or otherwise, not being authorized to so use the same, knowing that such use is unauthorized, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or both.

CHAPTER 204.-Health of employees-Factories and workshops.

SEC. 1. Whenever the inspector of factories, on complaint of any person, after due investigation, shall find it necessary for the preservation of the health of the employees in any manufacturing establishment, factory, or mill in which is carried on the business of buffing, polishing, or grinding metals, or any operations in which an excessive amount of dust is generated, that the excessive dust resulting from said operations should be removed from the atmosphere of the rooms or apartments used for that purpose, he shall, in writing, direct the person or persons or corporation owning or occupying said premises, or carrying on business in such premises, within three months from the date of said order, to introduce and operate such appliances or devices as may be necessary to remove, so far as the nature of the business will permit, such excessive dust or foreign matter from the atmosphere of such mill, factory or apartment used for the purposes aforesaid; Provided, Such appliances or devices do not restrict or interfere with the aforesaid business or operations.

SEC. 2. Any violation of any proper order made or given by the inspector of factories, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be punished in the manner provided in section 2269 of the general statutes."

CHAPTER 227.-Employment of children.

SEC. 3 (as amended by chapter 210, acts of 1895). No person over fourteen and under sixteen years of age, who can not read and write, shall be employed in any town where evening schools are established under the provisions of this act, unless he can produce every school month of twenty days a certificate from a teacher of an evening school established under this act, showing that he has attended such school eighteen consecutive evenings in the current school month, and is a regular attendant. Any person who shall employ a child contrary to the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, and it shall be the duty of the state board of education to enforce the provisions of this act as provided in section 1755 of the general statutes.

ACTS OF 1895..

CHAPTER 72.-Electric railways-Obstructing, injuring property of, etc. SECTION 1. Every person who willfully and unlawfully displaces, removes, cuts, injures or destroys any wire, insulator, pole, dynamo, or motor attached, appertaining to, or connected with, any railroad or street railway operated by electricity, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in a jail not more than one year, or both; or be imprisoned in the state prison not less than one year, nor more than three years.

CHAPTER 153.-Convict labor-Manufacture of certain goods prohibited.

No person confined in any penitentiary, or other place for confinement of offenders, under the control of the State, shall be employed in or about the manufacture or preparation of any drugs, medicines, food or food material, cigars or tobacco, or any preparation thereof, pipes, chewing gum, or any other article or thing used for eating, drinking, chewing, or smoking, or for any other use within or through the mouth of any human being.

CHAPTER 206.-Appeals from orders of factory inspectors.

SEC. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by any order of an inspector of factories may appeal to the superior court in the county where the person, firm, or corporation owns, leases, or occupies the factory or building in relation to which said order relates, within four weeks after notice of such order shall be given. Said appeal shall operate as a supersedeas, shall be made in writing, and shall contain a brief statement of the facts and reasons of appeal and a citation to the inspector of factories to appear before said court, and said court or any judge thereof may direct the time of appearance and the manner of service. Said

court may review the doings of the factory inspector, may examine the questions in issue, and may confirm, change, or set aside the doings of the factory inspector, and may make such orders in the premises, including orders as to costs, as it may find to be proper and equitable.

CHAPTER 239.-Board of mediation and arbitration.

SEC. 1. During each biennial session of the general assembly, the governor shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a state board of mediation and arbitration, to consist of three competent persons, each of whom shall hold his office for the term of two years. One of said persons shall be selected from the party which at the last general election cast the greatest number of votes for governor of this State, and one of said persons shall be selected from the party which at the last general election cast the next greatest number of votes for governor of this State, and the other of said persons shall be selected from a bona fide labor organization of this State. Said board shall select one of its number to act as clerk or secretary, whose duty it shall be to keep a full and faithful record of the proceedings of the board, and also to keep and preserve all documents and testimony submitted to said board; he shall have power, under the direction of the board, to issue subpoenas, and to administer oaths in all cases before said board, and to call for and examine the books, papers, and documents of the parties to such cases. Said arbitrators shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office before entering upon the discharge of their duties.

