Suction pipes. Fans, etc. Investigation of complaints. Penalty. SEC. 3. Each and every such wheel six inches or less in diameter shall be provided with a three-inch suction pipe; wheels six inches to twenty-four inches in diameter with four-inch [such] suction pipe; wheels from twenty-four inches to thirty-six inches in diameter with five-inch suction pipe; and all wheels larger in diameter than those stated above shall be provided each with a suction pipe not less than six inches in diameter. The suction pipe from each wheel, so specified, must be full size to the main-trunk suction pipe, and the main suction pipe to which smaller pipes are attached shall, in its diameter and capacity, be equal to the combined area of such smaller pipes attached to the same, and the discharge pipe from the exhaust fan, connected with such suction pipe or pipes, shall be as large or larger than the suction pipe. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of any person, company or corporation operating any such factory or workshop to provide the necessary fans or blowers to be connected with such pipe or pipes, as above set forth, which shall be run at a rate of speed as will produce a velocity of air in such suction or discharge pipe of at least nine thousand feet per minute to an equivalent suction of pressure of air equal to raising a column of water not less than five inches in a U-shaped tube. All branch pipes must enter the main-trunk pipe at an angle of forty-five degrees or less, the main suction or trunk pipe shall be below the emery or buffing wheels and as close to the same as possible, and to be either upon the floor or beneath the floor on which the machines are placed to which such wheels are attached. All bends, turns or elbows in such pipes must be made with easy, smooth surfaces, having a radius in the throat of not less than two diameters of the pipe on which they are connected. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of any factory inspector, sheriff, constable or prosecuting attorney of any county in this State in which any such factory or workshop is situated, upon receiving notice in writing signed by any person having knowledge of such facts, accompanied by the sum of one dollar as compensation for his services, that such factory or workshop is not provided with such appliances as herein provided for, to visit any such factory or workshop and inspect the same, and for such purpose they are hereby authorized to enter any factory or workshop in this State during working hours, and upon ascertaining the facts that the proprietors or managers of such factory or workshops have failed to comply with the provisions of this act, to make complaint of the same in writing before a justice of the peace or police magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall thereupon issue his warrant, directed to the owner, manager or director, in such factory or workshop, who shall be thereupon proceeded against for the violation of this act and [as] hereinafter mentioned, and it is made the duty of the prosecuting attorney to prosecute all cases under this act. SEC. 6. Any person or persons or company, or managers, or directors of any such company or corporation who shall have the charge or management of such factory or workshop, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars. Mine regulations-Qualifications of miners. Applicants to SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act every person desirshow qualifica-, tions. ing to work by himself in rooms of coal mines in this State shall first produce satisfactory evidence to the mine manager of the mine in which he is employed, or desires to be employed, that he has worked at least two (2) years with or as a practical miner. Until said applicant has so satisfied the mine manager of the mine in which he seeks such employment of his competency, he shall not be allowed to mine coal, unless accompanied by some competent coal miner, until he becomes duly qualified. Penalty. SEC. 2. Any violation of section one (1) of this act shall work a forfeiture of the certificate of the manager of the mine where any such party or parties are employed. SECTION 1. Every person engaged in mining coal for any corporation, All coal mined company, firm or individual, shall be paid in lawful money of the to be paid for. United States for all coal mined and loaded into the mine car by such person for such corporation, company, firm or individual, including lump, egg, nut, pea and slack, or such other grades as said coal may be divided into, at such price as may be agreed upon by the respective parties. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the mine inspector to ascertain whether Enforcement. or not the provisions of section one of this act are being complied with in his district, and if he shall find that any corporation, company, firm or individual are violating the provisions of section one of this act, it shall be his duty to at once have instituted suit in the name of the people of the State of Illinois, in some court of competent jurisdiction, for the recovery of the penalty provided for in this act, and it shall be the duty of the State's attorney of the county in which such suit is brought, when notified by the mine inspector, to prosecute such suit as provided by law in other State cases. SEC. 3. Every corporation, company, firm or individual violating the Penalty provisions of this act shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense. The act is constitutional. It does not interfere with a contract for payment by different means or on a different basis than that specified in the act. 51 N. E. Rep. 853. Examination and licensing of plumbers. SECTION 1. Any person now or hereafter engaging in or working at Certificates rethe business of plumbing in cities or towns of 5,000 inhabitants or quired, when. more, 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. iners. SEC. 2. Any person desiring to engage in or work at the business of Examination. 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 said board may designate, be compelled to pass such examination as to his qualifications, as said board may direct; said examination may be made in whole or in part in writing, and shall be of a practical and elementary character but sufficiently strict to test the qualifications of the applicant. SEC. 3. There shall be in every city, town or village of 10,000 inhab- Board of examitants or more a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of three members, one of which shall be the chairman of the board of health, who shall be office [ex officio] chairman of said board of examiners; a second member, who shall be a master plumber, and a third member, who shall be a journeyman plumber. Said second and third members shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by the council or by the 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 be paid from the treasury of said city, town or village the same as other officers in such sums as the authorities may designate. SEC. 