Returns, etc., to be preserved.

Reports.

Salary.

Consolidation of duties.

Competent

agents, who shall refuse to allow an inspector or employee of the said bureau to enter, 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 nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed ninety days, for each and every offense. SEC. 6. No report or return made to the said bureau in accordance with the provisions of this act, and no schedule, record or document gathered or returned by the commissioner or inspector [shall be destroyed within two years of the receipt or collection] thereof, such reports, schedules and documents being declared public documents. At the expiration of the period of two years above referred to in this section, all records, schedules and papers accumulating in the said bureau that may be considered of no value by the commissioner may be destroyed: Provided, The authority of the governor be first obtained for such destruction.

SEC. 7. The biennial reports of the bureau of labor, provided for by section 2 of this act, shall be printed in the same manner and under the same regulations as the reports of the executive officers of the State: Provided, That not less than five hundred copies of the report shall be distributed, as the judgment of the commissioner may deem best. The blanks and other stationery required by the bureau of labor in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be furnished by the secretary of the State, and shall be paid for from the printing fund of the State.

SEC. 8. The salary of the commissioner of labor, provided for in this act, shall be eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum. and he shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses.

SEC. 9. All the powers and duties heretofore exercised by the assistant commissioner of labor and the factory, mill, and railway inspector are hereby devolved on the commissioner of labor.

CHAPTER 103.-Street railway companies to employ competent

men.

SECTION 1. Hereafter street railway or street car companies, or men required. street car corporations, shall employ none but competent men to operate or assist as conductors, motormen or gripmen upon any street railway, or street car line in the State.

Who deemed competent.

Proviso.

Penalty.

Certificate required.

SEC. 2. A man shall be deemed competent to operate or assist in operating cars or (dummies) usually used by street railway or street car companies, or corporations, only after first having served at least three days under personal instruction of a regularly employed conductor, motorman or gripman on a car or dummy in actual service on the particular street railway or street car line for which the service of an additional man or additional men may be required: Provided, That during a strike on the street car lines the railway companies may employ competent men who have not worked three days on said particular street car line.

SEC. 3. Any violation of section 1 of this act by the president, secretary, manager, superintendent, assistant superintendent, stockholder or other officer or employee of any company or corp»ration owning or operating any street railway or street car line or any receiver of street railway or street car company, or street railway or street car corporations appointed by any court within this State to operate such car line shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject the offender to such offense [sic] to a fine in any amount not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a term of thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER 172.--Examination and licensing of barbers,

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to follow the occupation of barber in any incorporated city or town in this

State, unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of registration as provided in this act: Provided, however, That nothing in Proviso. this act shall apply to or affect any person who is now engaged in such occupation except as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. Shaving the face, or cutting the hair or the beard of any person either for hire or reward, shall be construed as practicing the occupation of barbering within the meaning of this act.

Definition.

Board of ex

SEC. 3. A board of examiners, to consist of three persons, is hereby created to carry out the purposes and enforce the provi- aminers. sions of this act. Said board shall be appointed by the governor, the appointees to be chosen from practical barbers who have at least five years prior to their appointment followed the occupation, and have been residents of the State of Washington for two years. Each member of the said board shall serve for a term of three years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, except in the case of the first board who shall serve one, two and three years respectively.

SEC. 4. Said board shall elect a president, secretary and treas- Organization, urer, shall have a common seal, and shall have power to adminis- seal, etc. ter oaths. The headquarters of said board shall be the place of residence of the secretary.

SEC. 5. The treasurer of said board shall give surety bond to be approved by and deposited with the auditor of this State, in the sum of one thousand dollars, and said board shall take the oath provided by law for public officers. The costs of said bond shall be paid out of the funds in the hands of the treasurer.

SEC. 6. Each member of said board shall receive a compensation of five dollars per day for actual service and actual expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the board. All moneys. shall be paid out of the fund in the hands of the treasurer, and in no event shall any money be paid out of the State treasury.

SEC. 7. Said board shall report to the governor of this State biennially a full statement of the receipts and disbursements of the board during the preceding two years, a full statement of its doings and proceedings, and such recommendation as may seem proper.

Treasurer.

Compensa

tion.

Report.

SEC. 8. Said board shall hold public examinations at least four Quarterly extimes a year in different cities of this State, at such times and aminations. places as it may determine, notice of such meetings to be sent to the various applicants by mail, at least ten days before the meetings are to be held.

nation.

SEC. 9. Every person now engaged in the occupation of barber Certification in cities of the first, second or third class in this State shall within without examininety days after the approval of this act file with the secretary of said board an affidavit setting forth his name, residence and length of time during which and the places where he has practiced such occupation, and shall pay to the secretary of said board one dollar, and a certificate entitling him to practice said occupation for one year shall thereupon be issued to him.

