must be full size to the main-trunk suction pipe, and the main suction pipe to which smaller pipes are attached shall, in its diameter and capacity, be equal to the combined area of such smaller pipes attached to the same, and the discharge pipe from the exhaust fan, connected with such suction pipe or pipes, shall be as large or larger than the suction pipe. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of any person, company or corporation Fans, etc. operating any such factory or workshop to provide the necessary fans or blowers to be connected with such pipe or pipes, as above set forth, which shall be run at a rate of speed as will produce a velocity of air in such suction or discharge pipe of at least nine thousand feet per minute to an equivalent suction of pressure of air equal to raising a column of water not less than five inches in a U-shaped tube. All branch pipes must enter the main-trunk pipe at an angle of forty-five degrees or less, the main suction or trunk pipe shall be below the emery or buffing wheels and as close to the same as possible, and to be either upon the floor or beneath the floor on which the machines are placed to which such wheels are attached. All bends, turns or elbows in such pipes must be made with easy, smooth surfaces, having a radius in the throat of not less than two diameters of the pipe on which they are connected. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of any factory inspector, sheriff, con- Investigation stable or prosecuting attorney of any county in this State in which of complaints. any such factory or workshop is situated, upon receiving notice in writing signed by any person having knowledge of such facts, accompanied by the sum of one dollar as compensation for his services, that such factory or workshop is not provided with such appliances as herein provided for, to visit any such factory or workshop and inspect the same, and for such purpose they are hereby authorized to enter any factory or workshop in this State during working hours, and upon ascertaining the facts that the proprietors or managers of such factory or workshops have failed to comply with the provisions of this act, to make complaint of the same in writing before a justice of the peace or police magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall thereupon issue his warrant, directed to the owner, manager or director, in such factory or workshop, who shall be thereupon proceeded against for the violation of this act and [as] hereinafter mentioned, and it is made the duty of the prosecuting attorney to prosecute all cases under this act. SEC. 6. Any person or persons or company, or managers, or directors Penalty. of any such company or corporation who shall have the charge or management of such factory or workshop, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars. ACTS OF 1899. Fire escapes on factories, etc. SECTION 1. All buildings in this State which are four or more stories Fire escapes on in height, excepting such as are used for private residences exclusively, certain buildbut including flats and apartment buildings, shall be provided withings. one or more metallic ladder or stair fire escapes attached to the outer walls thereof and extending from or suitably near the ground, to the uppermost story thereof, and provided with platforms of such forms and dimensions, and in such proximity to one or more windows of each story above the first, as to render access to such ladder or stairs from each such story easy and safe; the number, location, material and construction of such escapes to be subject to the approval of the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and a board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, except in villages, towns and cities organized under any general or special law of this State, such approval shall be had by the corporate authorities of such villages, towns and cities: Provided, New buildings. Enforcement. Penalty. Complaints. however, That all buildings more than two stories in height, used for manufacturing purposes or for hotels, dormitories, schools, seminaries, hospitals or asylums, shall have at least one such fire escape for every fifty (50) persons for which working, sleeping or living accommodations are provided above the second stories of said buildings; SEC. 2. All buildings of the number of stories and used for the purposes set forth in section one (1) of this act, which shall be hereafter erected within this State, shall upon or before their completion each be provided with fire escapes of the kind and number, and in the manner set forth in said section 1 of this act. SEC. 3. The boards of supervisors and commissioners, and in villages, towns and cities, the corporate authorities thereof as aforesaid shall direct the sheriff of their respective counties to serve a written notice in behalf of the people of the State of Illinois, upon the owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant of any building within their county not provided with fire escapes in accordance with the requirements of this act commanding such owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, or either of them, to place or cause to be placed upon such building such fire escape or escapes within thirty (30) days after the service of such notice. And the grand juries of the several counties of this State may also, during any term, visit or hear testimony relating to any building or buildings within their respective counties, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it or they are provided with fire escapes in accordance with the requirements of this act, and submit the result of their inquiry, together with any recommendations they may desire to make, to the circuit court, except in Cook County, and to the