LAWS OF VARIOUS STATES RELATING TO LABOR ENACTED SINCE JANUARY 1, 1896.

[The Second Special Report of this Bureau contains all laws of the various States and Territories and of the United States relating to labor in force January 1, 1896. Later enactments are reproduced in successive issues of the Bulletin from time to time as published.]

ALABAMA.

ACTS OF 1903.

ACT No. 57.-Employment of children.

SECTION 1. No child under the age of twelve (12) years shall be employed in or about any factory or manufacturing establishment within this State unless a widowed mother or aged or disabled father is dependent upon the labor of such child, or in case a child is an orphan and has no other means of support. No child under the age of ten (10) years shall be so employed under any circumstances.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any factory or manufacturing establishment to hire or to employ any child unless there is first provided and placed on file in the office of such employer an affidavit signed by the parent or guardian or person standing [in] parental relation thereto, certifying the age and date of birth of said child; any person knowingly furnishing a false certificate of the age of such child shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be brought before some justice of the peace or other court or officer having jurisdiction for trial, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, or be sentenced to hard labor for a term not exceeding three months.

SEC. 3. No child under the age of thirteen (13) years shall be employed at labor or detained in any factory or manufacturing establishment in this State between the hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. standard time, and no child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be so employed or detained between said hours for more than fortyeight hours in any one week; and no child under the age of twelve shall be employed or detained in any factory or manufacturing establishment for more than sixty-six (66) hours in any one week.

SEC. 4. Any person, persons or corporation or representative of such corporation who violates any of the provisions of this act, or who willfully or knowingly 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 ($200) two hundred dollars.

Approved February 25, 1903.

ACT No. 94.-Accidents on railroads.

SECTION 18. Every person or corporation operating a railroad shall give notice to the commissioners of any accident happening on any portion of its line within this State, which is attended with serious injury to the person of any one, within twentyfour hours thereafter; and upon receiving such notice, or upon public rumor of such accident, one or more of the commissioners may repair to the scene of the accident, and inquire into the facts and circumstances thereof; and the result of such inquiry, with such details as may be deemed necessary, shall be entered upon the record of the proceedings of the commissioners, and embraced in their annual report. Approved February 28, 1903.

ACT No. 229.-Children laboring to support parent in idleness.

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SECTION 1. * * Any person who is able to work, and who does not work but hires out his minor children and lives upon their wages; * * is hereby declared to be a vagrant and must on conviction be fined not more than five hundred ($500) dollars and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months: Provided, That it shall be a sufficient defense to the charge of vagrancy under any of the provisions of this act that the defendant has made bona fide efforts to obtain employment at reasonable prices for

his labor, and has failed to obtain the same. The provisions of this act shall not apply to persons who are idle under strike orders or lockouts.

Approved September 22, 1903.

ACT No. 329.-Boycotting, blacklisting, etc.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for two or more persons to conspire together for the purpose of preventing any person, persons, firm or corporation from carrying on any lawful business within the State of Alabama, or for the purpose of interfering with the same.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to go near to or loiter about the premises or place of business, of any person, firm or corporation engaged in a lawful business, for the purpose of influencing or inducing others not to trade with, buy from, sell to or have business dealings with such person, firin or corporation, or to picket the works or place of business of such other person, firm or corporation for the purpose of interfering with or injuring any lawful business or enterprise: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent any person from soliciting trade or business for a competitive business.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful to print or circulate any notice of boycott, boycott cards, stickers, dodgers or unfair lists, publishing or declaring that a boycott or ban exists or has existed or is contemplated against any person, firm or corporation doing a lawful business, or publishing the name of any judicial officer or other public official upon any black list, unfair list or other similar list because of any lawful act or decision of such official.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful to use force, threats or other means of intimidation to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful occupation at any place he or she sees fit.

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to maintain a black list or to notify any other firm or corporation that any person has been blacklisted by such person, firm or corporation, or to use any other similar means to prevent such persons from receiving employment. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this act must, on conviction, pay a fine of not less than fifty ($50) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or to be imprisoned not to exceed sixty days hard labor for the county.

Approved September 26, 1903.

ACT No. 405.-Emigrant agents.

SECTION 1. From and after the approval of this act no person shall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this State with [without] having first obtained a license therefor from the State auditor.

SEC. 2. The terms "Emigrant Agent" as contemplated in this act, shall be construed to mean any person engaged in hiring laborers or soliciting emigrants in this State to be employed beyond the limits of the same.

SEC. 3. Any person shall be entitled to a license which shall be good for one year, upon payment into the State treasury for the use of the State of five hundred dollars in each county in which he operates or solicits emigrants for each year so engaged.

SEC. 4. Any person doing the business of an emigrant agent without having first obtained such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars or may be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than four months nor more than one year for each and every offense within the discretion of the court.

