owners or users, and they shall furnish the necessary labor required to work and handle the pumps in applying the test, which pumps shall be furnished by the inspector if necessary. All certificates shall be for one year, unless sooner revoked for cause.

Pressure lim

SEC. 4195. The owners or users of steam boilers, or engineers in charge of same, shall not allow a greater pressure in any boiler ited. than is stated in the certificate of inspection granted by the inspector. No person or persons shall use or cause to be used for Condemned generating steam ang hoiler that has been condemned as unsafe bojlers. by the inspector. Before the owner, owners or users of any steam Installation boiler or boilers shall have said boilers placed in position, he or of boilers. they shall notify the inspector, who shall, within ten days from the date of receiving such notification, examine the same and satisfy himself that the construction, material, bracing and all other parts of such boiler or boilers are such as to assure the safety of the same. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Fees.

Failure to

SEC. 4196. There shall be paid for the inspection of each boiler, according to the provisions of this act, the sum of five (5) dollars, to be paid by the owner, user or agent of the same, occupying the building in which it may be situated, and the inspector shall receipt for the same. In case the owner, user or agent of any such boiler or boilers shall fail to report the location of such boiler or report. boilers to the inspector, as aforesaid, he shall be liable to pay a penalty of fifty (50) dollars, and in case the owner, users or agent of any such boiler or boilers shall fail to have the same ready for inspection as aforesaid, he shall be liable to pay the fees and expenses of the inspector incurred in the inspection of any such boiler, and a penalty of ten (10) dollars in addition thereto; fees, expenses and penalty in all such cases may be sued for and recovered in any court of record, by and in the name of the people of the State of Colorado, in any county of the State, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the district wherein such county may be situated to prosecute all such suits.

SEC. 4198. The secretary of state shall provide a suitable office for said inspector, properly furnished and supplied with such tools, apparatus and stationery as may be required.

Office, etc.

Neglect of

SEC. 4199. The inspector of steam boilers provided for in this act shall for every failure to perform his duties as herein directed be duty. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in a sum not less than one hundred (100) dollars nor more than one thousand (1,000) dollars, or be imprisoned for a period of not less than two months nor greater than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 4200. The provisions of this act shall not apply to cities where city boiler inspectors are appointed under the provisions of the ordinances of said city.

ACTS OF 1905.

CHAPTER 79.-Boycotting and blacklisting.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to loiter about or patrol the streets, alleys, roads, highways, trails or place of business of any person, firm or corporation engaged in any lawful business, for the purpose of influencing or inducing others not to trade with, buy from, sell to, work for, or have business dealings with such person, firm or corporation, or to ticket [title of act uses the word "picket "] the works, mine, building or other place of business or occupation of such other person, persons, firm or corporation, for the purpose of obstructing or interfering with or injuring any lawful business, work or enterprise: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent any person from soliciting trade, custom or business for a competitive

business.

Exception.

Picketing unlawful.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to print or circulate any notice of boycott, boycott card, sticker, banner, sign or dodger, publishing or declaring that a boycott or ban exists, or has esisted [existed] or is contemplated against any person, persons, firm or corporation doing a lawful business, or publish the name of any judicial officer or other public officer upon any notice of boycott, boycott card, sticker, banner, sign or other similar list, because of any lawful act or decision of such official.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful to use foree, threats, or other means of intimidation to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful occupation at any place he or she sees fit.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any employer to maintain a black list, or to notify any other employer that any workman has been blacklisted by such employer, for the purpose of preventing such workman from receiving employment: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall prevent a former employer of any workman or any former employee from imparting a fair and unbiased opinion of a workman's or employer's [employee's] qualifications when solicited so to do by a later or prospective employer of such workman, or employee; nor shall anything in this act be construed to prevent any merchant or professional man, or any association of the same, from maintaining or publishing a list concerning the credit or financial responsibility of any person or persons dealing with him or them on credit.

SEC. 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), or to be imprisoned not to exceed sixty (60) days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER 119.-—Hours of labor of employees in mines, smelters, etc.

