cents, and that the total liability of the debtor for costs under any attachment laid in accordance with the provisions of this act shall not exceed the sum of ninety cents: Provided, however, That said costs incurred in the laying of any attachment under this act shall be paid out of the whole amount of said wages attached notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this act exempting ninety per centum of wages.

CHAPTER 127.-Abandonment, etc., of locomotives or cars-Strikes.

(Page 928.)

Costs, etc.

Strikes.

Abandoning

SECTION 1. If any locomotive engineer, upon any railroad within this State, who shall, at the time, be engaged in any strike, or with a view to incite others to such strike, or in furtherance of any combination or preconcerted arrangement with any other person or persons to bring about or produce such strike, shall abandon the locomotive engine in his charge, when attached either to a passenger or freight train, at any place other than the locomotive. schedule or otherwise appointed destination of such train, or shall refuse or neglect to proceed with said train to the place of destination, as aforesaid, every such person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars and may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

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SEC. 2. If any locomotive engineer, or railroad employee, within Refusing to this State, for the purpose of furthering the object of, or lending move cars of aid to, any strike or strikes organized or attempted to be main-another comtained on any other railroad, either within or without this State, shall refuse or neglect, in the course of his employment, to aid in the movement over and upon the tracks of the company employing him of the cars of such other railroad company, or receive therefrom in course of transit where strikes are, either then, or may have been organized or attempted to be maintained, as aforesaid, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by indictment, shall be fined not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

Interfering

SEC. 3. If any person in aid or furtherance of the objects of any strike upon any railroad within this State, shall interfere with, with employee. molest or obstruct any railroad employee engaged in the discharge and performance of his duty, as such, every person so offending shall be deemed guily of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by indictment, shall be fined not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 4. If any person or persons, in aid or furtherance of the obObstructing jects of any strike, shall obstruct any railroad track within this track, etc. State, or shall injure or destroy the rolling stock or any other property of any railroad company, or shall take possession of or remove any such property, or shall prevent, or attempt to prevent, the use thereof by such railroad company or its employees, or shall, by offer of recompense, induce any employees of any railroad company within this State, to leave the service of such company, every such person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof by indictment, shall be fined not less than five hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, and may be imprisoned, not less than six months, nor more than one year, at the discretion of the court.

Abandoning

SEC. 5. If any conductor, baggage master, brakeman, or other train man, employed on either a freight or passenger train, on any train, etc. railroad within this State, shall abandon the train to which he is so attached, or with which he is connected in furtherance of any strike, or with a view of inciting others to such strike, or in aid of any others who may be engaged in such strike, at any place other than the schedule or otherwise appointed destination of such

Fire escapes

train, or shall refuse or neglect to proceed with such train to its place of destination, every such person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, by indictment, shall be fined not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER 127.-Fire escapes on factories, etc.

(Page 929.)

SECTION 1. The owner or owners of any building

being to be provided more than two stories in height and which shall be used in the for certain third or any higher story, in whole or in part as a * * buildings. * factory or workshop, or as a tenement house shall be required to furnish such building with sufficient permanent fire escapes from the third and all higher stories, and which escapes shall be kept and maintained in good order. Such fire escapes may be by means of stairways or ladders outside the building, or by stairways in a separate tower or structure furnished with safe and easy communication with such building: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any building whatever that is already supplied with two or more independent stairways leading from the highest story to the ground floor, if said stairways shall not be nearer to each other at any point than a distance of sixty feet.

Inspection.

Penalty.

Seats to be provided.

Penalty.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer of the fire department in any city, town or borough where there may be such officers, or if there be no such officer therein, then of the mayor or chief officer thereof, and in all other places of the clerk of the school district wherein any such building is located to examine such fire escapes as to their suitableness and sufficiency, whether as to quality, location or number. If upon such examination such escapes be found to be sufficient and suitable, the person examining shall give the owner of such building or some one of them, if more than one, a certificate stating such examination and his approval, which certificate shall be good for two years, at the expiration of which time another examination shall be had and a like certificate given. Such certificate of approval shall be evidence of sufficient compliance with the requirements of this act and shall protect such owner from any penalty herein prescribed during the time for which it may have been given. The fee for such examination shall be one dollar.

