CHAPTER 258.—Board of arbitration and conciliation. SECTION 1. Section 1, of chapter 364, of the laws of 1895, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: All requests and communications intended for said board may be addressed to the governor at Madison, who shall at once refer the same to the said board for their action. SEC. 2. Section 3, of said chapter 364, of the laws of 1895, is hereby amended by striking out the word "shall" in the eighth line of said section and inserting in place thereof, the words "may without any application therefor and;" and further by inserting after the word "thereafter" in the tenth line of said section, the word "shall," so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 3. Whenever any controversy or difference not the subject of litigation in the courts of this State exists between an employer, whether an individual, copartnership or corporation, and his employees, if at the time he employs not less than twenty-five persons in the same general line of business in any city, village or town in this State, said board may, without any application therefor, and upon application as hereinafter provided, and as soon as practicable thereafter, [shall] visit the locality of the dispute and make careful inquiry into the case thereof, hear all persons interested therein who may come before them, advise the respective parties what, if anything, should be done or submitted to by either or both to adjust said dispute, and make a written decision thereof. This decision shall at once be made public, shall be published in two or more newspapers published in the locality of such dispute, shall be recorded upon proper books of record to be kept by the secretary of said board, and a succinct statement thereof, published in the annual report hereinafter provided for, and said board shall cause a copy of such decision to be filed with the clerk of the city, village or town where said business is carried on. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 17, 1897. CHAPTER 338.-Examination, licensing, etc., of plumbers. SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation engaged in or working at the business of plumbing, in cities of the first, second and third class, shall hereafter engage in or work at said business in this State, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, unless such person, firm or corporation, first receives a license therefor, in accordance with the provisions of this act. SEC. 2. Any person desiring to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, shall apply to the board of public works where such exist, or the board of health having jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to engage in or work at such business, and shall, at such time and place as may be designated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided for, to whom such application shall be referred, be examined as to his qualifications for such business. In case of a firm or corporation, the examination and licensing of any one member of the firm or the manager of the corporation, shall satisfy the requirements of this act. SEC. 3. There will be in every city of the first, second and third class, having a system of water supply or sewerage, a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of the board of public works, or where such board does not exist, the chairman of the board of health, and in cities having an inspector of plumbing, the inspector of plumbing of said city, who shall be member ex officio of said board, and serve without compensation, and a third member who shall be a practical plumber. Said third member shall be appointed by the mayor of said city within three months from the passage of this act, for the term of one year from the first day of May, in the year of appointment, and thereafter annually before the first day of May, and who will act without compensation: Provided, That if, in any city there is no board of public works or inspector of plumbing, said board of health shall appoint a second member of said board of examiners who shall be a practical plumber, who shall also act without compensation. SEC. 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon as may be after the appointment of said third member, meet and organize by the selection of a chairman, and shall then designate the times and places for the examination of all applicants desiring to engage in or work at the business of plumbing within their respective jurisdiction. Said board shall examine said applicants as to their practical knowledge of plumbing, house drainage and plumbing ventilation, and if satisfied of the competency of the applicants, shall so certify to the board of public works or to the board of health or inspector of plumbing, as the case may be, in their respective city. Said board of examiners shall thereupon issue a license to such applicant authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, as master plumber, or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a license for a master or employing plumber shall be two dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be fifty cents. Said license shall be renewed annually upon payment of a fee of fifty cents. All moneys accruing from such fees to be paid into the treasury of the city where such licenses are issued. In case of removal beyond the jurisdiction of the board of examiners issuing the original license, it may be renewed by any board having like authority. A license granted by a board of examiners shall entitle the holder to practice in all parts of the State of Wisconsin unless the local board where said work is being done shall object, in which event said plumber shall be examined by said local board according to this act. SEC. 5. The board of public works where such board exists, or the board of health of each city, mentioned in section 3, of this act, shall, within three months from the passage of this act, appoint one or more inspectors of plumbing, who shall be practical plumbers, and who shall hold office until removed by said board for cause of [sic] which must be shown. The compensation of such inspector or inspectors shall be determined by the board appointing them, and be paid from the treasury of their respective cities. Said inspector or inspectors shall inspect all plumbing work for which permits are hereafter granted in their respective jurisdiction, in process of construction, alteration or repair; and shall report to said board all violations of any law, ordinance or by-law, relating to plumbing work, and also perform such other appropriate duties as may be required. SEC. 6. Each city of the first, second and third class, having a system of water supply or sewerage, shall, by ordinance or by-law, within six months from the passage of this act, prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction, alteration and inspection of all pipes, faucets, tanks, valves and other fixtures, by and through which supply or waste water or sewerage is used and carried, and provide that no such pipes, tanks, fancets, valves or other fixtures shall be placed in any building in such city, except in accordance with plans which shall be approved by the board of public works, where such board exists, or the board of health of such city, or such person or persons as either of said boards may designate; and shall further provide that no plumbing work shall be done, except in case of repair leaks, without a permit being first issued therefor, upon such terms and conditions as such city shall prescribe. SEC. 7. