ployee is serving, he is prevented from reaching his terminal; or, to require or permit any such employee who has been on duty sixteen consecutive hours to go on duty without having had at least ten hours off duty; or, to require or permit any such employee who has been on duty sixteen hours in the aggregate in any twenty-four hour period to continue on duty without having had at least eight hours off duty within the twenty-four hour period. SEC. 2. That any such common carrier, or any of its officers or agents violating any of the provisions of this act is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred or more than one thousand dollars for each and every such violation to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the attorney-general; and it shall be the duty of the attorney-general to bring such suits upon duly verified information being lodged with him of such violation having occurred, in any superior court; and it shall also be the duty of the railroad commission to fully investigate all cases of the violation of this act, and to lodge with the attorney-general information of any such violation as may come to its knowledge.

CHAPTER 128.-Employment of children-Age limit.

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SECTION 1. No person under the age of nineteen years shall be Messenger service. employed as a public messenger by any person, telegraph company, telephone company, or messenger company in any city of the first class in this State, nor shall any child of either sex under the age of fourteen years be hired out to labor in any factory,, Factory, etc., mill, workshop or store at any time: Provided, That any superior court judge may issue a permit for the employment of any child between the ages of twelve and fourteen years at any occupation, not in his judgment, dangerous or injurious to the health or morals of such child, upon evidence satisfactory to him, that the labor of such child is necessary for its support or for the assistance of any parent: And provided further, That the judge of the juvenile court may issue permits for the employment of any male child over fourteen years of age, as messenger by telegraph, telephone and messenger companies subject to such limitations and conditions as may be imposed by said court. All permits herein provided for shall be issued for a definite time and shall be revocable at the discretion of the judge by whom issued.

SEC. 2. Any employer, or any overseer, superintendent, or agent of such person, telegraph company, telephone company or messenger company who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined for each offense not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

CHAPTER 200.-Inspection of steam vessels.

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SECTION 1. The commissioner of labor shall be charged with Inspectors. the administration of the provisions of this act, shall employ the necessary inspectors to enable him to carry said provisions into effect, and shall exercise supervision over them in the performance of their duties.

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SEC. 2. The commissioner of labor shall annually, or oftener if he has good cause to believe it reasonable, inspect, or cause to spections. be inspected, every steam vessel or other vessel operated by machinery engaged in carrying passengers for hire or towing for hire, excepting vessels which are subject to inspection under the laws of the United States, examine carefully her hull, boats and other equipment, examine her engine and boilers, ascertain how. long it will be safe to use the same, determine the pressure of steam to be allowed and so regulate the fusible plugs, safety valves and steam cocks as to insure safety, and he may require

Boilers to be tested.

such changes, repairs and improvements to be adopted and used as he may deem expedient for the contemplated route. He shall also fix the number of passengers that may be transported. He shall also, whenever he deems it expedient, visit any vessel licensed under this act and examine into her condition for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any party thereon having a certificate from him has conformed to and obeyed the condi tions of such certificate and the provisions of this act. The owner, master, pilot, captain or engineer of such vessel shall answer all reasonable questions, and shall give all the information in his or their power, in regard to said vessel, her machinery and the manner of managing the same. In case of damage by fire or by explosion or by means of an electrical apparatus, he may investigate the cause thereof, and if found by him to have been occasioned by a violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of the orders, regulations and requirements issued by him, he shall so certify to the prosecuting attorney of the county where such violation occurred, together with the names of the persons guilty thereof and of the witnesses.

SEC. 3. The commissioner shall also test the boilers of all steam vessels, before the same shall be used, and at least once in every year thereafter. In subjecting to the hydrostatic test, boilers called and usually known under the designation of high-pressure boilers, the hydrostatic pressure applied must be in proportion of one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch to one hundred pounds to the square inch of the steam pressure allowed. And in subjecting to the hydrostatic test, that class of boilers usually designated and known as low-pressure boilers, the commissioner shall allow as the working power of each new boiler, a pressure of only three-fourths the number of pounds to the square inch, to which it shall have been subjected by the hydrostatic test, and found to be sufficient therefor; but should said commissioner be of the opinion that such boiler, by reason of its construction or material will not safely allow so high a working pressure he may, for reasons specifically stated in his certificate, fix the working pressure of such boiler at less than three-fourths of said test pressure; and no boiler or pipe, or any of the connections therewith, shall be approved, which is made in whole or in part, of bad material, or is unsafe in its form, or dangerous from defective workmanship, age, use or other cause. In addition to the hydrostatic test as herein provided, the commissioner may cause a hammer test to be made and an internal examination of such boiler or boilers so tested, whenever deemed necessary. Any boiler having been in use ten years or more may be drilled at the bottom of shell or boiler, and also at such other points as the inspectors may direct to determine the thickness of such material at those points, and the general condition of such boiler or boilers at the time of inspection and the steam pressure allowed shall be determined by such ascertained thickness and general condition of the boiler. He shall also see that all connections to the said boiler or engines are of suitable material, size and construction; and that the boiler, machinery and appur tenances are such as may be employed with safety in the service to be performed. He shall also satisfy himself that the safety valves are of suitable dimensions and that the weights of the same are properly adjusted, so as to allow no greater pressure than the maximum amount prescribed by him; and that there is a sufficient number of gauge cocks, properly attached to the boiler, so as to indicate the quantity of water therein; and suitable steam gauges to correctly show the amount of steam carried; and as to any other matter connected with such steam vessel or the ma chinery thereof, that to said commissioner shall seem necessary to the safety of her passengers and crew. And he shall make such inspection, examination and test of naphtha launches and electric launches and their apparatus and machinery, as will enable him to determine whether they can be safely used in navigation.