SEC. 2. Whenever any grievance or dispute of any nature shall arise between any employer and his employees, it shall be lawful for the parties to submit the same directly to the state board of mediation and arbitration, in case such parties elect to do so, and shall notify said board, or its clerk, in writing, of such election. Whenever such notification to said board or its clerk is given, it shall be the duty of said board to proceed, with as little delay as possible, to the locality of such grievance or dispute, and inquire into the cause or causes of the grievance or dispute. The parties to the grievance or dispute shall thereupon submit to said board, in writing, succinctly, clearly, and in detail, their grievances and complaints, and the cause or causes thereof, and severally promise and agree to continue in business, or at work, without a strike or lockout until the decision of said board is rendered; Provided, It shall be rendered within ten days after the completion of the investigation. The board shall thereupon proceed fully to investigate and inquire into the matters in controversy, and to take testimony under oath in relation thereto, and shall have power by its chairman or clerk to administer oaths, to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books and papers.

SEC. 3. After a matter has been fully heard, the said board, or a majority of its members, shall within ten days render a decision thereon in writing, signed by the members of the board, or a majority of them, stating such details as will clearly show the nature of the decision and the points disposed of by said board. The decision shall be in triplicate, one copy of which shall be filed by the clerk of the board in the office of the town clerk or city clerk in the town or city where the controversy arose, and one copy shall be served on each of the parties to the controversy.

SEC. 4. Whenever a strike or lockout shall occur, or is seriously threatened in any part of the State, and shall come to the knowledge of the board, it shall be its duty, and it is hereby directed to proceed, as soon as practicable, to the locality of such strike or lockout, and put itself in communication with the parties to the controversy, and endeavor by mediation to effect an amicable settlement of such strike or lockout; and if, in the judgment of said board, it is best, it shall inquire into the cause or causes of the controversy, and to that end the board is hereby authorized to subpoena witnesses and send for persons and papers.

SEC. 5. Said board shall, on or before the first day of December in each year, make a report to the governor, and shall include therein such statements, facts, and explanations as will disclose the actual working of the board, and such suggestions as to legislation as may seem to it conducive to harmony in the relations between employers and employed, and to the improvement of the present system of production.

SEC. 6. Whenever the term employer or employers is used in this act, it shall be held to include firm, joint-stock association, company, or corporation, as fully as if each of the last-named terms was expressed in each place.

SEC. 7. The members of the board shall receive, as compensation for actual services rendered under this act, the sum of five dollars per day and expenses, upon presentation of their voucher to the comptroller, approved by the governor.

CHAPTER 254.—Fire escapes on factories, etc.

SEC. 1. Every story above the first story of any building used or occupied as a * * *boarding house accommodating more than twelve persons, or tenement house occupied by more than five families, shall be provided with more than one way of egress, by stairways on the inside or fire escapes on the outside of such building. And said stairways and fire escapes shall, at all times, be kept free from obstruction, and shall be accessible from each room in every story above the first story.

SEC. 2 (as amended by chapter 346, acts of 1895). If any of the above-named buildings, or any work-shop, manufactory, hotel, boarding house, tenement house, or other building used, in whole or in part, for any of the purposes above specified, or in which more than twenty persons shall be employed above the first story, shall be more than two stories in height, it shall be provided with at least one are escape, of iron or other incombustible material, on the outside of said building; unless it shall be made to appear to the building inspector or other proper authority, as provided in section four of this act, that said building is already supplied with a sufficient number of safe and proper means of egress. And if such building shall be more than one hundred and fifty feet in length, then it shall be provided with one such fire escape for every one hundred and fifty feet, or fractional part thereof exceeding fifty feet in length of such building; and such fire escapes shall be conveniently accessible from each story of said building.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the owner of every such building to provide such fire escapes and means of egress, or cause the same to be provided, and if he shall neglect so to do, for a period of three months after the passage of this act, or for a period of three months after notice so to do from the building inspector or other proper authority, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the building inspector of each city, the warden of each borough, and the first selectman of each town not having a building inspector, either by himself or by some proper person appointed by him, to inspect all of the above-named buildings at least once each year between April first and October first, and to see that the provisions of this act are complied with; and for such purpose he shall have the right to enter any of said buildings in the day time, between the hours of nine and five o'clock. And said city, borough, or town shall fix and pay the compensation for all services under the provisions of this act.