criminal court of Cook County, and said court may thereupon, if it find from the report of said grand jury that said building or buildings is [not] or are not provided with a fire escape or escapes in accordance with this act, cause the sheriff to serve a notice or notices upon the owner, trustees, lessee or occupant of such building or buildings. SEC. 4. Any such owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, or either of them, so served with notice as aforesaid, who shall not within thirty (30) days after the service of such notice upon him or them, place or cause to be placed such fire escape or escapes upon such building as required by this act and the terms of such notice, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than two hundred (200) dollars, and to a further fine of fifty (50) dollars for each additional week of neglect to comply with such notice. SEC. 6. Any person may at any time make complaint in writing to the board of supervisors or commissioners or corporate authorities whose duty it is hereunder to enforce this law, that such escape or escapes are needed or are unsafe or insufficient, and it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors or commissioners or corporate authorities to at once inspect such building and escape or escapes and cause the sheriff to notify the owner, occupant, or party in control, to immediately take such steps as to overcome the cause of complaint, and any Negligence of officer, officers or persons failing to comply with this act, upon such complaint being made, shall be fined upon conviction, for each offense, not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, in any court of competent jurisdiction. officers. Penalty. Sanitation. Construction. ACTS OF 1907. PAGE 309.-Inspection of factories-Butterine and ice cream factories. SECTION 1. All buildings or rooms occupied by butterine and ice cream manufacturers shall be drained and plumbed in a manner conducive to the proper and healthful sanitary condition thereof, and shall be constructed with air shafts, windows and ventilating pipes sufficient to insure ventilation. The factory inspector shall direct the proper drainage, plumbing and ventilation of such rooms or buildings. No cellar or basement now used for the manufacture of butterine or ice cream shall be so occupied or used unless the proprietor shall comply with the sanitary provisions of this act. SEC. 2. Every room used for the manufacture of butterine and ice cream shall be at least eight feet in height, and shall have, if deemed necessary by the factory inspector, an impermeable floor, constructed of cement, or of tiles laid in cement, or an additional flooring of wood, properly saturated with linseed oil. The side walls of such room shalĺ be plastered and wainscoted. The factory inspector may require the side walls and ceiling to be whitewashed at least once in three months. He may also require the woodwork of such walls to be painted. The furniture and utensils shall be so arranged as to be readily cleansed, and not to prevent the proper cleaning of any part of the room. The manufactured butterine and ice cream shall be kept in dry and airy rooms, Storage, etc. so arranged that the floors, shelves and all other facilities for storing the same can be properly cleaned. No domestic animal shall be allowed to remain in a room where butterine or ice cream is manufactured or stored, and no water closets or ash pit shall be within or connected with the rooms used in the manufacture of butterine or ice cream. SEC. 3. The State factory inspector shall cause such manufactories to Inspection. be inspected. If it be found, upon such inspection, that the manufactories so inspected are constructed and conducted in compliance with the provisions of this act, the factory inspector shall issue a certificate to the persons owning or conducting such manufactories. SEC. 4. If, in the opinion of the State factory inspector, alterations Alterations. are required in or upon premises occupied and used as butterine and ice cream manufactories, in order to comply with the provisions of this act, a written notice shall be served by him upon the owner, agent or lessee of such premises, either personally or by mail, requiring such alterations to be made within sixty days after such service, and such alterations shall be made accordingly. SEC. 5. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act, or Violations. refuses to comply with any of the requirements as provided herein, of the factory inspector or his deputy, who are hereby charged with the enforcement of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the second offense, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, and for a third offense by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than sixty (60) days imprisonment, or both. PAGE 310.-Department of factory inspection. created. SECTION 1. There is hereby created and established a separate and Department distinct department of the State government to be known as the "Illi-" nois Department of Factory Inspection.' Assistant and SEC. 2. The governor shall, upon the taking effect of this act, ap- Chief inspector. point a chief State factory inspector, whose duty it shall be to exercise general supervision over the department of factory inspection, and secure the enforcement of all laws now in force or hereafter enacted, relating to the inspection of factories, mercantile establishments, mills, workshops and commercial institutions in this State, and to perform such other duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law, to be performed by the factory inspector. The salary of such chief State factory inspector shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum and his term of office shall be four years. The governor