Approved October 1, 1903.

ACT No. 480.-Protection of employees as voters.

SECTION 53. Any employer who attempts by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge or to lessen the remuneration of an employee or to influence his vote in any election or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by himself or another of an employee's ballot, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars.

SEC. 54. Any officer or agent of a corporation or other person with authority to discharge employees, who shall attempt by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge or to lessen his remuneration any such employee to influence his vote in any election or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by himself or another of any employee's ballot shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars.

Approved October 9, 1903.

ARIZONA.

ACTS OF 1903.

ACT No. 8.-Hours of labor in mines.

SECTION 1. The period of employment of workingmen in all underground mines or workings shall be eight hours per day, except in cases of emergency where life or property is in immient [imminent] danger.

SEC. 2. Any person, body corporate, agent, manager or employer who shall violate any of the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction therefor shall be fined in the sum of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars for each offense, the same to be collected as in other cases where fines are imposed.

Approved March 10th, 1903.

Acr No. 34.-Hours of labor of railroad employees-Number of brakemen.

SECTION 1. No company operating a railroad in whole or in part within the Territory of Arizona shall require any conductor, engineer, fireman, brakeman, telegraph operator, or any employee who has worked in his respective capacity for sixteen consecutive hours, except in case of casualty, or actual necessity, to again go on duty, or perform any work until he has at least nine hours' rest.

SEC. 2. Any company which violates or permits to be violated any of the provisions of the preceding section or any officer or agent of such company who violates or permits to be violated any of the provisions of the preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 for each and every violation thereof.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any such company referred to in section 1 of this act to allow any trains to be run on mountain divisions where the ruling grade is over ninety-five feet to the mile, unless there is a brakeman assigned to ever [every] 600 tons in such train while being handled on such grade.

For each violation of this section, penalty same as named in section 2.
Approved March 18th, 1903.

ACT No. 58.-Payment of wages in scrip.

SECTION 1. All persons, firms, corporations and companies using coupons, script [scrip], punchouts, store orders or other evidences of indebtedness to pay their or its laborers or employees for labor, or otherwise, shall, if demanded, redeem the same in the hands of such laborer, employee, or bona fide holder, in lawful money of the United States: Provided, The same is presented and redemption demanded of such person, firm, company or corporation using same as aforesaid, at a regular pay day of such person, firm, company or corporation to laborers or employees or if presented and redemption demanded as aforesaid by such laborers, employees or bona fide holders at any time not less than thirty days from the issuance or delivery of such coupon, script [scrip], punchout, store order or other evidences of indebtedness to such employees, laborers or bona fide holder.

Such redemption to be at the face value of the said script [scrip], punchout, coupon, store order or other evidences of indebtedness.

Provided, further, Said face value shall be in cash, the same as its purchasing power in goods, wares and merchandise at the commissary company store, or other repository of such company store, [sic] firm, person or corporation aforesaid.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, that any employee, laborer or bona fide holder referred to in paragraph 1 of this act upon presentation and demand for redemption of such script [scrip], coupon, punchout, store order or other evidences of indebtedness aforesaid, and upon refusal of such person, firm, corporation or company to redeem the same in good and lawful money of the United States, may maintain in his, her, or their own name an action before any court of competent jurisdiction against such person, firm, corporation or company, using same as aforesaid, for the recovery of the value of such coupon, script [scrip], punchout, store order or other evidences of indebtedness, as defined in paragraph 1 of this act. Approved March 19th, 1903.

ARKANSAS.

ACTS OF 1903.

ACT No. 4.-Labor Day.

SECTION 1. The first Monday in September of each year is hereby declared a public holiday to be known and designated as "Labor Day."

Approved January 29, 1903.

ACT No. 127.-Employment of children.

SECTION 1. No child under the age of twelve (12) years shall be employed in or about any factory or manufacturing establishment within this State, unless a widowed mother or totally disabled father is dependent upon the labor of such child, or in case a child is an orphan and has no other means of support. No child under the age of ten (10) years shall be so employed under any circumstances.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any factory or manufacturing establishment to hire or employ any child unless there is first provided and placed on file in the office of such employer an affidavit signed by the parent or guardian or person standing in parental relation thereto, certifying the age and date of birth of said child; any person knowingly furnishing a false certificate of the age of such child shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by law in all cases of perjury.

SEC. 3. No child under the age of fourteen (14) shall be employed at labor or detained in any factory or manufacturing establishment in this State between the hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. or for more than sixty (60) hours in any one week or more than ten (10) hours in any one day.

SEC. 4. No child under the age of fourteen (14) shall be employed at labor in or about any factory or manufacturing establishment unless he or she can read and write his or her name and simple sentences in the English language.