CHAPTER 295.-Protection of alien laborers.

SEC. 1. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics is hereby authorized to appoint some competent person or persons, familiar with the language of Italian, Polish, or other alien laborers, as special agents of the bureau, whose duty it shall be to inform said laborers, either personally or through printed matter in their language, as to their right of contract under the laws of the State, and to prevent, as far as possible, any illegal advantage being taken of said laborers by reason of their ignorance, credulity, or want of knowledge of the English language.

SEC. 2. The appointment of said special agents shall not be permanent, but simply to meet the exigencies of each case as presented to the commissioner, and they shall be paid a similar per diem compensation to that paid to any other agents of the bureau, the total per diem expense in any one year not to exceed three hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. Any person who shall obtain or receive money due Italian, Polish, or other foreign laborers, ignorant of the English language, and shall retain any part thereof for his own use without giving adequate consideration therefor, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for one year, or both.

CHAPTER 303.-Industrial home for the blind.

SEC. 1. The state board of education of the blind may, by a unanimous vote of all the members, provide such suitable buildings, furniture, machinery, tools, implements, and apparatus for the use of the Connecticut Institute and Industrial Home for the Blind as it shall deem necessary to enable said institution successfully to carry out the rules adopted by said board, providing for the instruction of the blind; but shall not expend more than fifteen thousand dollars for such purposes during the next two years.

SEC. 5. Any goods, wares, or merchandise, manufactured or produced in whole or in part by said institution, in furtherance of its purpose to instruct or employ

the blind, may be sold or exchanged in any town, city, or borough in this State, and neither said institution, its agents, nor its employees shall be required to procure a license therefor, and no law providing for the payment of a license fee for such privilege shall be deemed to apply to said institution, its agents, or employees, unless it or they shall be particularly referred to in its provisions.

CHAPTER 317.-Convict labor in state reformatory.

SEC. 1. A state reformatory is hereby established to be known as the Connecticut Reformatory.

SEC. 4. The superintendent shall manage the reformatory subject to the rules and written orders of the directors. He shall keep all the inmates employed in such manner as to provide, so far as may be, for their support, their recovery from evil habits, and the formation by themselves of the ability and disposition to support themselves and their families, and shall, under the control of the directors, establish and enforce such system of rewards and penalties as may seem best fitted to accomplish these results. He shall, subject to the approval of the directors, appoint subordinate officers and employees. He shall also have control of the subordinate officers and employees of the institution, and may suspend or remove them on his written order, subject to the right of appeal to the board of directors.

SEC. 13. Persons committed to the reformatory may, at any time during their commitment, be indentured by authority of the directors, to service in this State for such time as shall be stated in the indenture, not exceeding in all the term which they were bound to serve in the reformatory.

DELAWARE.

REVISED CODE OF 1852, EDITION OF 1893.

CHAPTER 16.-Protection of employees as voters.

(Page 148, chapter 329, vol. 16, Laws of Delaware.)

SECTION 1. If any person or corporation existing or doing business in this State, shall hinder, control, coerce or intimidate, or shall attempt to hinder, control, or coerce or intimidate, any qualified elector of this State from or in the exercise of his right to vote at any general, special or municipal election held under the laws of this State, by means of bribery, or by threats of depriving such elector of employment or occupation, absolutely or contingently, directly or indirectly; every such person or corporation so offending shall [be] guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay to the State of Delaware a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars or be imprisoned (if a natural person) not more than one year or both in the discretion of the court. And every elector so aggrieved may also, in an action of debt brought for that purpose, sue for and recover from the person or corporation so offending as aforesaid, the sum of five hundred dollars.

