CHILD LABOR.

Employment of Children of Specified Ages in Certain Industries Prohibited. SENATE No. 172. Relative to the age and schooling certificates of minors under 16 years of age. Referred to Committee on Education; reported leave to withdraw.

Relative to the em

HOUSE NO. 227. ployment of young persons on the public streets and in public resorts. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 547. Relative to the sale of articles by minors. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 677. Relative to the employment of children under 14 years of age.

Referred to Committee on Labor; reported, House No. 1598.

HOUSE NO. 678. Relative to the employment of children under 16 in factories, workshops, and mercantile establishments. Referred to Committee on Labor; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 1598. Relative to the employment of children under 14 years of age. Referred to Committee on Labor; rejected by House.

HOUSE NO. 675. To provide for the reduction of the hours of work in a week for women and children from 58 to 54. Referred to Committee on Labor; reported, House No. 1597.

HOUSE NO. 851. To provide that 54 hours shall constitute a week's work for Women and minors in mechanical and manufacturing establishments. Referred to Committee on Labor; reported, House No. 1597.

HOUSE NO. 1597. Relative to the hours of labor of women and minors. Referred to Committee on Labor; amended by Senate; approved June 13; chapter 645.

HOURS OF LABOR.

Railway Employees.

HOUSE No. 760. Relative to the hours of labor of employees of street railway companies. Referred to Committee on Street Railways; reported leave to withdraw.

Public Employees.

SENATE No. 56. To provide that certain police officers shall be excused from duty one day out of every 15 days. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported, House No. 1414.

SENATE No. 321. Relative to the vacations of engineers, firemen, and oilers employed by the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board. Referred to Committee on Public Service; rejected by Senate.

HOUSE NO. 207. To provide that members of the Police Department of the City of Cambridge shall have one day off in every 15 days. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported, House No. 1414.

HOUSE NO. 468. To provide that certain police officers shall be excused from duty one day out of every 30 days. Referred to the Committee on Cities; reported, House No. 1414.

HOUSE NO. 580. To provide for registering the hours of labor of certain State employees. Referred to Committee on Public Service; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 676. Relative to hours of labor. Referred to Committee on Labor, then to Committee on Ways and Means which reported new draft House No. 1731; passed by House. Referred to next session of Legislature by Senate.

HOUSE NO. 741. Relative to the vacations of engineers, firemen, and oilers employed by the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board. Referred to Committee on Public Service; reported, Senate No. 321.

HOUSE NO. 1021. Relative to the hours of labor of laborers, workmen, and mechanics. Referred to Committee on Labor; reported leave to withdraw. Substituted House No. 1413.

HOUSE NO. 1413. Relative to employees

in penal institutions. Substituted for report (leave to withdraw) of Committee on Labor on House No. 1021. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means; reported new draft, House No. 1600.

HOUSE No. 1414. Relative to vacations of members of police departments, except in the City of Boston. New bill reported by Committee on Cities to whom were referred the following bills: Senate No. 56, House No. 207, and House No. 468; amended in Senate; approved May 1; chapter 476.

HOUSE NO. 1600. Relative to the hours of labor of employees in the penal institutions of the Commonwealth. New draft of House No. 1413 by Committee on Ways and Means; approved May 27; chapter

547.

Wages of Public Employees. Relative to the wages SENATE NO. 203. of laborers and payment for double teams employed in the Metropolitan Park System. Referred to Committee on Metropolitan Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 1639. Relative to the compensation of employees of the City of Boston. New bill reported by Committee on Cities to whom was referred House No. 1565; approved June 5; chapter 587.

REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC.

Factories and Workshops.

HOUSE NO. 240. Relating to appeals from the orders of the inspectors of factories and public buildings of the district police. Referred to Committee on Labor; reported ought not to pass; rejected by House.

HOUSE NO. 273. To define the powers and duties of the inspectors of factories and public buildings. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; amended by House; approved April 11; chapter 389.

HOUSE NO. 1046. To provide that violations of the factory laws shall be reported to the district police. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 1051. Relative to the use of stagings, derricks, and other like apparatus. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 1439. Relative to appeals

from the orders of the inspectors of factories and public buildings of the District Police (Bill as reported by Committee on Labor). Referred to Committee on Counties; approved May 5, chapter 487.

Boilers, etc.

SENATE NO. 351. Relative to the operation and inspection of steam boilers. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; approved June 1; chapter 563.

