters not contemplated in the provisions of this act: And provided, further, That no labor inspector for the purpose of gathering statistics, shall interfere or detain from work any laborer while on duty during working hours.

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5. The commissioner shall make a separate report biennially to the Report legislature on or before the second Monday in January, on the subject of labor, and include such recommendations as may be deemed proper, together with an account of the work done by the labor inspectors, and the expenses incurred in by them. The number of copies of such reports shall not be less than one thousand nor more than three thousand, in the discretion of the commissioner.

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7. Neither the labor inspector nor assistant labor inspector shall take Interference any part, interfere, or become involved in any strike or similar labor with strikes, etc. difficulty, other than the performance of his duty as prescribed by law,

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8. The labor inspector and assistant labor inspector shall receive an- Salaries. nual salaries of twelve hundred dollars and one thousand dollars, respectively, and their actual necessary traveling expenses while in the performance of their duties to be paid out of the fund appropriated for the bureau. Said labor inspectors shall make reports of expenses as directed by the commissioner, who shall approve the same when proper and certify same for payment as other expenses of said bureau are now allowed and paid.

9. Nothing in this act shall be construed to conflict with the powers and duties of the State mine inspectors as now prescribed by law. The words factory, machine and work shop, shall not be construed to mean a newspaper or printing office.

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SECTION 1830. All buildings of three or more stories in height, in every city of more than ten thousand inhabitants as enumerated by the last United States census, excepting private residences and store and ware houses in which not more than twenty persons are employed, shall be provided with one or more permanent metallic ladders or fireescapes, extending from the first story to the upper stories of such building, and above the roof and on the outer walls thereof, in such location, numbers and character of construction as the chief of fire department or chief fire officer of each such city may determine. The said chief of the fire department or chief fire officer shall examine the building and serve, either in person or by deputy, a notice, in writing, upon the owner, agent, lessee or occupant of such building, by leaving at his or her residence or place of business a copy of such notice, setting forth the number, kind, construction and location of the ladder or ladders required, and directing that the work shall be completed not later than thirty days from the filing of the notice.

SEC. 1831. If the owner of the building fails to take steps looking to the compliance of the specifications of the said notice, then the agent, lessee or occupant, who is jointly liable for the violation of the provisions of this act, must have the work performed at his own expense, and for which a lien on the building and grounds is hereby declared to exist after record in the office of the county clerk.

SEC. 1832. Any owner, agent, lessee or occupant of such building violating any of the provisions of this act shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars for each thirty days the building may be unprovided with the ladder or fire escapes, recoverable on motion before any court of competent jurisdiction.

ACTS OF 1906.

CHAPTER 52.-Inspection of factories, etc.

SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the owner of any manufacturing establishment, or his agents, superintendents or other person in charge of the same, to furnish and supply, when practicable, or cause to be furnished and supplied therein, belt shifters, or other safe mechanical contrivances for the purpose of throwing belts on or off pulleys; and, whenever practicable, machinery therein shall be provided with loose * pulleys. All vats, pans, saws, planes, cogs, gearing, belting, set screws and machinery of every description therein which is palpably dangerous, where practicable, shall be properly guarded, and no person shall remove or make ineffective any safeguard around or attached to any planer, saw, belting, shafting or other machinery, or around any vat or pan, while the same is in use, unless for the purpose of immediately making repairs thereto, and all such safeguards shall be promptly replaced. No person under eighteen years of age shall be allowed to clean machinery while in motion.

SEC. 5. Suitable and proper wash rooms and water-closets shall be provided in each manufacturing establishment, and such water-closets shall be properly screened and ventilated and be kept at all times in a clean condition; and if women and girls are employed in any such establishment, the water-closets shall have separate approaches and be separate and apart from those used by men. All closets shall be kept free [from] obscene writing and marking. A dressing room shall be provided for women and girls when required by the labor inspector in any manufacturing establishment in which women and girls are employed.

fe- SEC. 6. Every person, firm, corporation, association, individual or partnership employing girls or adult women in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile industry, laundry, workshop, renovating works or printing office in this Commonwealth shall provide seats for the use of the girls and women so employed, and shall permit the use of such by them when not necessarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed.