SEC. 4. The commissioner, if satisfied that such vessel is in all Certificates. respects safe and conforms to the requirements of this act, shall make and subscribe duplicate certificates, setting forth the age of the vessel, the date of inspection, the name of the vessel, the name of the owner, the master, the number of licensed officers and crew which he deems necessary to manage the vessel with safety, the number of boats and life-preservers required, and the number of passengers that she can safely carry, and if a steam vessel, the age of the boiler, and the pressure of steam she is authorized to carry. One of such certificates shall be kept posted in some conspicuous place on the vessel to be designated by the commissioner in the certificate and the other copy shall be kept by the commissioner and by him recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. If the commissioner refuses to grant a certificate of approval, he shall make a statement in writing, giving his reasons for such refusal, and deliver the same to the owner or master of the vessel.

SEC. 6. All steamboats and other vessels to which this act is ap- Construction plicable, shall hereafter be so constructed that the wood work of vessels. about the boilers, chimneys, fire boxes, cook houses, stove and steam pipes, or any machinery or apparatus involving danger of fire, where such woodwork is exposed to ignition, shall be so shielded by come incombustible material, that the air may circulate freely between such material and woodwork or other ignitible substances, and before granting a certificate of inspection, the commissioner shall require that all other necessary provisions be made throughout such vessel, as he may judge expedient to guard against loss or damage by fire.

SEC. 13. Whoever intentionally loads or obstructs, or causes to Loading safebe loaded or obstructed, in any way, the safety valve of the boiler, ty valve. or employs any other means or device whereby the boiler may be subjected to a greater pressure than the amount allowed by the commissioner's certificate, or intentionally deranges or hinders the operation of any machinery or device employed to denote the stage of the water or steam in any boiler, or to give warning of any approaching danger, or intentionally permits the water to fall below the prescribed low water limit of the boiler, shall forfeit to the State of Washington the sum of five hundred dollars for each violation.

SEC. 14. Every person employed as master, pilot or engineer Masters, etc., on board of a steam vessel or a vessel propelled by machinery, to be licensed. carrying passengers for hire or towing for hire, shall be examined by the commissioner as to his qualifications, and if satisfied therewith he shall grant him a license for the term of one year for such boat, boats or class of boats, as said commissioner may specify in such license. In a proper case, the license may permit and specify that the master may act as pilot, and in case of small vessels also as engineer and pilot. The license shall be framed under glass, and posted in some conspicuous place on the vessel on which he may act. Whoever acts as master, pilot or engineer, without having first received such license, or upon a boat or class of boats not specified in his license, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each day that he so acts, except as in this act otherwise specified, and such license may be revoked by the commissioner for intemperance, incompetency or willful violation of duty.

SEC. 20. No master, engineer or other person having charge of the boiler or apparatus for the generation of steam of any steamboat or vessel shall create, or allow to be created any undue or unsafe quantity of steam in order to increase the speed of such boat or to excel another boat in speed. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the State of Washington the sum of five dollars for every such violation.

Creating undue amount of steam.

SEC. 21. Every master of a steamboat or vessel who shall vio- Violations. late any of the preceding sections of this act shall, for every such violation, forfeit to the State of Washington the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, unless a different penalty is prescribed.

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SEC. 23. The master of every vessel shall keep a copy of the preceding sections of this act posted in a conspicuous place on such vessel for the inspection of all persons on board thereof. Every master violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the State of Washington, twenty-five dollars, and the additional sum of twenty-five dollars for each month while such violation continues.