HOUSE NO. 343. Relative to the care of engines and boilers in State, county, and municipal institutions. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 423. To provide for investigation work and apparatus, and for maintenance expenses in the boiler inspection department of the district police. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; approved March 14; chapter 36, Resolves.

HOUSE No. 562. Relative to the fees for the inspection of boilers by the district police. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 563. Relative to the board of boiler rules. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs; reported leave to withdraw; accepted by House; reconsidered; referred to Committee on Ways and Means; reported new draft, House No.

SENATE No. 220. Relative to the age limit for appointment as a member of the inspection department of the district police. Referred to Committee on Public Service; referred to next session of Legislature; accepted by House; amended in Senate by substituting Senate No. 288.

SENATE No. 288. Relative to the age limit for appointment as a member of the building inspection department of the district police. Substituted, by Senate, for report (reference to next session of Legislature) of House Committee on Public Service; approved April 8; chapter 375.

HOUSE NO. 577. To establish the sal

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aries and more clearly to define the duties of the female members of the inspection department of the district police. ferred to Committee on Public Service; reported, House No. 1547.

HOUSE NO. 1547. To define the duties of the female members of the inspection department of the district police. New bill reported by Committee on Public Service instead of House No. 577. Amended by Committee on Bills in the Third Reading by substituting House No. 1578.

HOUSE NO. 1578. To define the duties of the female members of the inspection department of the district police. Substitute bill amending House No. 1547 reported by Committee on Bills in the Third Reading; enacted by House and Senate. Vetoed by Acting Governor, May 19 (see House No. 1640). Veto sustained May 21. The veto message was contained in

House No. 1640.

WAGES OF EMPLOYEES. Assignment and Garnishment of Wages. SENATE NO. 180. Relative to small loans secured by an assignment of wages. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

SENATE No. 181. Relative to the assignment of wages. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE No. 860. Relative to the assignment of wages for wearing apparel or jewelry or other goods sold on the instalment plan. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE No. 863. Relative to the records to be kept by pawnbrokers, amending Revised Laws, c. 102, § 42, as already amended by Acts, 1907, c. 211, § 1. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 864. Relative to the assignment of wages. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw. HOUSE NO. 868. Relative to an assignment of wages. Referred to Committeo on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE No. 1040. For the protection of bankrupts and insolvents from assignment of wages. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 983. Relative to the weekly payment of wages by cities, counties, and other employers. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 1565. Relative to the payment of employees of the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported, House No. 1639, which was approved June 5; chapter 587.

REGULATIONS OF RAILWAYS AFFECTING EMPLOYEES.

SENATE NO. 122. To provide that claims for personal injuries against insolvent railroad and street railway corporations shall be entitled to a preference. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE No. 82. Relative to the number of brakemen which railroad corporations shall employ on freight trains. Referred to Committee on Railroads; referred to next session of Legislature.

HOUSE NO. 442. Relative to the equipment of cars of street railway companies. Referred to Committee on Street Railways; reported leave to withdraw.

See also under " Employers' Liability."

ployers' liability act. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported, House No. 1477.

SENATE No. 155. To provide that certain common carriers shall furnish a bond or policy of insurance for the benefit of passengers and employees injured by accidents. Referred to Committee on Street Railways; reported leave to withdraw.

SENATE No. 241. Relative to mutual insurance companies transacting employers' liability business. Referred to Committee on Insurance; approved February 14; chapter 81.

SENATE No. 336. To provide for compensating employees for personal injuries received in the course of their employment. (Amendment of House No. 1410.) proved May 5; chapter 489.

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HOUSE No. 224. Relative to the liability of street railway companies for injuries to employees. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported, House No. 1342.

HOUSE NO. 332. To provide for compensating employees for personal injuries received in the course of their employment. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported, House No. 1410.

HOUSE NO. 395. To extend the operation of the law relative to the liability of employers. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported leave to withdraw; accepted, reconsidered, and House No. 1550 substituted.

HOUSE NO. 459. Relative to the recovery of damages under the act to provide for the liability of employers. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported, House No. 1477.

HOUSE NO. 672. To extend the operation of law relative to the liability of employers. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE No. 673. To provide for safeguarding the interests of injured employees. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly; reported, House No. 1407.

HOUSE NO. 835. Relative to notices to be given in cases of certain accidents. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; reported, House No. 1293.