SEC. 5. No child under the age of fourteen (14) years shall be employed at labor in or about any factory or establishment, unless such child attends school for at least twelve weeks of each year-six weeks of such schooling to be consecutive—the year to be counted from the last birthday of the child preceding such employment; and at the end of every year a certificate to the effect that the law has been complied with, signed by the teacher of the school or schools attended by the child during said year must be produced by the parent or person standing in parental relation to said child, and filed by the employer of said child. All such certificates shall be open to public inspection.

SEC. 6. Any person, persons, corporation or representative of such corporation 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 thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

Approved April 8, 1903.

ACT No. 142.-Employers to furnish names of employees to assessors, etc.

SECTION 1. Hereafter any person, persons, partnership, company or corporation owning or operating any milf, mine, factory or any other manufacturing enterprise, shall be required to give the names of their agents, servants and employees to the tax assessors, sheriffs or tax collectors of the various counties when demanded in their official capacity.

SEC. 2. Any person, persons, partnership, company, corporations, or their agents, attorneys or managers, owning or operating any mill, mine, factory or other manufacturing enterprises, who shall violate section 1 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. Approved April 10, 1903.

ACT No. 144.-Hours of labor of railroad employees.

SECTION 1. Any company owning or operating a railroad over thirty miles in length in whole or in part within this State shall not permit or require any conductor, engineer, fireman, brakeman or any trainman on any train, or any telegraph operator who has worked in his respective capacity for sixteen consecutive hours, to again be required to go on duty or perform any work until he has had at least eight hours rest, except

in cases of wrecks or washout: Provided, That at the expiration of the said sixteen hours continuous service, the engineer and trainmen on any train, being at a distance not exceeding twenty-five miles from any division terminal or destination point, shall be permitted, if they so elect, to run said train into said division terminal or destination point: It being further provided, That the additional service permitted under this section not be so construed as to relieve any railway corporation from liabilities incurred under section three (3) of this act: And, provided further, That the provision of this act shall not apply to passenger trains.

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SEC. 2. Any railroad company or corporation knowingly violating any of the visions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense; for any subsequent offense, of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300), which shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State. SEC. 3. In addition to the penalty prescribed herein any corporation violating the provisions of this act shall not be permitted to interpose the defense of contributory negligence in the event of action being brought to recover for damages resulting from any accident which shall occur and by which injury shall be inflicted on any employee who may be detained in service more than said sixteen hours, notwithstanding negligence of said injured employee may have caused his own injury or death; nor shall said defense of contributory negligence be interposed if the said injury result in death of said employee and the action is brought for the benefit of his next of kin. Approved April 14, 1903.

ACT No. 147.-Mechanics' liens-Personal property.

SECTION 1. Blacksmiths and wheelwrights who perform work or labor for any person, if unpaid for the same, shall have an absolute lien on the product of their labor and upon all wagons, carriages, farm implements and other articles repaired by them, for such work or labor and for all materials furnished by them and used in such product or repairs.

SEC. 2. Any person having a lien under this act and desiring to avail himself of its provisions, shall within thirty days after such work or labor is done or performed, or materials furnished, file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the debtor resides, a just and true account of the demand due, or becoming due after allowing all credits, and containing a description of the property to be charged with said lien, verified by affidavit.

SEC. 3. The clerk of the circuit court shall file such account and make an abstract thereof in the book of minutes of mortgages and deeds of trust of personal property, for which the clerk shall charge a fee of twenty-five cents, to be paid by the person filing such account.

SEC. 4. Liens accruing under this act may be enforced at any time within four months after such accounts are filed by suits as provided for the enforcement of laborers' liens in subdivision three of chapter ninety-nine of Sandels & Hill's Digest. Approved April 15, 1903.

ACT No. 155.-Payment of wages-Railroad employees to be paid when discharged.

SECTION 1. Section 6243 of Sandels & Hill's Digest [shall] be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 6243. Whenever any railroad company or corporation or any receiver operating any railroad engaged in the business of operating or constructing any railroad or railroad bridge shall discharge, with or without cause, or refuse to further employ any servant or employee thereof, the unpaid wages of any such servant or employee then earned at the contract rate, without abatement or deduction, shall be and become due and payable on the day of such discharge or refusal to longer employ; and such servant or employee may request of his foreman or the keeper of his time to have the money due hím, or a valid check therefor, sent to any station where a regular agent is kept; and if the money aforesaid, or a valid check therefor, does not reach such station within seven days from the date it is so requested, then as a penalty for such nonpayment the wages of such servant or employee shall continue from the date of the discharge or refusal to further employ, at the same rate until paid: Provided, Such wages shall not continue more than sixty days, unless an action therefor shall be commenced within that time.

(Became a law without the governor's approval, April 21, 1903.)

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