SECTION 1. All labor of miners in underground mines, or other underground workings and labor directly attending blast furnaces, either in smelters or in ore reduction works, in directly attending stamp mills, chlorination and cyanide processes and directly attending smelting furnaces producing metal or matte, which labor is in contact with noxious fumes, gases or vapors, is hereby declared dangerous and injurious to health, life and limb; and the period of employment for all persons so employed in underground mines or other underground workings, attending blast furnaces either in smelters or in ore reduction works, in stamp mills, in chlorination and cyanide mills, and attending smelting furnaces producing metal or matte, shall be eight hours per day; except in cases of emergency, where life or property is in imminent danger. SEC. 2. Every person, body corporate, agent, manager, superintendent, employer, president or directors shall, in every case of such emergency, make to the commissioner of bureau of labor statistics, within ten (10) days after the commencement of such emergency, a report, according to the form which may be prescribed by him, verified by the oath or affirmation of such person, employer, agent, manager, superintendent, president or director; each report shall exhibit in detail the circumstances creating such emergency.

SEC. 3. Any violation of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor exceeding three hundred dollars ($300).

ACTS OF 1907.

CHAPTER 117.-Civil service-Labor service.

SECTION 9. The rule[s] [formulated by the State civil service commission] shall not be inconsistent with law, may be of general or limited application and, among other things, shall provide,

as nearly as the conditions of good administration will warrant, as follows:

First, For the classification of the offices, positions and employments to be filled.

Ninth, For the registration and appointment of laborers, skilled and unskilled, according to priority of application and rating. The rating need not relate to more than capacity to labor, habits of industry, sobriety and honesty.

SEC. 12. Every applicant for examination, except unskilled laborers, shall pay the State treasurer the sum of one dollar, to be placed to the credit of the commission, in a special fund for the purpose of defraying so far as possible, the expenses to be incurred hereunder,

CHAPTER 120.—Mine regulations—Inspectors.

Fees.

Duties of in

SECTION 1. The inspector of coal mines and his deputies shall devote the whole of their time to the duties of their office. It shall spectors. be the duty of the inspector or his deputies to enter into and thoroughly examine all coal mines in the State in which more than 10 men are employed, at least once each quarter, to see that all the provisions of this act are observed and strictly carried out, and the inspector or his deputy or deputies, or both, may enter, inspect and examine any coal mine in the State, and the works and machinery belonging thereto, at all reasonable times, by night or day, but so as to not unnecessarily obstruct or impede the workings of the mine; and the owner or any agent of such mine is hereby required to furnish the means necessary for such entry and inspection.

The inspector shall make to the governor of the State a biennial report, which shall show the number of coal mines, and development on the same during each year, and the persons employed in and about each mine, and the extent to which the law is obeyed, the progress made in the improvements sought to be secured by the passage of this act; the number of accidents and deaths resulting from injuries received in coal mines, as also statistics showing output of coal and development made annually at each mine, with all facts concerning the production and transportation of coal to market, and other facts of public interest coming under the provisions of this act; which record shall be filed in the inspector's office. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to have printed two thousand copies of said biennial report at the expense of the State, for distributation [distribution] to members of the legislature, mine owners, superintendents and others interested in coal mines; said report shall be printed on or before December 31st preceding the biennial session of the legislature. And the inspector is hereby authorized to employ three deputy inspectors whose salaries shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars each per year; and to employ a clerk whose salary shall not exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars in any one year, which said salaries shall be paid out of any moneys appropriated for that purpose on certificate of said State inspector of coal mines showing the services rendered and the amount thereof; and upon presentation of said certificate to the State auditor by the person entitled thereto, he shall issue his warrants on the State treasurer for the amount thereof, to be paid out of any appropriation as aforesaid; the said inspector shall be allowed the actual and necessary traveling expenses actually paid out by him or his deputies, in the active discharge of their duties.

CHAPTER 129.-Free public employment offices.

Reports.

What cities

SECTION 1. Free employment offices are hereby created as follows: One in each city of not less than twenty-five thousand and to have offices. two in each city containing a population of two hundred thousand or over, for the purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment, and applications of persons seeking to employ labor. 43967-08-15

Such offices shall be designated and known as Colorado Free Employment Offices,

SEC. 2. Within sixty days after this act shall have been in force, the deputy commissioner of labor statistics shall recommend, and the commissioner ex officio shall appoint a superintendent and assistant superintendent who shall act as clerk for each of the offices created by section 1 of this act, who shall devote their entire time to the duties of their respective offices. The tenure of such appointment shall be two years, unless sooner removed for cause. The salary of each superintendent shall be twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum; the salary of such assistant superintendent shall be one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum, together with the proper amounts for defraying the necessary costs of equipping and maintaining the respective offices.

