OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, FOR THE YEAR 1887. W. N. JONES, Commissioner. RALEIGH, N. C.: JOSEPHUS DANIELS, STATE PRINTER AND BINDER. Presses of Edwards & Broughton. 1887. ACT ESTABLISHING BUREAU. The following is the Act establishing the Bureau of Labor Statistics for North Carolina : CHAPTER 113, LAWS 1887. SECTION 1. That there shall be established in the Department of Agriculture, Immigration and Statistics, a Bureau of Labor Statistics, which shall be under the charge of a Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the Governor for neglect of duty or other legal cause, and shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars a year. The said Commissioner shall collect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, their educational, moral and financial condition, and the best means of promoting their mental, material, social and moral prosperity. The Commissioner aforesaid shall have power to appoint a chief clerk to assist him in the performance of his duties, which clerk shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars a year; he may also employ such other assistants as may be deemed by him necessary for the collection and collation of the information herein before referred to and the general administration of his office: Provided, that the total expense shall not exceed five thousand dollars for the first two years and two thousand dollars annually thereafter. During the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or if the office shall become vacant, the chief clerk shall perform the duties of the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall annually publish a report in pamphlet form and send or cause to be sent a copy of the same to every newspaper published in this State, a copy to each member of the General Assembly of North Carolina, a copy to each of the several States and county officers of the State, a copy to any person who may apply for the same either personally or by mail, and one hundred copies to each of the several labor organizations which may be in existence at the time of the publication of the reports, in this State. He shall also make a full report to each session of the General Assembly of the information collected and collated by him and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Bureau. The Commissioner is hereby directed to endeavor to obtain an accurate list of all the newspapers published in the State, and whether the same be published daily or weekly, and to forward to each and all a copy of his report promptly upon its being published; he is also directed to diligently inquire after the labor organizations of the State and see that none are omitted in the distribution of the reports: he is further directed to confine his labors to this State. The sum of three thousand dollars for the first year, two thousand dollars for the second year, and two thousand dollars annually there |