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon as may be after the Duties. appointment, meet and shall then designate the times and places for the examination of all applicants desiring to engage in, or 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 applicants, shall thereupon issue a certificate to such applicant, authorizing him to engage in, or work at, the business of plumbing, whether as master plumber, or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a certificate for a master plumber, or employing plumber, shall be $5; for a journeyman plumber it shall be $1. Said certificate shall be valid and have Fees. force throughout the State, and all fees received for said certificates shall be paid into the treasury of the city, town or village where said certificates are issued. Applications SEC. 6. All persons who are required by this act to take examinato be made, nations and procure a certificate as required by this act shall apply to the board in the city where he resides or to the board nearest his place of residence. where. Penalty. state- False ments by ployers, etc. SEC. 7. Any person violating any provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5) nor exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for each and every violation therefor, and his certificate may be revoked by the board of health or proper authorities of said city, town or village. ACTS OF 1899. Employment of labor-Deception, unlawful force, etc. (Page 139.) SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, company, corporation, society, association or organization of any kind doing business in this State, by himself, themselves, his, its or their agents or attorneys, to induce, influence, persuade or engage workmen to change from one place to another in this State, or to bring workmen of any class or calling into this State to work in any of the departments of labor in this State, through or by means of false or deceptive representations, false advertising or false pretenses concerning the kind and character of the work to be done, or amount and character of the compensation to be paid for such work, or the sanitary or other conditions of the employment, or as to the existence or nonexistence Notice of strike. of a strike or other trouble pending between employer and employees, at the time of or prior to such engagement. Failure to state in any advertisement, proposal or contract for the employment of workmen that there is a strike, lockout or other labor troubles at the place of the proposed employment, when in fact such strike, lockout or other labor trouble then actually exists at such place, shall be deemed as false advertisement and misrepresentation for the purposes of this act. SEC. 2. Any person or persons, company, corporation, society, association or organization of any kind doing business in this State, as well as his, their or its agents, attorneys, servants or associates, found guilty of violating section 1 of this act, or any part thereof, shall be fined not exceeding $2,000 or confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both, where the defendant or defendants is or are a natural person or persons. SEC. 3. Any person or persons who shall, in this or another State, hire, aid, abet or assist in hiring, through agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with arms or deadly weapons of any kind other persons or property in this State, or any person or persons who shall come into this State armed with deadly weapons of any kind for any such purpose, without a permit in writing from the governor of this State, shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person, persons, or company, corporation, society, association or organization in guarding or protecting their private property or private interests as is now provided by law; but this act shall be construed only to apply in cases where workmen are brought into this State, or induced to go from one place to another in this State, by any false pretenses, false advertising or deceptive representations, or brought into this State under arms, or removed from one place to another in this State under arms. SEC. 4. Any workman of this State, or any workman of another State who has or shall be influenced, induced or persuaded to engage with any persons mentioned in section 1 of this act, through or by means of any of the things therein prohibited, each of such workmen shall have a right of action for recovery of all damages that each of such workmen has sustained in consequence of the false or deceptive representations, false advertising and false pretenses used to induce him to change his place of employment, against any person or persons, corporations, companies or associations directly or indirectly causing such damages; and, in addition to all actual damages such workmen may have sustained, shall be entitled to recover such reasonable attorney's fees as the court shall fix, to be taxed as costs in any judgment recovered. Fire escapes on factories, etc. (Page 220.) SECTION 1. All buildings in this State which are four or more stories Fire escapes on certain buildin height, excepting such as are used for private residences exclusively, ings. but including flats and apartment buildings, shall be provided with one or more metallic ladder or stair fire escapes attached to the outer walls thereof and extending from or suitably near the ground, to the uppermost story thereof, and provided with platforms of such forms and dimensions, and in such proximity to one or more windows of each story above the first, as to render access to such ladder or stairs from each such story easy and safe; the number, location, material and construction of such escapes to be subject to the approval of the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and a board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, except in villages, towns and cities organized under any general or special law of this State, such approval shall be had by the corporate authorities of such villages, towns and cities: Provided, however, That all buildings more than two stories in height, used for manufacturing purposes or for hotels, dormitories, schools, seminaries, hospitals or asylums, shall have at least one such fire escape for every fifty (50) persons for which working, sleeping or living