ing manner, and none other, to wit: Two entries must be driven parallel for the ingress and egress of the air, and crosscuts must be made at intervals not to exceed forty feet apart, and no rooms, entries or other openings shall be allowed to start inside of the last crosscut until the next one is made: Provided, That in the case of mines already opened and in operation under the singleentry plan, the provisions of this act shall not apply to such parts thereof as have been worked out when this act takes.effect. SEC. 2. The State coal mine inspector shall, after the taking effect of this law, give notice in writing to the owner, agent or operator in charge of each coal mine in this State now being worked on the room and pillar plan to conform the working of such mine to the requirements herein before set out and prescribed; and such owner, agent or operator shall have thirty days in which to comply before being liable to the penalty provided herein. SEC. 3. Any owner, agent or operator in charge of any coal mine worked on the room and pillar plan failing to comply with the provisions of section 1 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and every day that the mine is operated contrary to the provisions of section 1 after the owner, agent or operator in charge thereof shall have been convicted for a first offense under section 1 shall be and constitute a separate and distinct subsequent offense, and shall be punished as such. CHAPTER 342 (as amended by chapter 280, Acts of 1907).—Hours of labor of employees on railroads. Inspector to give notice. Violations. Limit of six SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any corporation or receiver operating a line of railroads [railroad] in whole or in part in the teen hours. State of Kansas, for any officer, agent or representative of such corporation or receiver, to require or permit any conductor, engineer, fireman, brakeman, train dispatcher, telegraph operator or any trainman who has worked in his respective capacity for sixteen consecutive hours to continue on duty or perform any work for such railroad until he has had at least eight hours' rest: Provided, That this act shall not apply in case of washout, wrecks, or unavoidable blockades, nor shall it be construed to prevent the crew of a train which contains live stock or perishable freight in carload lots from running to the next division point after the expiration of the time limit provided for in this act: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to employees of sleeping-car companies, baggagemen, and express messengers. SEC. 2. Any corporation or receiver operating a line of railroad in whole or in part in this State who shall knowingly violate any provisions of this act shall be liable to the State of Kansas for a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense, and such penalties shall be recovered and suits thereof shall be brought in the name of the State of Kansas in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county in the State into or through which any such railroad may run, by the attorney-general or under his direction, or by the prosecuting attorney of the proper county through or into or out of which trains may be operated by said company; and upon complaint being made to the commissioner of labor, he is thereby authorized to investigate such complaint, and shall be empowered to examine the train sheets, registers, and dispatchers' reports, and to hear such other evidence as may be offered by officers or employees of such railroad company to determine whether such complaint is well founded; and if the complaint appears to be well founded, it shall be the duty of said commissioner of labor to file a complaint before the county attorney of the proper county through which said company may operate. Violations. Power of railroad commissioners. Complaints. Violations. Customary rates. CHAPTER 356.-Railroads-Overhead wires. SECTION 1. The board of railroad commissioners is given the power, and it is hereby made its duty, to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the stringing of wires, electric or otherwise, which cross over or under the tracks of any railroad company, and with respect to the support, maintenance, repair or construction thereof, which rules shall be furnished to any interested person upon application; but in no case shall the height of any wires which cross above the tracks of a railroad company be less than twenty-five feet from the top of the rails, except the trolley and feed wires of the electric railroads, which wires shall not be less than twenty-two feet above the tops of the rails. SEC. 2. If complaint is made to the board of railroad commissioners by any interested party that wires extending over or under railroad tracks are not properly placed or are insecurely supported, or that the rules and regulations of the board with respect thereto are being violated, it shall be the duty of the board to cause an investigation of such complaint to be made, and, if it finds the complaint to be true, to make the necessary orders for the proper placing of said wires and the secure support thereof. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of every corporation or person to whom an order made by the board of railroad commissioners under this act shall be directed to comply with such order in accordance with its terms, and for any neglect to comply therewith any such corporation or person shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and to a like penalty for every ten days during which said neglect shall continue, which penalty shall be for the benefit of the school fund, and may be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the State. The action may be prosecuted by the attorney-general in any county having jurisdiction, or by the county attorney of the county in which the wire or wires crossing the railroad track shall be located. CHAPTER 477.