HOUSE NO. 1019. To provide speedy compensation or damages for employees injured in the course of their employ

ment. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly; reported, House No. 1410.

HOUSE NO. 1190. To provide a more speedy method for compensating workmen injured under certain conditions. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly; reported, House No. 1407, House No. 1410, and House No. 1450. (See under Employer and Employee, p. 260.)

HOUSE NO. 1293. Relative to notices to be given in certain cases of accidents. New bill, reported by Committee on Joint Judiciary instead of House No. 835; amended by House; approved March 27; chapter 305.

HOUSE NO. 1342. Relative to the liability of railway companies for injuries to employees. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary; amended by Senate; approved April 21; chapter 420.

HOUSE NO. 1407. To provide for safeguarding the interests of injured employees. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly; amended by House; approved April 10; chapter 380.

HOUSE NO. 1410. To authorize and to provide for the approval of plans of compensation for injured employees. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly. Amended by substituting Senate No. 336.

HOUSE NO. 1477. Relative to the bringing of actions under the employers' liability law. Referred to Committee on Joint Judiciary and Committee on Labor, sitting jointly; approved April 28; chapter 457.

HOUSE NO. 1550. To limit the assumption of risk by an employee of a railroad corporation. Substituted for House No. 395; approved May 28; chapter 553. See also under Regulations of Railroads."

PENSIONS.

Firemen.

HOUSE NO. 253. To provide for retiring members of the Fire Department of the City of Cambridge. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 366. Relative to pensions of police officers and firemen. Referred to Committee on Towns; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 234. To authorize the retirement of employees of the Commonwealth in certain cases. Referred to Committee on Public Service and to House Committee on Ways and Means; rejected by House.

HOUSE No. 628. To provide for an employees' retirement fund in the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 658. To provide for the expenses of the Commission on Old-age Insurance and Pensions. Referred to Committee on Insurance; laid before Acting Governor June 4; became a law without approval after five days; chapter 131, Resolves.

HOUSE NO. 690. To provide for pensions for certain State, city, and town employees. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw; recommitted; referred to next session of Legislature.

HOUSE NO. 1028. To provide for a system of old-age benefits. Referred to Committee on Legal Affairs; reported leave to withdraw.

Police.

HOUSE NO. 473. To authorize the pensioning of members of the police department of the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported leave to withdraw.

Teachers.

SENATE No. 306. To authorize cities and towns to establish pension funds for teachers in the public schools. Referred to Committee on Education, which reported a new draft, Senate No. 329.

SENATE No. 329. To authorize cities and towns to establish pension funds for teachers in the public schools. New draft of Senate No. 306 as passed to be engrossed; enacted by both branches; laid before Acting Governor April 30; became a law without approval after five days; chapter 498.

HOUSE No. 642. To authorize the estab

lishment of a system of pensions for teachers in the public schools of the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Education; reported, House No. 1570.

HOUSE NO. 708. Relative to the public school teachers' retirement fund in the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Mercantile Affairs, then to Committee on Education; latter committee reported reference to next session of Legislature.

HOUSE NO. 799. To authorize cities and towns to establish pension funds for teachers in the public schools. Referred to Committee on Education; reported, Senate No. 306.

HOUSE No. 986. To provide for cooperative payment of pensions to teachers in the public schools of the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Education; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 1570. To provide for the payment of pensions to teachers in the public day schools of the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Education; amended by House; enacted by both branches; laid before Acting Governor May 29; became a law without approval after five days; chapter 498.

Veterans in Public Service.

SENATE No. 223. To provide for the pensioning of certain veterans formerly in the service of the Commonwealth. Referred to Committee on Public Service, then to Committee on Ways and Means; rejected by Senate.

HOUSE NO. 111. To authorize the City of Boston to retire on pensions certain veteran employees. Referred to Committee on Cities; reported reference to next session of Legislature; House No. 1375 substituted for report.

HOUSE NO. 254. Relative to the pensioning of veterans of the Civil War who are members of the police force of the City of Fall River. Referred to Committee on Cities; passed by House; rejected by Senate. HOUSE NO. 481. Relative to pensioning county officers and employees (veterans of Civil War). Referred to Committee on Counties; reported leave to withdraw.

HOUSE NO. 713. Relative to the pensioning of Civil War veterans who are officials or employees of the County of Suffolk and the City of Boston. Referred to Committee on Metropolitan Affairs; reported reference to next session of Legislature.