use by the occupant of the building who has the use and control of the same.

Acts of 1909, Chapter 514, Section 100.

Explosives and Inflammables. - Explosive or inflammable compounds shall not be used in any factory in such place or manner as to obstruct or render hazardous the egress of operatives in case of fire.

Children forbidden to clean Machinery in Motion. (See Minors, Miscellaneous, page 41.)

HOME WORK.

Acts of 1909, Chapter 514.

Tenement House Clothing. -SECTION 106. A room or apartment in a tenement or dwelling house shall not be used for the purpose of making, altering, repairing or finishing therein coats, vests, trousers or wearing apparel of any description, except by the members of the family dwelling therein; and a family which desires to make, alter, repair or finish coats, vests, trousers or wearing apparel of any description in a room or apartment in a tenement or dwelling house shall first procure a license therefor from the state board of labor and industries. A license may be applied for by, and issued to, any member of a family which desires to do such work. No person, partnership or corporation shall hire, employ or contract with a member of a family which does not hold a license therefor to make, alter, repair or finish garments or articles of wearing apparel as aforesaid, in any room or apartment in a tenement or dwelling house as aforesaid. Every room or apartment in which garments or articles of wearing apparel are made, altered, repaired or finished shall be kept in a cleanly condition and shall be subject to the inspection and examination of the inspectors of the state board of labor and industries for the purpose of ascertaining whether said room or apartment or said garments or articles of wearing apparel or any parts thereof are clean and free from vermin and from infectious or contagious matter. A room or apartment in a tenement or dwelling house which is not used for living or sleeping purposes, and which is not connected with a room or apartment used for living or sleeping purposes and which has a separate and distinct entrance from the outside shall not be subject to the provisions of this section, nor shall the provisions of this section prevent the employment of a tailor or seamstress by any person or family for the making of wearing apparel for the use of such person or family. Every person, firm or corporation hiring, employing or contracting with a member of a family holding a license under this section for the making, altering, repairing or finishing of garments or wearing apparel to be

done outside the premises of such person, firm or corporation, shall keep a register of the names and addresses plainly written in English of the persons so hired, employed or contracted with, and shall forward a copy of such register once a month to the state board of labor and industries.

SECTION 107. If an inspector finds evidence of infectious or contagious disease or of vermin present in a workshop or in a room or apartment in a tenement or dwelling house in which garments or articles of wearing apparel are made, altered or repaired, or in goods manufactured or in process of manufacture therein, he shall report the same to the state board of labor and industries, who shall then notify the local board of health to examine said workshop, room or apartment and the materials used therein; and if the board of health finds that said workshop or tenement or dwelling house is in an unhealthy condition, and that the clothing and materials used therein are unfit for use, it shall issue such orders as the public safety may require.

SECTION 108. Whoever sells or exposes for sale coats, vests, trousers or wearing apparel of any description which have been made in a tenement or dwelling house in which the family dwelling therein has not procured a license, as required by section one hundred and six, shall have affixed to each of said garments a tag or label not less than two inches in length and one inch in width, upon which shall be legibly printed or written the words 66 tenement-made" and the name of the state and the city or town in which the garment was made.

SECTION 109. No person shall sell or expose for sale any of said garments without a tag or label as aforesaid affixed thereto, nor wilfully remove, alter or destroy such tag or label upon any of said garments when exposed for sale, nor sell or expose for sale any of said garments with a false or fradulent label affixed thereto.

SECTION 110. If it is reported to said inspector or to the state board of labor and industries that ready-made coats, vests, trousers, overcoats or other garments are being shipped to this commonwealth, having been manufactured under unhealthy conditions, said inspector shall examine said goods and the condition of their manufacture, and if they are found to contain vermin

or to have been made in improper places or under unhealthy conditions, he shall so report to the state board of labor and industries, which shall thereupon make such orders as the public safety may require.

SECTION 111. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the five preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

GENERAL.

WAGES, FINES, ETC.

Acts of 1909, Chapter 514, Section 21, amended by Acts of 1914, Chapter 474.

Prevailing Rate of Wages.-SECTION 1. In the employment of mechanics and laborers in the construction of public works by the commonwealth, or by a county, city or town, or by persons contracting therewith, preference shall be given to citizens of the commonwealth, and, if they cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers, then to citizens of the United States; and every contract for such works shall contain a provision to this effect. The wages for a day's work paid to mechanics employed in such construction of public works shall be not less than the customary and prevailing rate of wages for a day's work in the same trade or occupation in the locality, city or town where such public works are constructed. Any contractor who knowingly and wilfully violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each offence.

SECTION 2. The board of labor and industries shall enforce the provisions of this act, and in case of any dispute that may arise upon public works as to the customary and prevailing rate of wages the board of labor and industries shall investigate the wages paid in the trade or occupation in the locality, city or town where such public works are under construction and decide what rate of wages shall be paid upon such works. Preference of Citizens. (See page 92.)

Acts of 1909, Chapter 514, Section 112, amended by Acts of 1910, Chapter 350; Acts of 1911, Chapter 208; Acts of 1914, Chapter 247; and by Acts of 1915, Chapter 75 (General).

Weekly Payment of Wages. - Every person, firm or corporation engaged in carrying on a factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, mine, quarry, railroad or street railway, or a telephone, telegraph, express or water company, or in the erection, alteration, repair or removal of any building or structure, or the construction or repair of any railroad, street railway, road, bridge, sewer, gas, water or electric