-State printing office-Employees-Rates of wages. SECTION 15 (as amended by chapter 393, Acts of 1907). The State printer shall have authority to employ a bookkeeper, stenographer, and such foremen, proof readers, mechanics and laborers as may be necessary to promptly and efficiently perform the duties of his office, and may discharge the same whenever he deems it advisable for the interest of the State. The compensation to be paid shall be no greater than that paid by other printWeekly pay ing and binding offices employing the same class of labor; said day. compensation shall be paid to the employees weekly. Commission CHAPTER 488.-Bureau of labor-Salarics. * * * SECTION 24 (as amended by chapter 401, Acts of 1907). The er to be in commissioner of the bureau of labor and industry, who shall also spector. Assistants. be State factory inspector, shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; the assistant commissioner, who shall also be assistant State factory inspector, shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. The commissioner is hereby authorized to appoint the following assistants, to wit: One deputy factory inspector, who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars and actual necessary traveling expenses; one statistical clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; and one stenographer, who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars per annum; said assistants shall work under the supervision and direction of the commissioner of the bureau of labor and industry, and shall hold their offices for two years unless sooner removed. CHAPTER 523.-Exemption of wages from attachment-Wages earned outside of State. ex SECTION 1. Wages earned out of this State and payable out of Wages this State shall be exempt from attachment or garnishment in empt, when. all cases where the cause of action rose out of this State, unless the defendant in the attachment or garnishment suit is personally served with process; and if the writ of attachment or garnishment is not personally served on the defendant, the court issuing the writ of attachment or garnishment shall not entertain jurisdiction of the cause, but shall dismiss the suit at the cost of the plaintiff. CHAPTER 527.-Protection of employees on buildings. Duty of M SECTION 1. Whenever it shall come to the notice of any work- Workmen may make men, laborer or mechanic employed in the construction, repairing complaint. or painting of any building, tower, tank, or other structure, or of any other person or persons, that the staging, scaffolding, stays or other appliances used for the purpose of supporting said workmen, laborers, or mechanics, their tools, and all necessary material, while at work on such building, tower, tank, or other structure, are not of sufficient strength to safely carry the weight of such workmen, laborers, or mechanics, their tools, and all necessary material, while working thereon, or if any elevator, derrick or hoist used for the purpose of raising or lowering workmen or material to be used in the aforesaid construction, repairing or painting are not of sufficient strength to do the work required of them, or are not surrounded by the proper safeguards, said workmen, laborers, mechanics or other person or persons may make complaint to the State factory inspector, who shall forthwith inspect, or cause to be inspected by his assistant or deputy, such spector. insufficient staging, scaffolding, stays, elevators, derricks, hoists or other appliances used in the said construction, repairing, or painting, and if found upon inspection to be insufficient and unsafe, or not properly surrounded by safeguards, it shall be the duty of the said State factory inspector, his assistant or deputy, to then and there notify the contractor, owner, superintendent or person in charge of the construction, repairing or painting of said building, tower, tank or other structure of the condition of such staging, scaffolding, stays, elevators, derricks, hoists or other appliances used as aforesaid. It shall then become incumbent upon the said contractor, owner, superintendent or person having in charge the said construction, repairing, or painting, having been so notified, to immediately reconstruct, repair, strengthen, or cause to be reconstructed, repaired, or strengthened, such defective staging, scaffolding, stays, elevators, derricks, hoists, or other appliances, and put in place and maintained, or cause to be put in place and maintained, such railing or other safeguards as may be deemed necessary by the said inspector, his assistant or deputy, to bring them safely within the provisions of this act. Duty of con SEC. 2. Any contractor, owner, superintendent or person in charge of the construction, repairing or painting of any building, tractors, etc. tower, tank or other structure who, after having received notice from the State factory inspector, his assistant or deputy, shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act and the demands of the said inspector, his assistant or deputy, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for such offense, and an additional fine of five dollars for each day the said work is continued after such notice until the provisions of this act have been fully complied with. ACTS OF 1907. CHAPTER 249.-Mine regulations-Entries. SECTION 1. In all cases where any coal mine now in operation in this State, with its principal or main shaft of a depth of one thousand feet or more, and has no air or escapement shaft other than its main or principal shaft, the time in which to complete such air or escapement shaft, as required by chapter 304, Laws of Kansas, 1905, page 473, is hereby extended two years from the 1st day of March, A. D. 1907: Provided, That work on said escapement shaft shall commence within sixty days of the taking effect of this act, and shall continue, barring unavoidable accidents, until said escapement shaft shall be completed. CHAPTER 250.