Fee.

Qualifica

SEC. 10. To obtain a certificate of registration under this act, Applicants. any person excepting those mentioned in section nine shall make application to said board, and shall pay to the secretary an examination fee of five dollars, and shall present himself at the meeting of the board for examination of applicants. The board shall examine such person, and being satisfied that he is above the age of eighteen years, of good moral character, free from contagious tions. or infectious disease, has studied the trade for two years as an apprentice under or as a qualified and practicing barber in this State, or other States, and is possessed of the requisite skill to properly perform all the duties, including his ability in the preparation of the tools used, shaving, cutting of the hair and beard and all the various services incident thereto, and has sufficient knowledge concerning the common diseases of the face and skin to avoid the aggravation and spreading thereof in the practice of his trade, his name shall be entered by the board in a register hereinafter provided for and a certificate of registration shall be issued to him authorizing him to practice said trade in this State,

Apprentices.

Certificate to be posted.

Register.

for one year. All certificates shall be renewed each year, for which renewal, a fee of fifty cents shall be paid. All persons making application for examination under the provisions of this act, shall be allowed to practice the occupation of barber until the next meeting as designated by said board.

SEC. 11. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person from serving as an apprentice in said trade under a barber authorized to practice under this act: Provided, That in no barber shop shall there be more than one apprentice to each registered barber and all apprentices shall be registered with the secretary of said board for which registration no fee shall be paid.

SEC. 12. Said board shall furnish to each person who has suc cessfully passed examination, a certificate of registration, bearing the seal of the board and the signature of its president and seeretary certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of barber in this State, and it shall be the duty of the holder of such certificate to post the same in a conspicuous place in the shop.

SEC. 13. Said board shall keep a register in which shall be entered names of all persons to whom certificates are issued under this act, and said register shall be at all times open to publie inspection. Revocation of SEC. 14. Said board shall have power to revoke any certificate of certificate. registration granted by it under this act, for (a) conviction of crime, (b) drunkenness, (c) having or imparting any contagious or infectious disease or (d) for doing work in an unsanitary or filthy manner: Provided, That before any certificate shall be revoked the holder thereof shall have notice in writing of the change [charge] or charges against him, and shall at a day specified in said notice, at least five days after the service thereof, be given a public hearing and full opportunity to produce testimony in his behalf, and to confront the witnesses against him. Any person whose certificate has been so revoked may after expiration of ninety days upon application have the same reissued to him upon satisfactory showing that disqualification has ceased.

Penalty.

Belt shifters.

Guards.

Fans.

SEC. 15. Any person practicing the occupation of barber in any city of the first, second or third class in this State, without first having obtained a certificate of registration as provided in this act, or falsely pretending to be practicing such occupation under this act, or who uses, or allows towels to be used on more than one person before such towels have been laundered; or razors, lather. or hair brushes on more than one person before same shall have been sterilized or in violation of any of the provisions of this act. and every proprietor of a barber shop who shall willfully employ a barber who has not such a certificate shall be guilty of a misle meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or both.

This act is constitutional. 71 Pac. Rep. 737.

ACTS OF 1903.

CHAPTER 37.—Inspection of factories, etc.-Safety appliances.

SECTION 1. Any person, corporation or association, operating a factory, mill or workshop where machinery is used, shall provide and maintain in use proper belt shifters or other mechanical contrivances for the purpose of throwing on or off belts on pulleys proper safeguards for all vats, pans, trimmers, cut-off, gang edgers and all other saws that can be guarded advantageously, planers, cogs, gearings, belting, shafting, couplings, set screws, live rollers. conveyors, manglers in laundries and machinery of other or similar description. Exhaust fans of sufficient power shall be provided in the discretion of the commissioner of labor for the purpose of car rying off dust from emery wheels, grindstones and other machin

ery creating dust, where same is operated in an enclosed room or place. If a machine or any part thereof is in a dangerous condition, or is not properly guarded, the use thereof is prohibited and a notice to that effect shall be attached thereto. Such notice shall not be moved until the machine is made safe and the required safeguards provided.

Hoistways,

SEC. 2. All hoistways, hatchways, elevator wells and wheel holes, as well as fly wheels and stairways in factories, mills, work- etc. shops, storehouses, warerooms or stores, shall be securely fenced, enclosed or otherwise protected and due diligence shall be used to keep all such means of protection closed, except when it is necessary to have the same open, that the same may be used.

SEC. 3. Any person, corporation or association operating a factory, mill, or workshop where machinery is used, shall provide in each workroom thereof proper and sufficient means of ventilation.

SEC. 4. Any person, corporation or association who violates or omits to comply with any of the foregoing requirements or provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than fifteen days nor more than ninety days.

