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place in every room where such minors are employed, a printed notice stating the hours required of them each day of the week, the hours of commencing and stopping work, and the hours when the time or times allowed for dinner or for other meals, begins and ends. The printed form of such notice shall be furnished by the Department of Labor, and the employment of any such minor for longer time in any day so stated, or more than six days in any one week, shall be deemed a violation of this section.

§ 10. No minors under the age of sixteen years shall be employed at sewing belts, in any capacity whatever; nor shall any minors adjust any belt to any machinery; they shall not oil or assist in oiling, wiping or cleaning any machinery; they shall not operate or assist in operating circular or band-saws, wood-joiners, planers, sand-paper or wood-polishing machinery, emery or polishing wheels used for polishing metal, wood-turning or boring machinery, stamping machines in sheet-metal and tinware manufacturing, stamping machines in washer and nut factories, corrugating rolls, such as are used in roofing factories, nor shall they be employed in operating or assisting to operate any passenger or freight elevator, steam-boiler, steam machinery or other steam generating apparatus; they shall not operate or assist in operating dough braker or cracker-machinery of any description; wire or iron-straightening machinery; nor shall they operate or assist in operating rolling mill machinery, punches or shears, washing, grinding or mixing mill or calendar rolls in rubber manufacturing; nor shall they operate or assist in operating laundry machinery; nor shall minors under the age of sixteen years be employed in any mine or quarry; nor shall they be employed in any capacity in preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used, and they shall not be employed in any capacity in the manufacture of paints, colors or white lead; nor shall they be employed in any capacity whatever in any employment that may be considered dangerous to their lives or limbs, or where their health may be injured or morals depraved; nor in any bowling alley, nor in any theatre, concert hall or place of amusement wherein intoxicating liquors are sold; nor shall any females under the age of sixteen years be employed in any capacity where such employment requires them to remain standing for and during the performance of their work.

§ 11. The presence of any minor under the age of sixteen years in any manufacturing establishment, factory or workshop, or in any other place in which such minor is by this Act prohibited from working shall constitute prima facie evidence of his or her employment therein.

§ 12. It shall be the special duty of the Department of Labor to enforce the provisions of this Act, and to prosecute all violations of the same before any magistrate or any court of competent jurisdiction in this State. It shall be the duty of the authorized officers and employees of the Department of Labor, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to visit and inspect, at all reasonable times and as often as possible, all places covered by this Act.

§ 13. Whoever, having under his control a minor under the age of sixteen years, permits such minor to be employed in violation of the

provisions of this Act, shall for each offense be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.

Every person authorized to sign any of the certificates prescribed by section 5 and section 6 of this Act, who certifies to any materially false statement therein, shall be guilty of a violation of this Act, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more thau $100.00 for each offense, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.

A failure to produce to the authorized officers or employees of the Department of Labor, or to the school attendance officers, any employ ment certificate or list required by this Act, shall constitute a violation of this Act.

Any person, firm or corporation, agent or manager, superintendent or foreman of any firm or corporation, whether for himself or for such firm or corporation, or by himself or through sub-agent, or manager, superintendent or foreman, who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, or shall refuse admittance to premises or otherwise obstruct the officers or employees of the Department of Labor, in the performance of their duties as prescribed by this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.

§ 14. No provision of this Act shall be construed so as to deprive any minor under the age of sixteen years, who is now employed under the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the employment of children in the State of Illinois, and to provide for the enforcement thereof," approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, of that employment or other employment.

§ 15. The invalidity of any portion of this Act shall in no way affect the validity of any other portion thereof which can be given effect without such invalid part.

§ 16. "An Act to regulate the employment of children in the State of Illinois and to provide for the enforcement thereof," approved May 15, 1903, and in force July 1, 1903, and all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 26[,] 1917.

EMPLOYMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES.

§ 1. Amends Act of 1903, by adding section 1d.

§ 1d. To assist discharged and paroled convicts to obtain employment.

(SENATE BILL No. 74. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled: "An Act relating to employment officers [offices] and agencies," approved and in force May 11, 1903, as subsequently amended, by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section 1d.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled; "An Act

relating to employment offices and agencies," approved and in force May 11, 1903, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended, by adding a new section, to be known as section 1d, which new section shall read as follows:

§ 1d. It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor to obtain from the Department of Public Welfare[,] ninety days before the discharge of any convict from either penitentiary, or of the discharge of a prisoner from the reformatory, the name, occupation, and such other information as may be of aid in obtaining employment for such discharged convict or prisoner.

The Department of Labor[,] through the several free employment offices, shall seek to provide proper employment for discharged convicts or prisoners, so that such employment may be available at the time of such discharge, and shall assist such discharged prisoners to retain suitable employment for such reasonable time as will afford such prisoners an opportunity to become self-reliant, to the end that every man shall be encouraged in his effort to go straight. In no instance shall there be any misrepresentation as to the records of persons for whom employment is sought, under the provisions of this section.