SEC. 3. The superintendent of each such free employment office shall, within sixty days after appointment, open an office in such locality as shall have been agreed upon between such superintendent and deputy commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics as being most appropriate for the purpose intended, such office to be provided with a sufficient number of rooms and apartments to enable him to provide, and he shall so provide, a separate room or apartment of [for] the use of women registering for situations or help. Upon the outside of each office in position and manner to secure the fullest public attention shall be placed a sign which shall read in the English language "Colorado Free Employment Office," and the same shall appear either upon the outside windows or upon signs in such other language as the location of each 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 names and addresses of each applicant the character of employment or help desired. Separate registers for applicants for employment shall be kept 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 statistics to be used by said bureau:

Provided, That no special registers shall be open to public inspection at any time, and that [such] statistical and sociological data as the bureau of labor shall require shall be held in confidence by said bureau, and so published as not to reveal the identity of any one:

And provided, further, That any applicant who shall decline to furnish answers to the questions contained in special registers shall not thereby forfeit any rights to any employment the office might secure.

SEC. 4. Each superintendent shall report on Thursday of each week to the deputy commissioner of the said bureau of labor statistics the number of applications for positions and for help received during the preceding week and the number of positions secured; also those unfilled applications remaining on the books at the beginning of the week. 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 deputy commissioner of said bureau of labor statistics shall cause to be printed a sheet showing separately and in combination, the lists received from all such free employment offices.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent 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 for the purposes and objects of said employment offices. To this end it shall be competent for such superintendents to advertise in the columns of newspapers or other medium for such situations as he has applicants to fill, and he may advertise in a general way for the cooperation of large contractors

and employers in such trade journals or special publications as reach such employers, whether such trade or special journals are published within the State of Colorado or not.

Annual re

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent to make report to the said bureau of labor statistics annually, not later ports. than December 1 of each year, concerning the work of his office for the year, together with a statement of the expense of the same, including the charges of an interpreter when necessary, and such report shall be published by the said bureau of labor statistics with its biennial report. Each such superintendent shall also perform such other duties in the collection of statistics of labor as the deputy commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics may require. SEC. 7. No fee or compensation shall be charged or received, directly or indirectly, from persons applying for employment or help through said free employment offices and any superintendent, assistant 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 ($25) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 8. 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 ligitimate [legitimate] enterprise; and nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the meaning of the term "work" to manual occupation, but it shall include professional services and all other ligitimate [legitimate] services. SEC. 9. All money or moneys received from fees and fines by the said deputy commissioner of labor shall constitute a fund for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this act, and the said commissioner shall, at the end of each fiscal year, make an account of said fund and pay into the State treasury whatever balance shall remain after paying the necessary disbursements for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act.

SEC. 10. All printing, blanks, blank books, stationery, postage, and such other supplies as may be necessary for the proper conduet of the business of the offices herein created, shall be furnished by the secretary of state upon requisition for the same by the superintendents of the several offices.

SEC. 11. All expenses attendant upon the conducting of the several offices herein named shall be paid by this State: Provided, Such expense shall not exceed the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars in any one year; and the State auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State treasurer for the same.

CHAPTER 208.-Accidents on railroads.

SECTION 27. Every common carrier shall, whenever an accident attended by loss of human life shall occur within this State on its line of road or on its ground or in its yards, give immediate notice thereof to the [State railroad] commission.

In the event of any such accident, the commission, if it shall deem the public interests to require it, shall cause a suitable investigation to be made forthwith, and shall give reasonable notice thereof to the persons and common carriers primarily interested. The expenses of such investigation shall be certified by a majority of the commission and shall be audited and paid by the State in the same manner as other expenses are audited and paid. The commission shall be empowered to make and enforce such rules as, in their judgment, will tend to prevent accidents in the operation of the railroads of this State.

No fees to be charged.

Definitions.

Receipts.

Maintenance.

Same.

Accidents to

be reported.

CHAPTER 240.-Assignments of wages-Recording, etc. SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act, no assignment of wages not already earned at the time of such assignment, quired.

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