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 FACTORY LEG 1SJ.AT1OX FOR ll'OMEX - 195

MICHIGAN.

Inspection. This was not provided until 1895.

Hours of labor. In all places where men and women are employed ten hours shall constitute a legal day's work. All employers who require a longer day shall be compelled to pay their employes for all overtime or extra hours at the regular per diem rate, unless there be an agreement to the contrary. (Act No. 137, Pub. Acts of 1885.) A much better law was passed ten years later, as follows :

No females shall be employed in any manufacturing estab- lishment in the state more than sixty hours in one week, unless for the purpose of making necessary repairs, provided that no more than ten hours per day shall be exacted for the purpose of making a shorter day on Saturday. (Act No. 184, sec. i, Session Laws of 1895.)

Sanitary regulations. I. No females under twenty-one years shall be allowed to clean machinery in motion. (Sec. 3, as from above.)

2. Every factory in which two or more children, young

<>ns, or women are employed shall be kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia and a sufficient number of closets for the

of each sex shall be provided. (Sec. 10, as from above.)

Seats provided. i. All persons who employ females in stores, shops, or manufactories shall furnish such female clerks, assist- ants, operatives or helpers seats to be used when not actively
 * i^ed in their duties.

2. Violation of this law is punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars. (Sees. I and 2, Act No. 9 1, Pub. Acts of 1893.)

ILLINOIS.

Inspection. This was provided in 1893.

Hours of labor. "No female shall be employed in any

factory or workshop mmv than eight hours in any one day, or


 * ht hours in any one week." 1 (Fact. Act, 1893, sec. 5.)

was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Illinois March 15. 1895, n tb* ground that it wai a violation of freedom to contract for work.