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SEC. 7. The walls and ceilings of each room in every manufacturing, Walls establishment shall be lime washed or painted, when, in the opinion of lime washed. the labor inspector, it shall be conducive to the health or cleanliness of the person working therein.

SEC. 8. The grand jury shall have inquisitorial powers to investigate Enforcement. violations of this act, and judges of the circuit courts of the State shall specially charge the grand jury at the beginning of each term of the court to investigate violations of this act.

SEC. 9. The words "manufacturing establishment," wherever used in this act, shall be construed to mean any mill, factory or workshop where labor is employed:

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SEC. 10. A copy of this act shall be conspicuously posted and kept Act posted in each workroom of every manufacturing establishment, mill, posted. mine or workshop in this Commonwealth.

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SEC. 11. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act, or who suffers or permits any child to be employed in violation of its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred dollars for the second offense. SEC. 12. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the handling of Exemptions. fruits and vegetables in season, and the delivery of tobacco at the warehouses, and preparing same for the manufacturer.

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SECTION 1. All buildings, except such as are used for private resi- What builddences exclusively, in the city of New Orleans, of four or more stories ings to have fire in height, shall be provided with one or more metallic ladders or metallic fire escapes, including from the first story to the upper stories of such buildings, and above the roof and on the outer walls thereof, in such location and numbers and of such material and construction as the mayor, chief engineer of the fire department of their respective districts, the city surveyor and chairman of the fire committee of the city council and commissioner of public buildings, or a majority of them may from time to time determine; after such determination shall have been made as aforesaid, the chief engineer of the fire department of said city may at any time, by a notice in writing served upon the Notice. owner or agent of any such building by leaving with such owner or agent, or at his residence or place of business, a copy of such notice, require such owner or agent to cause such building within thirty days after the service of such notice [sic], require such owner or agent to cause such metallic ladder or fire escape to be placed upon such building, within thirty days after the service of such notice: Provided, however, That all buildings more than two stories in height, used for manufacturing purposes, shall have one metallic ladder for every twenty-five persons, or less, employed above the second story.

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SEC. 2. In case such owner, or agent, so served with notice as afore- Penalty. said shall not, within thirty days after the service of such notice upon him, place, or caused to be placed, such metallic ladder or fire escape upon such building, as required by this article and the terms of such notice, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, and to a further fine of twenty-five dollars for each week of such neglect to comply with such notice after the service of the same. The fines imposed for violation of this act shall be collected by any court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the parties herein designated Enforcement. to execute the provisions of this act.

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ACTS OF 1906.

ACT No. 34.-Inspection of factories, etc.

SECTION 4. Every factory, mill, manufacturing establishment, workshop, warehouse or store in which five or more persons are employed, and every such institution in which two or more children, young persons, or women, are employed, shall be supplied with proper wash and dressing rooms, and kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from any drain, prívy, or other nuisance, and shall be provided, within reasonable access, with a sufficient number of proper water-closets, earth closets or privies, for the reasonable use of the persons employed therein, at least one of such closets for each twenty-five persons employed, and wherever two or more persons, and one or more female persons, are employed as aforesaid, a sufficient number of separate and distinct water-closets, earth closets or privies, shall be provided for the use of each sex, and plainly so designated, and no person shall be allowed to use any such closet or privy assigned to persons of the other sex.

SEC. 5. Stairways with substantial hand rails shall be provided in factories, mills, and manufacturing establishments, for the better safety of persons employed in said establishments. Wherever practicable the doors of such establishments shall swing outwardly, or slide, as ordered by the factory inspector, and it shall be neither locked, bolted, or fastened during working hours.

SEC. 6. In incorporated cities and towns the mayor, with the consent of the council, and in parishes the police jury, shall appoint a factory inspector, who may be either male or female, to see that the regulations of this act are observed, and also to prosecute all persons who shall violate the same. Such inspector shall be paid a salary of not more than seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) per annum. Said factory inspectors are hereby empowered to visit and inspect, at all reasonable hours, the factories, mills, manufacturing establishments, workshops and other establishments in this State, where the manufacture of goods is carried on, and all stores employing ten or more persons. It shall also be the duty of the factory inspectors to enforce all the provisions of this act, and to prosecute for all violations of the same before any magistrate, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, in the city or town, in which the said inspector is appointed and in which he exercises his powers.

