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The tenure of such appointment shall be for two years, unless sooner removed for cause. The salary of each superintendent shall be fixed by said commission not, however, to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, which sum, together with proper amounts for defraying the necessary cost of the equipping, advertising, running and maintaining the respective offices, rent for such offices, not to exceed * * 串 eight hundred dollars per annum, shall be paid out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 926-163. The superintendent of each such free employment Office to be office shall open an office in such city as shall have been determined opened. by the above commission, and in such locality of said city as both the commissioner of labor and superintendent of said employment office may select, as being most appropriate for the purpose intended: Provided, That said employment office shall be occupied in conjunction with the bureau of labor and industrial statistics when such bureau has an office in any of said cities, and in case said bureau has no office in any of said cities, then in that case the city council wherein said free employment office is established shall furnish and equip an office for said employment bureau, either in conjunction with a department of said city or separately without cost to the State, such office to be provided with a sufficient number of rooms or apartments to enable him to provide, and he shall so provide, a separate room or apartment for the use of women registering for situations or help.

Upon the outside of each such office, in position and manner to secure the fullest public attention, shall be placed a sign which shall read in the English language, "Wisconsin Free Employment Office," and the same shall appear either upon the outside windows or upon signs in such other languages as the location of such office shall render advisable. The superintendent of each such free employment office shall receive and record in books kept for that purpose names of all persons applying for employment or help, designating opposite the name and address of each applicant, the character of employment or help desired.

Separate registers for applicants for employment shall be kept, Registers. showing the age, sex, nativity, trade or occupation of each applicant, the cause and duration of nonemployment, whether married or single, the number of dependent children, together with such other facts as may be required by the bureau of labor and industrial statistics to be used by said bureau: Provided, That no such special registers shall be open to public inspection at any time, and that such statistical and sociological data as the bureau of labor may require shall be held in confidence by said bureau, and so published as not to reveal the identity of any applicant: And provided, further, That any applicant who shall decline to answer the questions contained in [the] special register shall not thereby forfeit any right to any employment the office might secure. SEC. 926-164. Each superintendent shall report on Thursday of Weekly lists. each week to the State bureau of labor and industrial statistics the number of applications for positions and for help received during the preceding week, also those unfilled applications remaining on the books at the beginning of the week. Such lists shall not contain the names or addresses of any applicant, but shall show the number of situations desired and the number of persons wanted at each specified trade or occupation. It shall also show the number and character of the positions secured during the preceding week.

Upon receipt of these lists and not later than Saturday of each week, the commissioner of the said bureau of labor and industrial statistics shall cause to be printed a sheet showing separately and in combination the lists received from all such free employment offices; and he shall cause a sufficient number of such sheets to be printed to enable him to mail, and he shall so mail, on Saturday of each week, two of said sheets to each superintendent of a free employment office, one to be filed by said superintendent and one to be conspicuously posted in each such office. A copy of such

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sheet shall also be mailed on each Saturday by the commissioner of the State bureau of labor and industrial statistics to the State inspector of factories. It is hereby made the duty of said factory inspector to do all he reasonably can to assist in securing situations for such applicants for work, to secure for the free employment offices the cooperation of the employers of labor in factories, to immediately notify the superintendent of free employment offices of any and all vacancies or opportunities of employment that shall come to his notice.

Cooperation SEC. 926-165. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent with employ of a free employment office to immediately put himself in communication with the principal manufacturers, merchants and other employers of labor, and to use all diligence in securing the cooperation of the said employers of labor, with the purposes and objects of such employment offices.

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SEC. 926-166. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent to make a report to the State bureau of labor and industrial statistics annually, not later than December first of each year, concerning the work of his office for the year ending October first of the same year, together with a statement of the expenses of the same, and such reports shall be published by the said bureau of labor and industrial statistics annually. Each such superintendent shall also perform such other duties in the collection of statistics of labor, as the commissioners of the bureau of labor and industrial statistics may require. No fee to be SEC. 926-167. No fee or compensation shall be charged or recharged. ceived, directly or indirectly, from any person or corporation applying for employment or help through said free employment offices; and any superintendent or clerk who shall accept, directly or indirectly, any fee or compensation from any applicant, or from his or her representative, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twentyfive dollars nor more than fifty dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days.

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SEC. 926-168. The term "applicant for employment" as used in this act shall be construed to mean any person seeking work of any lawful character, and “applicant for help" shall mean any person or persons seeking help in any legitimate enterprise. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the meaning of the term "work" to manual occupation[s], but it shall include professional service, and any and all other legitimate services.

