Bulletin of the Department of Labor, Issue 10, Parts 56-58U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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Page 47
... regulations and to elude the surveillance of inspectors . The furniture makers of Victoria are now under a minimum wage deter- mination established by a government board under the factories act , but the inspector reports that the ...
... regulations and to elude the surveillance of inspectors . The furniture makers of Victoria are now under a minimum wage deter- mination established by a government board under the factories act , but the inspector reports that the ...
Page 50
... regulations attending the importation of labor under this statute were so stringent that none of the planters cared to avail himself of its provisions . A Sydney shipowner , who had been long engaged in the South Sea trade , is reported ...
... regulations attending the importation of labor under this statute were so stringent that none of the planters cared to avail himself of its provisions . A Sydney shipowner , who had been long engaged in the South Sea trade , is reported ...
Page 51
... regulations in the colony itself . Witnesses stated that the men were induced to leave their homes and go aboard ship under false pretenses- " decoyed " was the term used in the report ; that the period for which the men agreed to come ...
... regulations in the colony itself . Witnesses stated that the men were induced to leave their homes and go aboard ship under false pretenses- " decoyed " was the term used in the report ; that the period for which the men agreed to come ...
Page 57
... regulation of industry . This might not at first appear to be the true import of the demand for compulsory arbitration , nor was this the first aspect of such a law that appealed to the labor men themselves . But as already shown in the ...
... regulation of industry . This might not at first appear to be the true import of the demand for compulsory arbitration , nor was this the first aspect of such a law that appealed to the labor men themselves . But as already shown in the ...
Page 62
... regulation of industry taking place in the Australasian countries this legislation has been diverted toward a development sym- pathetic with that occurring in neighboring States and colonies , and in its application has been made to ...
... regulation of industry taking place in the Australasian countries this legislation has been diverted toward a development sym- pathetic with that occurring in neighboring States and colonies , and in its application has been made to ...
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Page 276 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 673 - If any person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman or other person seeking employment, as seaman, or from any person on his behalf, any remuneration whatever for providing him with employment, he shall for every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.
Page 672 - ... no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence...
Page 664 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 340 - That a trust is a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons, firms, corporations or associations of persons, or either two or more of them, for either, any or all of the following purposes: 1.
Page 294 - ... in the English language and that in his opinion the child is fourteen years of age or upwards and has reached the normal development of a child of its age, and is in sound health and is physically able to perform the work which it intends to do.
Page 295 - ... establishment, shall post and keep posted in a conspicuous place in every room where such help is employed, a printed notice stating the number of hours per day for each day of the week required of such persons, and...
Page 646 - That must always rest upon some difference which bears a reasonable and just relation to the act in respect to which the classification is proposed, and can never be made arbitrarily and without any such basis.
Page 278 - That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature.
Page 298 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age in any business or service whatever, during any part of the term during which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session.