and such other information as may be of public interest and value. Such report shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the citizens of the State in the office of the Secretary of State.

8:11. SEC. 7. Appropriation; how drawn.-To defray the expenses of the commission, the sum of $20,000 is appropriated annually out of the money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the State treasurer is authorized, from time to time, to pay out of such amount, upon the requisition of the chairman of the commission, or such member of the commission as may be selected by it, to sign such requisition in the absence of the chairman in accordance with the provisions of section 21, of chapter 15.

$33. SEC. 9. Hospital for colored persons; creation authorized; patients; admission of: annual appropriation. The Delaware State Tuberculosis Commission is authorized to acquire, on behalf of the State, by purchase or otherwise, a site for the erection of a hospital building or buildings, to be used for the care of colored inhabitants of the State afflicted with tuberculosis, and to erect the said building or buildings, and to provide for the care of such colored persons.

The said commission shall have power to admit such colored persons to the said hospital, when erected, as in the judgment of the said commission may be proper, and to provide for the care, treatment of and support of such persons under such rules and regulations as may be, from time to time, established by the said commission.

To provide for the support and maintenance of the said hospital and the patients occupying the same, the sum of $10,000 is appropriated annually out of the money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated; the State treasurer is authorized, from time to time, to pay such amount upon the requisition of the chairman of the commission, or such member of the commission as may be selected by it to sign such requisition, in the absence of the chairman.

Places where Females Are Employed-Water-Closets and Privies-Seats Dressing Rooms-Lunch Rooms-Ventilation — Heating - Cleanliness-Exhaust Fans— Drinking Water-Duties of Inspectors of Labor Commission. (Ch. 231, Act Mar. 16, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Toilets.-In every mercantile, mechanical or manufacturing establishment. laundry, baking or printing establishment, dressmaking establishment, place of amusement, telephone or telegraph office or exchange, hotel, restaurant, or office in which females are employed or permitted to work there shall be provided suitable and easily accessible water-closets or privies for their use.

When both males and females are employed or permitted to work, and four or more persons are employed, separate water-closets or privies shall be provided for each sex and shall be plainly marked at the entrance "men" and "women," and these closets shall be easily accessible.

Where 15 or less such females are employed or permitted to work at any time, at least one water-closet or privy shall be provided; where 15 or more such persons are employed, they shall be provided in the ratio of one for every 25 persons.

All water-closets or privies shall be properly lighted and shall at all times be kept in repair, clean, sanitary and free from all obscene writing or marking. The compartments containing such water-closets or privies shall open to the outer air or be ventilated by means of a shaft or air duct to the outer air.

The entrance to every water-closet or privy used by females shall be effectively screened by a partition or vestibule. Where water-closets or privies for males and females are in adjoining compartments, they shall be separated by solid partitions extending from the floor to the ceiling; and where the entrances adjoin, they shall be separated by a screen or partition at least 7 feet high.

SEC. 2. Seats. In every establishment named in section 1 of this act in which females are employed or permitted to work, there shall be provided suitable seats

for their use in the room where they work and the use of such seats shall be permitted. At least one seat shall be provided for every 3 females employed or permitted to work at any one time. During working hours all seats shall be conveniently accessible to those for whose use they are provided.

SEC. 3. Dressing rooms.-In every establishment named in section 1 of this act in which females are employed or permitted to work, there shall be provided washing facilities for their use; not less than one spigot, basin or receptacle for each 25 such persons employed at any one time. In establishments where the labor performed by such employees makes necessary or customary a change of clothing, there shall be provided one or more separate dressing rooms of adequate size for the exclusive use of such employees. Every dressing room shall be separated from any toilet compartment by adequate solid partitions; every dressing room shall be adequately heated, ventilated and illuminated. It shall be provided with a locker or separate hook for each worker and with a suitable number of seats.

SEC. 4. Lunch rooms in certain establishments.—In every establishment in which white lead, arsenic, nicotine or other poisonous or injurious substances, fumes or gases are present, or in which dust, lint or particles of material are created by the machinery or by the material in the process of manufacture, and in which females are employed or permitted to work, there shall be provided a suitable room, free from the aforesaid substances, fumes, gases, dust, line [lint] or particles of material, for the use of such employees. During the time allowed for meals they shall not be permitted to remain in any room where the aforesaid substances, fumes, gases, dust, lint or particles of material shall be present. In such establishments, washing facilities shall be provided, including hot water, soap and individual towels or paper tissue towels.

SEC. 5. Ventilation and heat.-In every establishment named in section 1 of this act in which females are employed or permitted to work, there shall be provided not less than 250 cubic feet of air space for each and every person in every workroom in said establishment, where persons are employed. In aforesaid establishments all workrooms shall be adequately heated and ventilated, and all workrooms, halls and stairways shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and properly lighted. SEC. 6. Exhaust fans in certain establishments.—In every establishment in which poisonous fumes or gases are present, or in which poisonous or injurious dust, line [lint], or particles of material are created by the machinery or by the material in the process of manufacture and in which females are employed or permitted to work, there shall be provided proper hoods and pipes connected with exhaust fans of suthcient capacity to remove such fumes, gases, dust, lint or particles of material at the point of origin and prevent them from mingling with the air of the room, and such fans shall be kept running constantly while such fumes, gases, dust, lint or particles of material shall be generated or present.