SEC. 926-169. No person, firm or corporation where a free employment office is located shall open, operate or maintain a private employment agency for hire or where a fee is charged to either applicants for employment or for help, without first having obtained a license from the secretary of state, for which license he shall pay one hundred dollars per annum; and no such private agent shall print, publish, or cause to be printed or published, or paint on any sign, window or newspaper publication, a name similar to that of the Wisconsin free employment offices.

And any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act, or any part thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction such person, firm or, if a corporation, all the officers thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars. of SEC. 926-170. Whenever, in the opinion of the commissioner of the bureau of labor and industrial statistics, the superintendent of any free employment office is not duly diligent in the performance of his duties, he may summon such superintendent to appear before him to show cause why he should not be recommended to the governor for removal, and unless such cause is clearly shown the said commissioner may so recommend. In considering such a case, a low percentage of positions secured to applicants for situations and help registered, lack of intelligent interest in the work, or a general inaptitude or inefficiency may be deemed by said commissioner sufficient to recommend a removal. And if, in the opinion of the governor, such lack of efficiency can not be remedied by reproval and discipline, he shall remove such person

from office as recommended by said commissioner: Provided, That the governor may at any time remove any superintendent or clerk for cause.

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SECTION 959-53. No person, firm or corporation engaged in or License working at the business of plumbing in cities of the first, second quired in ceror third class shall engage in or work at said business, either as a master or employing or as a journeyman plumber, unless licensed so to do in accordance with the provisions of the following three sections.

SEC. 959-54. Any person desiring to engage in or work at such business shall apply to the board of public works, where such exist, or the board of health 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 the case of a firm or corporation the examination and licensing of any one member of the firm or the manager of the corporation shall be sufficient.

The provision contained in last sentence of this section is unconstitutional, as discriminating between persons. 76 N. W. Rep. 345.

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SEC. 959-55. There shall be in every city of the first, second and Boards of exthird class having a system of waterworks or sewerage a board of examiners of plumbers consisting of the board of public works, or where such board does not exist, the chairman of the board of health, and in cities having an inspector of plumbing the inspector of plumbing of said city, who shall be a member ex officio of said board, and serve without compensation, and a third member who shall be a practical plumber. Said third member shall be appointed by the mayor for the term of one year from the first day of May, and thereafter annually before the first day of May, and who shall serve without compensation: Provided, That if in any city there is no board of public works or inspector of plumbing the board of health shall appoint a second member of said board of examiners who shall be a practical plumber and who shall also serve without compensation.

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SEC. 959-56. Said board of examiners shall, as soon as may be Duty after the appointment of the third member thereof, meet and or- board. ganize by the selection of a chairman, 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 city. 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 applicants shall so certify to the board of public works, the board of health or inspector of plumbing, as the case may be. Said board of examiners shall License. thereupon issue a license to such applicant authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing as master or employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a license for a master or employing plumber shall be two dollars; for a journeyman plumber, fifty cents. Said licenses shall be renewed annually upon payment of a fee of fifty cents. All moneys accruing from such fees shall be paid into the treasury of the city. In case of the removal of the licensee from the city his license may be renewed by any board having like authority. A license shall entitle the licensee to pursue his occupation in all parts of the State unless the board of the city to which he removes shall object, in which event said plumber shall be examined by said board. SEC. 959-59. Any person violating any provision of either of Penalty. the * * preceding sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every violation thereof, and his license may be revoked by the examining board provided for in section 959-55.

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SECTION 990-2. After the passage of this act, appointments to, and promotions in the civil service of this State shall be made only according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained as far as practicable by examinations, which so far as practicable, shall be competitive. After the expiration of six months from the passage of this act, no person shall be appointed, transferred, removed, reinstated, promoted or reduced as an officer, clerk, employee or laborer in the civil service under the government of this State, in any manner, or by any means, other than those prescribed in this act.

Applications. SEC. 990-11. The civil service commission shall require persons applying for admission to any examination provided for under this act, or under the rules and regulations of the said commission, to file in its office a reasonable time prior to the proposed examination a formal application, in which the applicant shall state under oath or affirmation:

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1. His full name, residence and post-office address.

2. His nationality, age, and the place and date of his birth. 3. His health and his physical capacity for public service. 4. His business and employments and residences for at least the five previous years.

5. Such other information as may reasonably be required touching the applicant's merit and fitness for the public service.