SEC. 24. The commissioner shall on or before the first day of January in each year, make a verified report to the governor, containing a detailed statement of the names and number of vessels examined and licensed, the names and number of vessels to which licenses were refused and stating the reasons for the refusal, the names and number of persons examined and licensed, the names and number to whom licenses were refused and stating the reasons therefor, and may include in such report any other information he may deem desirable.

SEC. 26. For each inspection provided for in sections two and three of this act the owner or master of each vessel shall pay the commissioner of labor an inspection fee, which shall not be less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, to be fixed by the commissioner of labor with reference to the size of the vessel inspected. For each license issued under section eighteen of this act the person so licensed shall pay to the commissioner of labor the sum of five dollars. All of the fees re ceived from this source shall be accounted for by the commissioner of labor to the State treasurer, and credited to the general fund.

SEC. 27. The inspectors provided for in this act shall receive seven dollars per diem for the time actually engaged in making the inspections and examinations provided for herein, and shall be paid necessary traveling expenses when making such inspec tions and conducting such examinations at other than the domicile of said inspectors.

SEC. 28. Any inspector duly employed by the commissioner of labor for the execution of any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed to be a deputy of said commissioner for the purposes hereof, and may perform any act and exercise any authority herein prescribed for the commissioner of labor.

CHAPTER 224.-Railroad employees-Purchase of uniforms.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any railroad or other transstricted in buy-portation company doing business in the State of Washington, or of any officer, agent or servant of such railroad or other transportation company, to require any conductor, engineer, brakeman, fireman, purser, or other employee, as a condition of his continued employment, or otherwise to require or compel, or attempt to require or compel, any such employees to purchase of any such railroad or other transportation company or of any particular person, firm or corporation or at any particular place or places, any uniform or other clothing or apparel, required by any such railroad or other transportation company to be used by any such employee in the performance of his duties as such; and any such railroad or transportation company or any officer, agent or servant thereof, who shall order or require any conductor, engineer, brakeman, fireman, purser, or other person in its employ, to purchase any uniform or other clothing or apparel as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have required such purchase as a condition of such employee's continued employment.

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SEC. 2. Any railroad or other transportation company doing business in the State of Washington, or any officer, agent or servant thereof, violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county where the misdemeanor is committed, not exceeding six months.

CHAPTER 231.--Employment of children-School attendance.

SECTION 1. All parents, guardians and other persons in this School attendState having or who may hereafter have immediate custody of ance required any child between eight and fifteen years of age shall cause such child to attend the public schools of the district in which the child resides for the full time which such school may be in session, or shall attend a private school for the same time, unless the child is physically or mentally unable to attend school, has already attained a reasonable proficiency in the branches required by law to be taught in the first eight grades of public schools of this State as provided by the course of study of the said school, is otherwise being furnished with the same education, or has been excused from such attendance for some other sufficient reason, by the superintendent of the schools of the district in which the child resides, if there be such a superintendent, and, in all other cases, by the county superintendent of common schools. Proof of absence from public school or approved private school shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

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SEC. 2. No child under the age of fifteen years shall be em- Employment ployed for any purpose by any corporation, person or association during of persons in this State during the hours which the public schools of the district in which such child resides are in session, unless the said child shall present a certificate from a school superintendent, as provided for in section one of this act, excusing the said child from attendance in the public schools and setting forth the reason for such excuse, the residence and age of the child, and the time for which such excuse is given. Every owner, superintendent, or overseer of any establishment, corporation, company or person employing any such child shall keep such certificate on file so long as such child is employed by him, her or it. The form of said certificate shall be furnished by the superintendent of public instruction. Proof that any child under fifteen years of age is employed during any part of the period in which public schools of the district are in session, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

SEC. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of either of Violations. the two preceding sections shall be fined not more than twentyfive dollars. Attendance officers shall make complaint for violation of the provisions of this act, to a justice of the peace or to a judge of the superior court.

SEC. 4. * ** The attendance officer shall be vested with police powers, the authority to make arrests and serve all legal processes contemplated by this act, and shall have authority to enter all stores, mills, shops or other places in which children may be employed, for the purpose of making such investigations as may be necessary to the enforcement of this act.

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CODE-EDITION OF 1899.

CHAPTER 3.-Time to vote to be allowed employees. SECTION 52. Every person entitled to vote at any general national, State or county election, who may be employed by another on the day on which such election shall be held in this State, shall be given some period of four hours, or more if necessary, between the opening and the closing of the polls, on said day, for the purpose of enabling such person to repair to his place of voting to cast his vote and return; and any circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, may enforce the provisions of this section by mandate, or otherwise, upon the application of any voter. Every officer of any corporation, owner, superintendent, overseer, foreman or other person, who employs or permits to be employed any person against his will, in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars.

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