TITLE 35.—Wages preferred—In administration.

SECTION 6333. The debts of the estate shall be paid in the following order:

1. Funeral expenses;

2. Expenses of the last sickness;

3. Debts having preference by the laws of the United States;

4. Wages due for labor performed within ninety days immediately preceding the death of the decedent;

TITLE 39.-Negligence of employees on steamboats.

SECTION 7045. If the captain or any other person having charge Negligence of any steamboat used for the conveyance of passengers, or if the causing death. engineer or other person having charge of the boiler of such boat, or of any other apparatus for the generation of steam, shall, from ignorance or gross neglect, or for the purpose of excelling any other boat in speed, create, or allow to be created, such an undue quantity of steam as to burst or break the boiler or other apparatus in which it shall be generated, or any apparatus or machinery connected therewith, by which bursting or breaking any person shall be killed, every such captain, engineer, or other person shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter.

TITLE 39.-Sunday labor.

SECTION 7251. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons of Trading this State to open on Sunday for the purposes of trade or sale of Sunday. goods, wares, and merchandise, any shop, store, or building, or place of business whatever: Provided, That this section shall apply to hotels only in so far as the sale of intoxicating liquors is concerned, and shall not apply to drug stores, livery stables, or undertakers. Any person or persons violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

Barber shops are not within the provisions of this section, as it applies only to places where goods are offered for sale. 10 W. Rep. 166.

TITLE 39.-Employment of women in saloons.

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SECTION 7258. No female person shall be employed in any ca- Employment pacity in any saloon, beer hall, bar room, theater, or place of of females foramusement, where intoxicating liquors are sold as a beverage, and any person or corporation convicted of so employing, or of participating in so employing, any such female person shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars; and any person so convicted may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than six months.

TITLE 39.-Seats for female employees.

SECTION 7287. It shall be the duty of every agent, proprietor, Seats to be superintendent, or employer of female help in stores, offices, or provided. schools within the State of Washington, to provide for each and every such employee a chair, stool, or seat, upon which such female worker or workers shall be allowed to rest when their duties will permit, or when such rest shall or does not interfere with a faithful discharge of their incumbent duties. A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction shall subject the person offending to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

Enticing to desert.

Harboring.

Blacklisting forbidden.

Penalty.

Frogs. etc., to be blocked.

Damages.

TITLE 39.-Seamen.

SECTION 7319. If any person or persons shall entice any seaman to desert from any vessel belonging to any citizen or citizens of the United States, or any foreign country, while lying within the waters of this State, and on board of which said seaman shall have shipped for a term or voyage unexpired at the time of such enticement, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced for the first offense to imprisonment in the county jail not less than two months nor more than six months, or to a fine not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and for each subsequent offense, to imprisonment not less than six months nor more than two years, or a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand.

SEC. 7320. Any person or persons who shall harbor or secrete [any] seaman shipped as aforesaid, knowing him to be so shipped, and with a view to persuade or enable said seaman to desert, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as provided in the last [preceding] section.

ACTS OF 1899.

CHAPTER 23.-Blacklisting.

SECTION 1. Every person in this State who shall willfully and maliciously, send or deliver, or make or cause to be made, for the purpose of being delivered or sent or part with the possession of any paper, letter or writing, with or without name signed thereto, or signed with a fictitious name, or with any letter, mark or other designation, or publish or cause to be published any statement for the purpose of preventing any other person from obtaining employment in this State or elsewhere, and every person who shall willfully and maliciously "blacklist" or cause to be "blacklisted " any person or persons, by writing, printing or publishing, or causing the same to be done, the name, or mark, or designation representing the name of any person in any paper, pamphlet, circular or book, together with any statement concerning persons so named, or publish or cause to be published that any person is a member of any secret organization, for the purpose of preventing such person from securing employment, or who shall willfully and maliciously make or issue any statement or paper that will tend to influence or prejudice the mind of any employer against the person of such person seeking employment, or any person who shall do any of the things mentioned in this section for the purpose of causing the discharge of any person employed by any railroad or other company, corporation, individual or individuals, shall, on conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of [a] misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ninety days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

CHAPTER 35.—Safety appliances on railroads-Blocking frogs, etc.