SEC. 7. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of an offense for each violation thereof, and upon conviction for the same, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the parish jail (parish prison in New Orleans) not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 9. The word "person" wherever used in this act shall be deemed to mean firms and corporations as well as individuals.

SEC. 11. This act shall apply only to cities and towns in this State having a population of ten thousand or more persons and shall take effect from and after January 1st, 1907. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to apply to domestic or agricultural laborers or industries.

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REVISED STATUTES OF 1903.

CHAPTER 18.- Vaccination of employees in paper mills.

SECTION 83. No owner, agent or superintendent of any paper mill where domestic or foreign rags are used in the manufacturing of paper shall hire or admit any person to work in or about said mill who has not been successfully vaccinated or revaccinated within two years, or to the satisfaction of the local board of health.

SEC. 84. No person shall work in or about any paper mill where rags are used, who has not been successfully vaccinated or revaccinated within two years, or to the satisfaction of the local board of health.

SEC. 85. The owner, agent and superintendent in every paper mill where rags are used shall every year, in the months of February and September, make out and deliver to the local board of health, a list containing the names, ages, kind of work, and places of residence of all persons employed in or about said mill.'

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SEC. 86. In the months of March and October, annually, each and Examination. every person who is employed in a paper mill, shall be examined by the local board of health as to whether he or she is successfully and sufficiently protected by vaccination, and the local board of health shall in all cases be the judges of the sufficiency of the protection by vaccination.

SEC. 87. Whoever violates any provision of the four preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

CHAPTER 22.-Inspection of steam boilers.

SECTION 22. No person or corporation shall manufacture, sell, use or cause to be used, except as hereinafter provided, any steam boiler in the State unless it is provided with a fusible safety plug, made of lead for boilers carrying steam pressure above fifty pounds per square inch, and of tin for boilers carrying steam pressure of fifty pounds and less per square inch, and said safety plug shall be not less than one-half inch in diameter, and shall be placed in the roof of the fire box when a fire box is used, and in all cases shall be placed in the part of the boiler fully exposed to the action of the fire, and as near the surface line of the water as good judgment shall dictate, excepting in cases of upright tubular boilers, when the upper tube sheet is placed above the surface line of the water, which class of boilers shall be exempted from the provisions of this section.

SEC. 23. If any person without just and proper cause removes from the boiler the safety plug, or substitutes any material more capable of resisting the action of the fire, or if any person or corporation uses or causes to be used, for six consecutive days, or manufactures or sells a steam boiler of a class not exempted from the provisions of the preceding section, unprovided with such safety fusible plug, such offender shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.

CHAPTER 28.-Factories and workshops-Inspection, etc.

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SECTION 37. Every building intended temporarily or permanently Doors opening for public use, * * shall have all inner doors, intended for egress, outwardly. open outwards. The outer doors of all such buildings shall be kept open when the same are used by the public, unless they open outwards; but fly doors opening both ways may be kept closed.

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and sufficient fire escapes, outside stairs or ladders from each story or gallery above the level of the ground, easily accessible to all inmates in case of fire or of an alarm of fire; the sufficiency thereof to be determined as provided in the following section.

SEC. 39. In towns or parts of towns having no organized fire depart- Inspection. ment, the municipal officers shall annually make careful inspection of the precautions and safeguards provided in compliance with the foregoing requirements, and pass upon their sufficiency as to arrangement and number, and upon their state of repair; and direct such alterations, additions and repairs as they adjudge necessary. In towns, cities and villages having an organized fire department, the duties aforesaid shall be discharged by the board of fire engineers.

SEC. 40. Such municipal officers or fire engineers shall give written Notice. notice to the occupant of such building, also to the owner thereof, if known, of their determination as to the sufficiency of said precautions and safeguards, specifying in said notice any alteration, addition or repair which they require. Sixty days are allowed for compliance with such notice and order.

SEC. 41. Any owner or occupant who neglects to comply with such Penalty. order, within the time so allowed, forfeits fifty dollars, besides five