SEC. 7. Drinking water.-A sufficient supply of clean and pure water and individual drinking cups or a sanitary fountain shall be provided in every establishment named in section 1 of this act in which females are employed or permitted to work. If drinking water is placed in receptacles, such receptacles shall be properly covered to prevent contamination and shall at all times be kept thoroughly clean. No employer in any such establishment shall collect from any employee money for ice or water furnished for drinking purposes.

SEC. 8. Enforcement.-It shall be the duty of the inspectors appointed by the Labor Commission of Delaware to enforce the provisions of this act. The inspectors shall visit and inspect establishments, and shall have the power whenever they have reason to suppose that work is being performed to visit and inspect any establishment in or in connection with which any female shall be employed or permitted to work. The inspectors shall investigate all complaints of violation of this act received by said inspectors, and institute prosecutions for the violations of the provisions thereof. The State Board of Health of Delaware shall determine what are poisonous fumes and gases and what are poisonous or injurious dust, lint or particles of material, as set

out in section 6 of this act, and the Labor Commission of Delaware shall determine the definition of all other terms used in this act; but the decision of either the State Board of Health of Delaware or the Labor Commission of Delaware shall not be final, but subject to appeal to the court of general sessions of the State of Delaware in and for the county of the person appealing, or in case the appeal be prosecuted by the Labor Commission of Delaware, from the decision of the State board of health, then in and for the county wherein said poisonous fumes or gases or poisonous or injurious dust, lint or particles of material are created.

The inspectors shall keep records of all visits or inspections made and of all written orders given by the aforesaid inspectors. The inspectors shall keep records of all complaints of violation of this act received by them and of all prosecutions instituted, with the result of each prosecution.

In the enforcement of the provisions of this act, the inspectors shall give proper notice in regard to violation of this act to the person or corporation owning, operating or managing any such establishment. Such notice shall be written or printed and signed officially by the inspector, and said notice may be served by delivering the same to the person on whom service is to be had, or by leaving at his usual place of abode or business an exact copy thereof, or by sending a copy thereof to such person by mail.

Compliance with the written order of the inspector must be within the number of days specified by him in his order. Appeal from the decision of the inspector may be made to the Labor Commission of Delaware. Such appeal must be made in writing within 10 days of receipt of the inspector's order.

SEC. 9. Violations.-Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act; or who omits or fails to comply with any of the foregoing requirements; or who disregards any notice of the inspectors when said notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this act; or who obstructs of [or] interferes with any examination or investigation being made by the inspectors, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined for the first offense by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50 and upon conviction of the second and subsequent offense shall be fined not less than $25 or more than $200. All fines shall be paid to the treasurer of the State of Delaware.

SEC. 10. Prosecutions.—Any justice of the peace of the State of Delaware shall have jurisdiction of any offense arising under this act, but any person convicted of such offense before any such justice of the peace shall have the right of appeal to the court of general sessions of the State of Delaware in and for the county in which said conviction was had, upon giving bond for the sum of $100 to the State of Delaware with surety satisfactory to the said justice of the peace by whom said person was convicted: Provided, Such appeal shall be taken and such bond given within three days from the time of said conviction.

SEC. 11. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 12. This act shall not go into effect until the 1st day of January, 1918. Children-Employment in Certain Industries Prohibited. (Ch. 232, Act Apr. 2, 1917.) SECTION 1. That article 3 of chapter 90 of the Revised Code of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by repealing 3144, section 44, to 3192, section 92, thereof, inclusive and by inserting in lieu thereof the following sections to be styled * * 3145, section 45;

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3145. SEC. 45. * * Nor shall any child under 15 years of age be employed, permitted or suffered to work, in any capacity, in stripping or assorting tobacco; nor in, about, or in connection with any processes in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used; nor in the manufacture or packing of paints, colors, white or red lead; nor in the manufacture or preparation of compositions with dangerous or poisonous gases; nor in the manufacture or use of dangerous or poisonous dyes; *

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Dogs-Muzzling Required. (Order Commissioners, July 5, 1917.)

That under the provisions of section 7, of the act of Congress approved June 19, 1878, entitled, "An act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes," the commissioners hereby give notice that every dog in said District shall, for a period of one year from and after July 9 wear a good substantial muzzle, securely put on, so as to prevent it from biting or snapping; and any dog going at large during said period without such muzzle, shall be taken up by the poundmaster and impounded.

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FLORIDA.

Communicable Diseases-Notification of Cases. (Reg. Bd. of H., Feb. 13, 1917.)

SECTION 1. It being the duty of the State board of health to keep currently informed of the occurrence, geographic distribution, and prevalence of the preventable diseases throughout the State and to prevent the spread of these diseases, and for that purpose the following rules are adopted in accordance with power conferred on the State board of health, as provided by chapter 6892 (No. 86), laws of 1915:

SEC. 2. The following-named diseases and disabilities are hereby declared to be dangerous to the public health and made notifiable, and the occurrence of cases shall be reported as herein provided:

Provided, That the State board of health may, from time to time, in its discretion, declare additional diseases notifiable and subject to the provisions of these rules and regulations.

SEC. 3. Every person who, in the State of Florida, treats or examines for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment any person suffering from or afflicted with, or who suspects that any person treated or examined by him is suffering from or afflicted with, any of the diseases made notifiable by the preceding section, shall report such case to the State board of health within six hours after making a diagnosis or suspecting the

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