SECTION 1. Any person or persons, railroad companies or corporations, owning or operating a railroad or railroads in this State, shall be and are hereby required on or before the first day of October; 1899, to so adjust, fill, block and securely guard the frogs. switches and guard rails on their roads as to protect and prevent the feet of employees and other persons from being caught therein. SEC. 2. Any person or persons, railroad companies or corporations owning or operating a railroad or railroads in this State, shall be liable for any damage received from a failure to comply with the provisions of this act; such damages to be recovered by the parties entitled to recover as provided in sections

4828 and 4829, Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons, railroad companies or corporations, owning or operating any railroad in this State, failing to comply with the provisions of this act within the time limited, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.

CHAPTER 101.-Hours of labor on public works.

SECTION 1. Hereafter eight hours in any calendar day shall constitute a day's work on any work done for the State or any county or municipality within the State, subject to conditions hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. All work done by contract or subcontract on any building or improvements or works on roads, bridges, streets, alleys or buildings for the State or any county or municipality within the State, shall be done under the provisions of this act: Provided, That in cases of extraordinary emergency such as danger to life or property, the hours for work may be extended, but in such case the rate of pay for time employed in excess of eight hours of each calendar day, shall be one and one-half times the rate of pay allowed for the same amount of time during eight hours' service. And for this purpose this act is made a part of all contracts, subcontracts or agreements for work done for the State or any county or municipality within the State.

Penalty.

Eight hours a day's labor.

Application of law.

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SEC. 3. Any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of contractor Penalty. or subcontractor, foreman or employer who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of [a] misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or with imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER 140.-Employment of children.

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SECTION 5. No child under the age of fifteen years shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establish- tendance quired. ment, or by any telegraph or telephone company in this State, except during the vacations of the public schools of the city in which such child resides, unless during the twelve months next preceding such employment, he shall have attended school as provided for in * * this act, or has already attained a reasonable proficiency in the common school branches for the first eight years as outlined in the course of study for common schools of the State of Washington, or shall have been excused by the board of directors of the city in which such child resides; nor shall such employment continue unless such child shall attend school each year, or until he shall have acquired the elementary branches of learning taught in public schools as above provided.

SEC. 6. No child under the age of fifteen years shall be so employed who does not present a certificate made by or under the direction of the board of directors of the district in which such child resides, of his compliance with the requirements of section five of this act; and said certificate shall also give the place and date of birth of such child as nearly accurate as may be; and every owner, superintendent or overseer of any establishment or company employing any such child shall keep such certificate on file so long as such child is employed therein. The form of said certificate shall be furnished by the superintendent of public instruction.

SEC. 7. Every owner, superintendent, or overseer of any such establishment or company who employs or permits to be employed any child in violation of any of the provisions of the two next

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preceding sections, and every parent or guardian who permits such employment, shall be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

SEC. 8. The truant officer shall, at least once in every school term, and as often as the board of directors shall require, visit the establishments or companies employing such children in their respective cities, and ascertain whether the provisions of the three next preceding sections hereof are duly observed, and report all violations thereof to the said board.

SEC. 9. The truant officers shall demand the names of the children under fifteen years of age employed in such establishments or companies in their respective cities, and shall require the certificates of age and school attendance, prescribed in section 6 of this act, to be produced for their inspection; and a refusal to produce such certificate shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

Employment SEC. 10. Every owner, superintendent or overseer of any such of illiterates. establishment or company who employs or permits to be employed therein a child under sixteen years of age who can not write his name, age and place of residence legibly, while the public schools in the city where such child lives are in session, shall for every such offense be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

ACTS OF 1901.

CHAPTER 61.-Examination and licensing of plumbers.

SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation now, or that may hereafter be engaged in, or working at the business in cities of the first class, this State, either as a master or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber, shall first secure a license therefor in accordance with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. Any person desiring to engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, in any city of the first class, shall apply to the president of the board of health or other officer having jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to engage in or work at such business, and shall at such time and place as may be designated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided for, to whom such application shall be referred, be examined as to his qualifications for such business. In case of a firm or corporation, the examination or licensing of any one member of such firm or the manager of such corporation shall satisfy the requirements of this act: Provided, however, That actual work of plumbing may be performed only by persons qualified and licensed as in this act provided: Provided, That it shall not be necessary for any person to have a license to make connections with city water mains or make water connections not connecting with sewers; the approval of the work by the city water inspector, or other officer designated in the city, shall be sufficient for the purposes of this act.

SEC. 3. There shall be in every city of the first class, having a system of water supply and sewerage, a board of examiners consisting of the president of the board of health, the inspector of plumbing of said city, if any there be, and three members who shall be practical plumbers (two shall be master plumbers, one shall be a journeyman plumber); the president of the board of health and the inspector of plumbing shall be members, ex officio, of said board and serve without compensation: Provided, That in localities where the required number of plumbers can not be secured, such vacancies may be filled by the appointment of reputable physicians. Said members shall be appointed by the board of health; if there be no board of health or health officer of said city, the mayor of said city shall, within three months from and after the passage of this act, appoint said board of examiners, for the term of one year, said appointment to date from the first day of July, 1901, and thereafter annually, and said appointed members of such board shall serve without compensation: Provided, That if in any such city there is no inspector of plumbing, said board of health

shall appoint a fourth member of said board of examiners, who shall be a practical plumber, and whose term of office shall be the same as heretofore provided for said three members.

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SEC. 4. Said board of examiners shall, within ten days after the appointment of said members, meet and organize by the selection board. of a chairman, and shall designate the time and place for the examination of applicants desiring to engage in or at the business of plumbing within their respective jurisdictions. 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 the applicant, shall so certify to the board of health. Such board shall thereupon issue a license to such applicant, authorizing him to engage in or at the business of plumbing, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a license for a master or employing plumber shall be five dollars; for journeyman plumber shall be one dollar. Said license shall be valid and have force in district where issued, and shall be renewed annually upon payment of one dollar. SEC. 7. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be Penalty. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than five dollars, for each and every violation thereof. The license of any master or journeyman plumber may be at any time revoked for incompetency, dereliction of duty, or other sufficient causes, after a full and fair hearing by a majority of the examining board; but an appeal may be taken from said examining board to the State board of health, and license may be revoked by the examining board provided in section three of this act.

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SEC. 8. All money derived from the licenses issued to applicants Use of money shall go to defray the expense of holding such examinations and derived from other necessary expenses of the board of health at place where examination was held.

CHAPTER 67.-Examination and licensing of horseshoers. SECTION 1. No person shall practice horseshoeing either as a Horseshoers to be registermaster horseshoer or as a journeyman horseshoer for hire in any ed. city of first, second and third class in this State, unless he has duly registered as hereinafter provided, in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the city clerk of the city in which he practices: Provided, however, That any person who has duly registered under the provisions of the act of the legislature of this State, entitled “An act requiring horseshoers to pass an examination and providing for a board of examiners," approved March 13, 1899, need not again register under the provisions of this act.

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SEC. 2, The city clerk of each city of first, second and third class in this State, shall keep a book in his office to be known as a master's and journeyman's horseshoer's register, in which shall be recorded the names of all master and journeymen horseshoers entitled to continue the practice of horseshoeing in such city. SEC. 3. Any person who at the time of the passage of this act is Registry withpracticing as a master or journeyman horseshoer in any city of tion. the second or third class in this State, may register within sixty (60) days after the passage of this act, after making and filing with the clerk of the city in which he practices, an affidavit stating that he was practicing horseshoeing at the time of the passage of this act, and such register shall exempt him from the provisions of the act requiring an examination. No person shall be entitled to register as a master or journeyman horseshoer without presenting a certificate of satisfactory examination from the horseshoers' board of examiners, from the city in which he desires to practice, as provided for in section five of this act, and whose qualification and examination shall be that he has served an ap prenticeship at horseshoeing at least three years: Provided, That this section shall not be so construed as to prohibit any person who has made application for examination, to practice horseshoe

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