—Mine regulations-Powder. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, or corporation to sell, offer for sale or deliver for use at any coal mine or mines in the State of Kansas, black powder in any manner except in original packages containing twelve and one-half pounds of powder, said package to be securely sealed; said powder to be delivered by the company to the miner at its powder house, not more than three hundred feet from pit head, unless hereafter otherwise provided by contract: Provided, however, This act shall not be construed as in any manner conflicting with any existing contract of sale of black powder. SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any miner, mine laborer or other person in any mine or mines to open any original package of powder in any manner other than unsealing the seal thereof. SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any miner, mine laborer or other person or persons to take, convey, or cause to be taken or conveyed, into any mine or mines in the State of Kansas, black powder in any other manner except as provided in section 1 of this act. It shall be unlawful for any miner, laborer or other person to use any pick or other metal substance or instrument in opening any can containing powder in the mine: Provided, That any can filled with powder so received and opened by any miner or other person shall be returned, complete, when emptied, at the miner's working switch, to the company furnishing the same, before such miner or other person shall receive another can of powder. SEC. 4. No powder shall be delivered by hauling the same in any car hauled by an electric motor, unless the car in which the powder is hauled for delivery is thoroughly insulated. SEC. 5. Any person or corporation or officers or employees of any corporation violating any of the provisions of sections 1 and 4 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense. SEC. 6. Any miner, mine laborer or other person who shall violate the provisions of sections 2 or 3 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars for each offense. CHAPTER 283.-Railroads-Shelters for workmen. SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company or corporation or other persons who own, control or operate any line of railroad in the State of Kansas to build or repair railroad equipment at division points where shops are located without providing sheds over the tracks exclusively used for such repair work, so that all men permanently employed for such repairs may be under shelter during storms or other inclement weather. SEC. 2. Every corporation, person or persons, manager, superintendent or foreman of any company, corporation, person or per sons, who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act after the 1st day of September, 1907, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. CHAPTER 402.-Mine inspectors. SECTION 1. The secretary of the State mine industry, who shall be State mine inspector, shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and actual necessary expenses, not exceeding one thousand dollars. The said State mine inspector is hereby authorized to appoint one deputy mine inspector for each of the following counties: Crawford, Cherokee, Osage, Leavenworth, and one additional deputy mine inspector for the counties of Crawford and Cherokee. Each of the said deputy mine inspectors shall be required to give his full time to such employment, and shall receive as compensation the sum of eighty dollars per month and necessary traveling expenses. The said State mine inspector is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk for his office, who shall receive an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars. Said deputy mine inspector[s] and clerk shall be under the supervision and control of the State mine inspector and hold their positions at his pleasure. He shall be authorized to transfer the deputy inspectors to such points within the State where in his judgment the duties and requirements of the inspection law make it necessary for them to work. The term of the State mine inspector and his deputies and clerk shall be for a period of two years, beginning July 1, 1907, and their salary and expenses shall be payable monthly upon vouchers certified to the State auditor by the State mine inspector. KENTUCKY. Local or special laws regulating labor, etc., not to be passed. SECTION 59. The general assembly shall not pass local or special acts concerning any of the following subjects, or for any of the following purposes, namely: 24. To regulate labor, trade, mining or manufacturing. * * Commissioner of agriculture, labor and statistics. Inspector. Deputies. Certain laws forbidden. ture, etc. SECTION 91. A * * * commissioner of agriculture, labor and Commissionstatistics, * * * shall be elected by the qualified voters of er of agricul the State at the same time the governor is elected, for the term of four years, * age at the time of his citizen of the State at The duties of * prescribed by law, [who] shall be at least thirty years of election, and shall have been a resident least two years next before his election. [this officer] shall be such as may be * Time to vote to be allowed employees. SECTION 148. * Four hours * The general assembly shall provide by law that all employers shall allow employees, under reasonable to be allowed. regulations, at least four hours on election days, in which to cast their votes. Employment of children. SECTION 243. The general assembly shall, by law, fix the mini- Employment mum ages at which children may be employed in places dangerous of children to be regulated. to life or health, or injurious to morals; and shall provide adequate penalties for violations of such law. |