The Department of Labor through the several free employment offices shall also cooperate with the Department of Public Welfare to secure suitable employment for paroled convicts or prisoners and to help them retain such employment during the period of their parole and for such reasonable time thereafter as shall afford such convicts or prisoners an opportunity to become self-reliant.

APPROVED June 22[,] 1917.

ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL SURVEY-STUDY OF INDUSTRY IN WHICH WOMEN ARE ENGAGED.

§ 1. Commission created -qualification.

§ 2. Survey of industries-report.

3. Power to employ assistants-compensation-oaths.

§ 4. Expenses-per diem.

§ 5. Appropriation.

(SENATE BILL No. 612. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1917.)

AN ACT to provide for the creation of a commission for the study of the conditions of industry in which women are engaged, to be known as the Illinois Industrial Survey, and defining the powers and duties thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the general Assembly: That there is hereby created a commission of seven members for the purpose of studying the conditions of industry in which women are engaged as workers, to be known as the Illinois Industrial Survey, two of whom shall be employers of labor in industry in which women are employed, two of whom shall be representative of women workers in industry, one a person interested in social problems, not known to be a representative of either labor or capital, and two of whom shall be persons who have had a medical education and are not distinctly representatives of either labor or capital, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor to hold office as members of said commission

until the convening of the Fifty-first General Assembly, at which time said commission shall go out of existence. The Governor shall designate the chairman of the commission.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of such commission to make a complete survey of all those industries in Illinois, in which women are engaged as workers, with special reference to the hours of labor for women in such industries, the effect of such hours of labor upon the health of women workers, and to make a report to the Governor not later than December first, [1,] 1918, for transmission to the Fifty-[first] First General Assembly, with the recommendations if any, of the commission.

§ 3. The commission shall have power to employ such clerks and assistants as may be necessary and to fix their compensation and may incur such other expenses as are properly incidental to the work of the commission. It shall have power to administer oaths and to take the testimony of witnesses, necessary for this Act.

§ 4. The expense of said commission, including a reasonable per diem to the members thereof not to exceed ten dollars per day for the time actually spent in such investigation, shall be paid out of funds to be appropriated for that purpose, upon vouchers drawn upon the Auditor of Public Accounts, properly itemized and certified to by the chairman. of the commission and approved by the Governor.

§ 5. The sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the commission, and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrants for the foregoing amount or any part thereof, in payment of any expenses, charges or disbursements, authorized by this Act, properly itemized and certified to by the chairman of the commission and approved by the Governor.

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AN ACT to provide for the licensing of plumbers, and to provide for the supervision and inspection of plumbing and providing penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the licensing of plumbers and to supervise and inspect plumbing" approved June 10th, 1897, in force, July 1st, 1897, and all amendments thereto and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith.

SECTION 1. PERSONS WORKING AS PLUMBER TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATE. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented

in the General Assembly, Any person now or hereafter engaging in or working at the business of plumbing in this State, either as a master plumber or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber shall first receive a certificate thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

§ 2. Any person desiring to engage in or work at the business of plumbing either as a master plumber or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber, shall make application to a board of examiners, hereinafter provided for and shall at such time and place as such board may designate be compelled to pass such examination as to his qualifications as said board with the approval of the Department of Registration and Education may direct; said examination may be made in whole or in part in writing and shall be fair and impartial and of a practical and elementary character but sufficiently strict to test the qualifications of the applicant.

3. That there shall be in every city, town or village of 10,000 inhabitants or more, a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of three members, one of which shall be the chairman of the board of health, health officer, or commissioner of health as the case may be, who shall be ex officio chairman of said board of examiners; a second member who shall be a master plumber and third member who shall be a journeyman plumber. Said second and third member shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council or city commissioners, or board of trustees of said town or village, within three months after 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 shall hold office until their successors are appointed and shall be paid from the treasury of said city, town or village, the same as other officers in such sums as the authorities may designate.

§ 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon as may be after appointment, meet and then designate the dates and places for the examination of all applicants desiring to engage in or to 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 such applicant shall thereupon issue a certificate to such applicant authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, whether as a master plumber, employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber.

The fee for a certificate for a master plumber or employing plumber shall be $50.00; for a journeyman plumber the fee shall be $1.00. Said certificate shall be valid and have force throughout the State for a period of one year from date of issuance and may be renewed upon its expiration by payment in advance of an annual renewal fee of $10.00 for the certificate of a master plumber or employing plumber and the payment in advance of an annual renewal fee of $1.00 for the certificate of a journeyman plumber. All certificate and renewal fees received for said certificate to be paid into the treasury of the city, town or village where. said certificate is issued: Provided, however, that all such persons residing outside of a city, town or village, having a board of examiners of

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