accommodations are provided above the second stories of said buildings; * * SEC. 2. All buildings of the number of stories and used for the pur- New buildings. poses set forth in section one (1) of this act, which shall be hereafter erected within this State, shall upon or before their completion each be provided with fire escapes of the kind and number, and in the manner set forth in said section 1 of this act. SEC. 3. The boards of supervisors and commissioners, and in villages, towns and cities, the corporate authorities thereof as aforesaid shall direct the sheriff of their respective counties to serve a written notice in behalf of the people of the State of Illinois, upon the owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant of any building within their county not provided with fire escapes in accordance with the requirements of this act commanding such owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, or either of them, to place or cause to be placed upon such building such fire escape or escapes within thirty (30) days after the service of such notice. And the grand juries of the several counties of this State may also, during any term, visit or hear testimony relating to any building or buildings within their respective counties, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it or they are provided with fire escapes in accordance with the requirements of this act, and submit the result of their inquiry, together with any recommendations they may desire to make, to the circuit court, except in Cook County, and to the criminal court of Cook County, and said court may thereupon, if it find from the report of said grand jury that said building or buildings is [not] or are not provided with a fire escape or escapes in accordance with this act, cause the sheriff to serve a notice or notices upon the owner, trustees, lessee or occupant of such building or buildings. Enforcement. SEC. 4. Any such owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, or Penalty. either of them, so served with notice as aforesaid, who shall not within thirty (30) days after the service of such notice upon him or them, place or cause to be placed such fire escape or escapes upon such building as required by this act and the terms of such notice, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than two hundred (200) dollars, and to a further fine of fifty (50) dollars for each additional week of neglect to comply with such notice. SEC. 6. Any person may at any time make complaint in writing to Complaints. the board of supervisors or commissioners or corporate authorities whose duty it is hereunder to enforce this law, that such escape or escapes are needed or are unsafe or insufficient, and it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors or commissioners or corporate authorities to at once inspect such building and escape or escapes and cause the sheriff to notify the owner, occupant, or party in control, to immediately take such steps as to overcome the cause of complaint, and any officer, officers or persons failing to comply with this act, upon such complaint being made, shall be fined upon conviction, for each offense, not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, in any court of competent jurisdiction. Coal-mine regulations. (Page 300.) SECTION 1. (a) The operator of every coal mine in this State shall make, or cause to be made, an accurate map or plan of such mine, drawn to a scale not smaller than two hundred feet to the inch, and as much larger as practicable, on which shall appear the name of the State, county, and township in which the mine is located, the designation of the mine, the name of the company or owner, the certificate of the mining engineer or surveyor as to the accuracy and date of the survey, the north point and the scale to which the drawing is made. (b) Every such map or plan shall correctly show the surface boundary lines of the coal rights pertaining to each mine, and all section or quarter-section lines or corners within the same; the lines of town lots and streets; the tracks and side tracks of all railroads, and the location of all wagon roads, rivers, streams, ponds, buildings, landmarks and principal objects on the surface. (c) For the underground workings said maps shall show all shafts, slopes, tunnels or other openings to the surface or to the workings of a contiguous mine; all excavations, entries, rooms and crosscuts; the location of the fan or furnace and the direction of the air currents; the location of pumps, hauling engines, engine planes, abandoned works, fire walls and standing water; and the boundary line of any surface outcrop of the seam. (d) A separate and similar map, drawn to the same scale in all cases, shall be made of each and every seam, which, after the passage of this act, shall be worked in any mine, and the maps of all such seams shall show all shafts, inclined planes, or other passageways connecting the same. (e) A separate map shall also be made of the surface whenever the surface buildings, lines or objects are so numerous as to obscure the details of the mine workings if drawn upon the same sheet with them, and in such case the surface map shall be drawn on transparent cloth or paper, so that it can be laid upon the map of the underground workings, and thus truly indicate the local relation of lines and objects on the surface to the excavations of the mine. (f) Each map shall also show by profile drawing and measurements, in feet and decimals thereof, the rise and dip of the seam from the bottom of the shaft in either direction to the face of the workings. (g) The originals or true copies of all such maps shall be kept in the office at the mine, and true copies thereof shall be furnished to the State inspector of mines for the district in which said mine is located, and shall be filed in the office of the recorder of the county in which the mine is located, within thirty days after the completion of the same. The maps so delivered to the inspector shall be the property of the State and shall remain in the custody of said inspector during his term of office, and be delivered by him to his successor in office; they shall be kept at the office of the inspector and be open to the examination of all persons interested in the same, but such examination shall only be made in the presence of the inspector, and he shall not permit any copies of the same to be made without the written consent of the operator or the owner of the property. (h) An extension of the last preceding survey of every mine in active operation shall be made once in every twelve months prior to July 1, of every year, and the results of said survey, with the date |