SEC. 2. In all trials under the provisions of the foregoing section, the act or acts of any officer of a corporation so far as they affect or concern any employee or servant of such corporation, shall be taken and held to be the act or acts of the corporation, whether general or special authority as to such act or acts from the corporation, to such officer be shown or not. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any officer of a corporation from individual liability under the provisions of this act."

CHAPTER 42.-Free text books.

(Page 340, chapter 66, vol. 19, Laws of Delaware.)

SEC. 1. On and after the first Saturday in April, A. D. 1891, the school commissioners or trustees of each school district or districts in the State shall furnish the necessary text books free to all the pupils enrolled in the free schools of the State in the manner hereinafter provided.

CHAPTER 54.-Convict labor.
(Page 422.)

SEC. 9. The overseer of the workhouse shall compel all prisoners convicted of any crime deemed a felony (and may allow all others) to work and labor according to their ability; and the proceeds, or produce, of such labor shall belong to

the county; but the proceeds of the industry of prisoners not obliged to work, shall, after deducting the cost of materials, be applied to their board, and any overplus shall, upon their discharge, be paid to them.

(Page 425, chapter 278, vol. 19, Laws of Delaware.)

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the levy court of New Castle County, after the passage of this act, from time to time to furnish as many perches of stone, of a character suitable for being broken into road macadam, as the sheriff of New Castle County shall require. Such stone shall be delivered in the jail yard, there to be broken by such persons who shall have been sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor under the provisions of section 1 of this act.

CHAPTER 63.-Labor day.

(Page 530, chapter 695, vol. 19, Laws of Delaware.)

Whereas the first Monday of September is now universally recognized throughout the United States as a day which ought to be observed as a "holiday" according to the purpose of its institution, so that all may have an opportunity to engage in such services as are appropriate to the day;

And whereas in most of the States the day has been declared a holiday by law; And whereas it is eminently proper that similar legislation should be had in this State, therefore

SEC. 1. That the first Monday of September, in each and every year, be and the same is hereby declared to be a legal holiday within this State.

CHAPTER 68.-Trade-marks of trades unions, etc.

(Page 552, chapter 699, vol. 19, Laws of Delaware.)

SEC. 1. Whenever any person, association or union of workingmen have adopted, or shall hereafter adopt for their protection, any label, trade-mark, or form of advertisement announcing that goods to which such label, trade-mark, or form of advertisement shall be attached were manufactured by such person, or by a member or members of such association or union, it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to counterfeit or imitate such label, trade-mark, or form of advertisement. Every person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) or both.

SEC. 2. Every person who shall use any counterfeit or imitation of any label, trade-mark, or form of advertisement of any such person, union or association, knowing the same to be counterfeit or imitation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty nor more [than] one hundred dollars ($100) or both.

SEC. 3. Every person, association or union, that has heretofore adopted, or shall hereafter adopt, a label, trade-mark or form of advertisement as aforesaid, may file the same in the office of the secretary of state, by leaving two copies, counterparts or fac-similes thereof with the secretary of state; said secretary shall deliver to such person, association or union so filing the same a duly attested certificate, for which he shall receive one dollar. Such certificate of filing shall in all suits and prosecutions under this act be sufficient proof of the adoption of such label, trade-mark or form of advertisement, and of the right of such person, association or union to adopt the same. No label shall be received and filed by the secretary of state that probably would [be] mistaken for a label already filed. SEC. 4. Every such person, association or union adopting a label, trade-mark or form of advertisement, as aforesaid, may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any such counterfeits or imitations, and all courts having jurisdiction thereof shall grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display, or sale, and shall award the complainant in such suit such damages, resulting from such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale as may by said court be deemed just and reasonable, and shall require the defendants to pay to such person, association or union the profits derived from such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale; and said court shall also order that all such counterfeits or imitations in the possession, or under the control, of any defendant in such case be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed.

SEC. 5. Every person who shall use or display the genuine label, trade-mark, or form of advertisement of any such person, association, or union in any manner not