Applicants for positions in the recognized mechanical trades must have had practical experience for such periods as the commission may prescribe. *

SEC. 990-12. The offices, positions and employments in the classified service of the State shall be arranged by the civil service commission in five classes to be designated as the exempt class, the competitive class, the noncompetitive class, the labor class and legislative employees.

SEC. 990-21. The labor class shall include ordinary unskilled laborers. Vacancies in the labor class shall be filled by appointment from lists of applicants registered in their respective localities by the civil service commission according to rules and regulations determined by said commission except in cases of temporary employment. There may be separate lists of applicants for differ ent kinds of labor or employments and the commission may establish separate labor lists for various localities, institutions and departments. Where the labor service of any institution or de partment extends to separate localities the commission may provide separate registration lists for each district or locality. The commission shall require an applicant for registration for the labor service before he can be registered to furnish such evidence or to pass such examination as they may deem proper with respect to his age, residence, physical condition, ability to labor, sobriety, industry, capacity and experience in the employment for which he applies.

SEC. 990-22. No subordinate or employee in the competitive class, noncompetitive class, or the labor class of the civil service of the State, who shall have been appointed under the pro visions of this act or the rules made pursuant thereto, shall be removed, suspended for more than fifteen days, discharged, or reduced in pay or position, except for just cause, which shall not be religious or political. In all cases of removal the appointing officer shall, at the time of such action, furnish to the subordinate his reasons for the same and allow him a reasonable time in which to make an explanation. The reasons for removal and the answer thereto shall be filed in writing with the commission.

Bureau of labor and industrial statistics.

SECTION 1021b. The bureau of labor and industrial statistics, heretofore established, is continued. A room or rooms in the cap itol shall be set apart for the use thereof, and such printing shall

be done for and such supplies furnished the same as may be necessary for the performance of the duties devolved upon the officers thereof.

SEC. 1021c. A commissioner of said bureau shall be appointed by Commissioner. the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for the term of four years from the first Monday of February in the year of his appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.

SEC. 1021d. The commissioner may appoint a deputy, who, when Assistants. acting for or instead of the commissioner, shall have equal authority with him. He may also appoint a clerk, a clerk and typewriter operator, a factory inspector, an assistant factory inspector and a clerk and janitor. The factory inspector shall be a resident of Milwaukee, and he and the assistant inspector shall perform their duties under the direction of the commissioner.

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The commissioner of labor and industrial statistics shall have power to appoint ten suitable persons as assistant factory inspectors who shall perform their duties under his direction and who may be removed by him for cause.

The factory inspector or assistant factory inspector having inspected any factory or mercantile establishment under his jurisdiction shall, at the time such inspection is made, issue a certificate or statement as to how the factory laws were complied with at the time of his inspection.

Each of the said assistant factory inspectors shall be paid a salary at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum together with necessary traveling expenses to be paid out of money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated.

The commissioner of labor and industrial statistics shall have Female power to appoint one assistant factory inspector in addition to spector. those now authorized by law who shall be a woman and who shall perform her duties under his direction and who may be removed by him for cause.

Said additional assistant factory inspector shall be paid a salary at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, together with necessary traveling expenses to be paid out of money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 1021e. Said commissioner shall collect, collate and publish Duties. statistical and other information relating to the manufacturing interests, industrial classes and material resources of the State; he shall especially examine into the relations between labor and capital, the means of escape from, and the protection of life and health in, factories and workshops, the employment of children, the number of hours of labor exacted from them and from women, the educational, sanitary, moral and financial condition of laborers and artisans, the cost of food, fuel, clothing and building material, the causes of strikes and lockouts, and other kindred subjects pertaining to the welfare of the industrial interests and classes.

SEC. 1021f. The commissioner, his deputy, the factory inspector and the assistant factory inspector may enter any factory, mercantile establishment or workshop in which laborers or women are employed, for the purpose of obtaining facts and statistics, examining the means of escape therefrom in case of fire and the provisions made for the health and safety of operatives or for suitable seats for women therein. If any such officer shall learn of any violation of or neglect to comply with the law in respect to the employment of children, the hours of labor for them or for women, or in reference to fire escapes or the safety of employees, or such seats for women, he shall give written notice to the owner or occupant of such factory, mercantile establishment or workshop, of such offense or neglect, and if the same is not remedied within thirty days after the service of such notice, such officer shall give the district attorney of the county in which such factory, mercantile establishment or workshop is situated, formal notice of the facts, whereupon that officer shall immediately institute the proper proceedings against the person guilty of such offense or neglect.

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