SEC. 4. Every owner of any such building as is specified in this act, whether an individual or a body corporate, who shall fail to comply with the provisions thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to indictment, and upon conviction shall forfeit and pay to the State a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and in case of a corporation, payment of the fine may be enforced by a writ of fieri facias to be issued out of the court where such conviction was had on the judgment thereof and continued by venditioni exponas as upon judgments in the superior court.

CHAPTER 127.-Seats for female employees.
(Page 932.)

SECTION 1. Every person or corporation employing female employees in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishments in this State shall provide suitable seats for the use of the female employees so employed, and shall permit the use of such by them when not necessarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed.

SEC. 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.

CHAPTER 131.-Sunday labor.

(Page 953.)

Sunday labor

SECTION 4. If any person shall perform any worldly employment, labor, or business, on the Sabbath day (works of necessity forbidden. and charity excepted), he shall be fined four dollars, and on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty-four hours.

If any carrier, peddler, wagoner, or driver of any public stage, or carriage, or any carter, butcher, or drover, with his horse, pack, wagon, stage, carriage, cart, or drove, shall travel, or drive, upon the Sabbath day; or if any retailer of goods shall expose the same to sale on the Sabbath; he shall be fined eight dollars, and on failure to pay such fine and costs shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty-four hours. Any justice of the peace may stop any such person so traveling on the Sabbath, and detain him until the next day.

CHAPTER 131.-Employment of children-Certain employments forbidden.

(Page 954.)

Acrobatic, mendicant, etc.,

SECTION 2. Any person having the care, custody, or control of any minor child under the age of fifteen years who shall in any employments. manner sell, apprentice, give away, or otherwise dispose of such minor, or any person who shall take, receive, or employ such child for the vocation or occupation of rope or wire walking or dancing, or as an acrobat or gymnast, or any person who, having the care, custody, or control of any minor child whatsoever, and shall sell, apprentice, give away, or otherwise dispose of such minor, or who shall take, receive, or employ such minor for begging or any obscure [sic], indecent, or illegal exhibition or vocation, or any vocation injurious to the health or dangerous to the life or limb of such child engaged therein, or for the purpose of prostitution, or any person who shall retain, harbor, or employ any minor child in or about any assignation house or brothel, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace or court of record shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense.

ACTS OF 1897.

CHAPTER 452.-Factories and workshops—Provisions for female employees-New Castle County.

Dressing

SECTION 1 (as amended by chapter 453, Acts of 1897). It shall be the duty of every person or corporation employing female labor rooms, etc. to the number of ten or upwards in New Castle County to provide, within three months after the passage of this act, a room or rooms, plainly and appropriately furnished, for such female employees to dress, wash and lunch in, separate and apart from the male employees of such person or corporation, allowing in said separate room or rooms [sic]; and further, to provide washing sinks for such female employees, separate and apart from such male employees, allowing one such washing sink to each fifteen of such female employees employed by such person or corporation; and further, to provide water-closets for such female employees, separate from those used by such male employees: Provided, That nothing in this section shall apply to canning establishments doing business in the rural districts of said county.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of every storekeeper in New Castle County to provide seats for his or her clerks and employees, so that when unemployed such clerks and employees may be seated.

Seats.

Workrooms to be warm.

Abusive, etc., language for

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Penalty.

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Inspector to workrooms.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation employing female labor to provide such places for such female employees to work in during cold weather as shall be reasonably and comfortably warm.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any employer of female labor, or any overseer, superintendent, foreman or boss of any such employer of female labor to use toward female employees any abusive, indecent or profane language, or to in any manner abuse, misuse, unnecessarily expose to hardship, or maltreat any such female employee.

SEC. 5. Any person violating any provision of section 4 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense; any person or corporation violating any provision of the first, second and third sections of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined the sum of ten dollars, and shall be subject to the further penalty of ten dollars for each day thereafter during which such corporation or person shall refuse or neglect to provide the furnished rooms, seats, appliances or furnish the heat therein mentioned.

