Conditions of Women's Labor in Louisiana: New Orleans and Louisiana Industrial SurveyTulane Press, 1919 - 138 pages |
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Page 62 - If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Page 61 - The findings of fact made by the * * * commission acting within its powers shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive...
Page 61 - ... shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment...
Page 63 - ... years have been employed or permitted to work more than eight hours in any day, or more than six days in any week. or after the hour of seven o'clock post -meridian, or before the hour of six o'clock ante-meridian...
Page 59 - SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Commission to be known as the Commission on Metropolitan Problems (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission").
Page 59 - ... to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the...
Page 59 - ... or upon the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which he may lawfully be interrogated...
Page 60 - ... composed of an equal number of representatives of employers and employes in the occupation, trade, or industry in question, and a representative of the commission to be designated by it, who shall act as the chairman of the wage board.
Page 60 - Upon the receipt of such recommendations from a conference, the commission shall review the same and may approve any or all of such recommendations, or it may disapprove any or all of them and re-commit the subject or the recommendations disapproved of to the same or a new conference.
Page 60 - The standard conditions of labor demanded by the health and welfare of the women and minors engaged in any occupation, trade or industry in this state.