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every violation thereof, and his license may be revoked by the examining board provided for in section 3, of this act. SEC. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be [in] force within and after six months after the passage of this bill. Approved April 21, 1897. CHAPTER 375.—Regulation, etc., of bakeries. SECTION 1. All buildings occupied as biscuit, bread and cake bakeries shall be so drained and shall be provided with such a system of plumbing as shall conduce to the proper and healthful condition thereof. SEC. 2. Every room used for the manufacture of flour or meal food products shall have, if deemed necessary by the authority vested with the enforcement of this act, an impermeable floor of hard wood, properly saturated with linseed oil. The side walls and ceiling of such rooms shall be plastered or wainscoted, and shall be whitewashed at least once in six months. The furniture and utensils in such rooms shall be so arranged that the furniture and floor may at all times be kept clean and in a proper and healthful sanitary condition. SEC. 3. The manufactured or meal food products shall be kept in perfectly dry and airy rooms, so arranged that the floors, shelves and all other facilities for storing the same can be easily and perfectly cleansed. SEC. 4. Every such bakery shall be provided with a proper wash-room, soap and towel, and water-closet or closets, with ventilation, apart from the bake-room or rooms where the manufacturing of such food products is conducted; and no watercloset, earth closet, privy or ash-pit shall be within or communicate directly with the bake-room of any bakery. SEC. 5. The sleeping places for the persons employed in a bakery shall be separate from the room or rooms where flour or meal food products are manufactured or stored. SEC. 6. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this law, or refuses to comply with any of the requirements of the authority vested with its enforcement, as provided herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty or more than fifty dollars for a first offense, and for a second offense by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, and for the third offense and every succeeding offense by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars and by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both suca fine and imprisonment. SEC. 7. The owner, agent or lessee of any property affected by the provisions of sections one, two or four, of this act, shall, within sixty days after service of notice requiring any alteration to be made in or upon such premises, comply therewith. Such notice shall be in writing, and may be served upon such owner, agent or lessee, either personally or by mail; and a notice mailed to the last known address of such owner, agent or lessee shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this act. SEC. 8. The board of health of a city or town in which a bakery is situated, or in which the business regulated by this act is carried on, may enforce the provisions of this act and may cause copies of the same to be printed and posted in all bakeries and places in which such business is carried on within their respective jurisdictions. SEC. 9. This law is to take effect from and after the date of its passage, and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [Note by the secretary of state. -The foregoing act having been presented to the governor for his approval, and such approval having been withheld said act was returned by him to the house of the legislature in which it was originated; it was then passed over his veto by a vote of 21 ayes, and 8 noes in the senate; it was refused passage over governor's veto in the assembly by a vote of 56 ayes, and 31 noes; said vote in the assembly was reconsidered and action of the senate concurred in by a vote of 52 ayes, and 26 noes. Said act has been deposited in this department as a law without the governor's approval, as prescribed in the constitution.-Henry Casson, Secretary of State. August 21, 1897.] UNITED STATES. ACTS OF 1897, FIRST SESSION FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. CHAPTER 11.—Importation of foreign convict-made goods. SECTION 31. All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision. Approved July 24, 1897. RECENT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. [The Secretaries of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments have consented to furnish statements of all contracts for constructions and repairs entered into by them. These, as received, will appear from time to time in the Bulletin.] The following contracts have been made by the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury : SAVANNAH, GA.—April 30, 1898. Contract with the Anderson Construction Company, St. Louis, Mo., for interior finish, plumbing, gas piping, and approaches for court-house and post-office, $76,997. Work to be completed within six months. PORTLAND, OREG.-May 11, 1898. Contract with Bentley Construction Company, Milwaukee, Wis., for foundation, superstructure, roof covering, and approaches for custom-house, $347,385. Snake River, Oregon, granite to be used. Work to be completed within sixteen months. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-June 25, 1898. Contract with Thomas Marshall, Pittsburg, Pa., for constructive steel work, roof framing, etc., for court-house, post-office, etc., $154,715.10. Work to be completed before March 1, 1899. KANSAS CITY, Mo.-July 5, 1898. Contract with Empire Fire Proofing Company, Chicago, Ill., for rear wall, steel and iron work, skylights, brick and terra-cotta arches, with concrete filling over same, and brick and terra-cotta partitions for court-house and post-office, $42,500. Work to be completed within six months. CHEYENNE, WYo.-July 7, 1898. Contract with Keefe & Bradley for excavation, foundation, basement, and area walls, first floor steel beams, girders, lintels, galvanized-iron flue linings, etc., catch-basins, manholes, sewer connections, etc., for United States public building, $31,800. Work to be completed within four months. 664 |