SEC. 7. The chief justice of the State of Delaware is hereby authorized and required within sixty days after the passage of this act to appoint a female inspector, whose duty it shall be to visit from time to time all stores, mills, factories and other places of business where female labor is employed and to duly enforce the provisions of this act. Whenever said inspector shall ascertain that the provisions of this act or any of them are being violated by any employer in New Castle County, it shall be the duty of said inspector to serve upon such violator of the provisions of this act written notice that unless such employer shall conform to the requirements of this act, and wholly cease any violation thereof within ten days from the services of such notice, such employer will be prosecuted under the provisions of this act. And it shall further be the duty of said inspector in case of the neglect or failure of such employer, who has received such notice, to conform to the provisions of this act, and to cease all violations thereof within ten days from the said service of said notice, to institute the prosecution of such recalcitrant employer or employers under the provisions of this act, by swearing out before any justice of the peace in New Castle County resident in the hundred where said employer may have his, her or its place of business, or in an adjacent hundred, the necessary warrant or complaint and thereupon to assist and enforce the prosecution of the person or corporation so complained of to the full extent of her power, and it shall further be the duty of such inspector in case any prosecutions under the provisions of this act shall be begun or instituted by any other person than such inspector, to aid, further and assist such independent prosecution of such employer to the best of her power, and whenever such independent prosecution of any such employer shall be begun by any person other than said inspector it shall be the duty of the justice of the peace before whom such complaint shall be made to straightway notify by due course of mail the inspector appointed under this act, informing such inspector of the name of the complainant and defendant, of the names of the witnesses indorsed upon said complaint and of the day, hour and place fixed for the hearing of said cause.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of every employer of female labor have access to in New Castle County, whether to the number of ten or upward or less, to permit said inspector to have full and free access at any time during the working noon hours of said employees to the place of business of such employer where such employees are employed, and in case any such employer shall refuse such inspector full and free access to his place of business as aforesaid, or shall in any way hinder or prevent the full performance of her duties of inspection under the provisions of this act, such employer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon every

conviction of such interference with said inspector in the performance of her duties, shall pay a fine to New Castle County of ten dollars, which fine shall be collected in the same manner as the other fines and penalties heretofore provided for in this act. SEC. 9 (as amended by chapter 453, Acts of 1897). The inspector Term, etc. appointed under this act shall hold her said office for the term of two years, or until her successor is appointed, and shall receive an annual salary of three hundred dollars, payable quarterly, by warrants upon the county treasury; it shall further be her duty on the first day of August in each year subsequent to the year of her appointment, to make a written report to the chief justice of her acts and of all transactions under this statute. The provisions of this act shall apply to and be enforced only in duly incorporated towns and cities in New Castle County. CHAPTER 594.-Right of action for personal injuries—Limitation.

Report.

Limitation of

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act no action for the recovery of damages upon a claim for alleged personal in- one year. juries shall be brought after the expiration of one year from the date upon which it is claimed that such alleged injuries were sustained.

ACTS OF 1899.

CHAPTER 264.-—Sunday labor—Barbers.

Barbering on Sunday forbid

SECTION 1. Any person who carries on or engages in the business of shaving, hair cutting or other work of a barber, or who opens den. or allows to be open his barber shop, or place where such business is done, for the purpose of carrying on his said business on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, and on failure to pay such fine and costs shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten days.

ACTS OF 1901.

CHAPTER 137.-Examination and licensing of barbers.

SECTION 1. A board of examiners, to consist of three reputable barbers, is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. The members of the board first to be appointed under this act, shall be designated by them from the barbers residing in the city of Wilmington, Delaware. The term for which the members of said board shall hold their office shall be for three years (except that two members of the board first to be appointed under this act, shall be designated by the governor to hold their office for the term of one and two years respectively), unless sooner removed by the governor, and until their successors shall be duly appointed in case of vacancy occurring in said board, such vacancy shall be filled in like manner by the governor. Each member of said board shall enter into a bond to the State of Delaware with one or more sureties to be approved by any judge of any court of this State, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500), conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties; said bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and before entering upon his duties each member shall be duly sworn or affirmed to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office.

Board of examiners.

etc.

SEC. 2. The said board shall choose one of its members presi- Organization, dent, one secretary and one treasurer thereof. It shall fix the time and place of meeting or meetings. A majority of said board shall at all times constitute a quorum and the proceedings thereof shall at all reasonable times be open to a reasonable inspection. The board shall also make an annual report of its proceedings to 43967-08-17