Ventilation.

Violations.

Act to be

SEC. 5. A copy of this act, together with the name and address of the commissioner of labor printed in a legible manner, shall be posted. kept posted in each department of every factory, mill or workshop and in the office of every public and private work, upon the employer or his agent or superintendent being supplied with sufficient copies thereof by the commissioner of labor.

CHAPTER 44.-Hours of labor on public works.

Eight hours a

SECTION 1. It is a part of the public policy of the State of Washington that all work " by contract or day labor done" for it, or day's labor. any political subdivision created by its laws, shall be performed in work days of not more than eight hours each, except in cases of extraordinary emergency. No case of extraordinary emergency shall be construed to exist in any case where other labor can be found to take the place of labor which has already been employed for eight hours in any calendar day.

Provision in

SEC. 2. All contracts for work for the State of Washington, or any political subdivision created by its laws, shall provide that contracts. they may be canceled by the officers or agents authorized to contract for or supervise the execution of such work, in case such work is not performed in accordance with the policy of the State relating to such work.

SEC. 3. It is made the duty of all officers or agents authorized to contract for work to be done in behalf of the State of Washington, or any political subdivision created under its laws, to stipulate in all contracts as provided for in this act, and all such officers and agents, and all officers and agents entrusted with the supervision of work performed under such contracts, are authorized, and it is made their duty, to declare any contract canceled, the execution of which is not in accordance with the public policy of this State as herein declared.

CHAPTER 55.-Sunday labor-Barbering.

Enforcement.

Barbering

forbidden.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons or corporation to carry on the business of barbering on Sunday. SEC. 2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Penalty. act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for five days for the first offense, and by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than twenty-five days for the second and each subsequent offense.

Duty of labor commissioner.

Board.

Proceedings.

Notice served by officer.

Statement of

facts.

CHAPTER 58.-Arbitration of labor disputes-Boards of arbitration.

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the State labor commissioner upon application of any employer or employee having differences, as soon as practicable, to visit the location of such differences and to make a careful inquiry into the cause thereof and to advise the respective parties, what, if anything, ought to be done or submitted to by both to adjust said dispute and should said parties then still fail to agree to a settlement through said commissioner, then said commissioner shall endeavor to have said parties consent in writing to submit their differences to a board of arbitration to be chosen from citizens of the State as follows, to wit: Said employer shall appoint one and said employees acting through a majority, one, and these two shall select a third, these three to constitute the board of arbitration and the findings of said board of arbitration to be final.

SEC. 2. The proceedings of said board of arbitration shall be held before the commissioner of labor who shall act as moderator or chairman, without the privilege of voting, and who shall keep a record of the proceedings, issue subpœnas and administer oaths to the members of said board, and any witness said board may deem necessary to summon.

SEC. 3. Any notice or process issued by the board herein created. shall be served by any sheriff, coroner or constable to whom the same may be directed, or in whose hands the same may be placed for service.

SEC. 5. Upon the failure of the labor commissioner, in any case, to secure the creation of a board of arbitration, it shall become his duty to request a sworn statement from each party to the dispute of the facts upon which their dispute and their reasons for not submitting the same to arbitration are based. Any sworn statement made to the labor commissioner under this provision Publication. shall be for public use and shall be given publicly [publicity] in such newspapers as desire to use it. Maintenance. SEC. 6. There is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury from funds not otherwise appropriated the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the Parties may provisions of this act. In case the funds herein provided are extender exhausted and either party to a proposed arbitration shall tender penses. the necessary expenses for conducting said arbitration, then it shall be the duty of the State labor commissioner to request the opposite party to arbitrate such differences in accordance with the provisions of this act.

Exemptions not to defeat wage claims.

Ventilation,

etc.

Wash rooms.

CHAPTER 88.-Wages a preferred claim—In executions.

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act, no property shall be exempt from execution for clerk's, laborer's, or mechanic's wages earned within this State, **: Provided,

That nothing herein shall be construed as repealing or in any wise affecting section 5412 of Ballinger's Annotated Code and Statutes of Washington, as amended by the law of 1901 relative to the exemptions in garnishment suits.

CHAPTER 135.—Regulation and inspection of bakeries.

SECTION 1. All buildings or rooms occupied as biscuit, bread or cake bakeries shall be drained or plumbed in a manner conducive to the proper healthful and sanitary condition thereof, and constructed with air shafts or windows or ventilating pipes sufficient to insure ventilation as the commissioner of labor shall direct, and no cellar or basement, not now used as a bakery, shall hereafter be used and occupied as a bakery and a cellar or basement heretofore occupied as a bakery shall, when once closed, not be reopened for use as a bakery.

SEC. 2. Every such bakery shall be provided with a proper