shall also appoint upon the taking effect of this act, an assistant chief factory inspector at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars deputies. ($1,500) per annum, and twenty-five deputy factory inspectors at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum, and at [an] attorney for said department at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum. The duties of the assistant chief factory inspector and the deputy factory inspectors shall be the same as those now or hereafter imposed by laws upon the chief State factory inspector, the assistant chief factory inspector, and the deputy factory inspectors. Said chief State factory inspector, assistant chief factory inspector and deputy factory inspectors, shall visit and inspect at all reasonable hours, as often as practicable, the factories, mercantile establishments, mills and workshops, and commercial institutions in this State, where goods, wares or merchandise are manufactured, stored, purchased or sold, at wholesale or retail. And the chief State factory inspector shall report in writing to the Duties. Districts. Sanitation. Construction, etc., of rooms. work Inspection. governor on the 15th day of December annually, the result of his inspections and investigations, together with such other information and recommendations as he may deem proper. And said inspectors shall make a special investigation into the conditions of labor in this State, or into any alleged abuses in connection therewith, whenever the governor shall direct, and report the results of the same to the governor. It shall be the duty of said inspectors to enforce the provisions of this act, and perform such other duties as now are or shall hereafter be prescribed by law, and to prosecute all violations of law relating to the inspection of factories, mercantile establishments, mills, workshops and commercial institutions in this State before any magistrate or any court of competent jurisdiction in this State. And it shall be the duty of the State's attorney of the proper county, upon request of the chief State factory inspector or his deputies, to prosecute any violation of law which it is made the duty of the factory inspectors to enforce. And it shall be the duty of the attorney for such department to prosecute, when required by the chief State factory inspector, any infractions or violations of law which is now or may be hereafter made the duty of the factory inspectors to enforce. Said chief State factory inspector shall, by written order filed with the governor, divide the State into inspection districts, due regard being had to the number of factories and the amount of work required to be performed in each district. And he shall assign to each district a deputy inspector, who shall have charge of the inspection in the district to which he is assigned, under the supervision of the chief State factory inspector. The chief State factory inspector may at any time, when in his discretion the good of the service requires, change a deputy inspector from one district to another, or reassign the districts of the State among the several deputy inspectors under his charge. He may at any time, when the conditions are changed or in his discretion the good of the service requires, by a like order filed with the governor, redivide the State into inspection districts, changing the territory embraced within the several districts, as to him may seem advisable. INDIANA. ANNOTATED STATUTES OF 1894-REVISION OF 1901. Regulation and inspection of bakeries, etc. SECTION 6725a. Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used as a bakery or confectionery, canning, packing, pickling, or preserving establishment, or for the manufacture (for sale) of any food product shall be properly heated, lighted, drained, plumbed and ventilated and conducted with a strict regard to the health of the operatives and the purity and wholesomeness of the food articles produced. SEC. 6725b. The floors, side walls, ceilings, fixtures, furniture and - utensils of every establishment or place where food products are manufactured or stored, shall at all times be kept in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition. The side walls and ceilings of every bake room or confectionery shall be well plastered, wainscoted or ceiled with metal or lumber. Plastered walls and ceilings shall be oil painted or kept well lime washed and all interior woodwork in every bakery or confectionery shall be kept well oiled or painted with oil paint and kept washed clean with soap and water. And every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the manufacture of any food products shall have, if deemed necessary by the chief inspector, an impermeable floor made of cement or tile laid in cement. SEC. 6725c. The chief inspector or deputy inspector of the department of inspection or any health officer shall have the full power at all times to enter and inspect every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used as aforesaid, and if such inspection shall disclose a noncompliance with the purpose and provisions of this act the chief inspector shall require the execution of such lawful sanitary measures or alterations in or about such premises as will conform to the requirements of this act, and secure the production of the food products thereof in a clean and wholesome condition. SEC. 6725d. Flour and meal shall be stored in dry and well ventilated rooms only, and no basement or cellar not now occupied or used as a bakery or confectionery shall hereafter be used as such except that the requirements of section 1 of this chapter [sec. 6725a] shall have been first fully complied with. Basements, etc. for workmen. SEC. 6725e. The sleeping place or places for the persons employed Sleeping places in a bake shop shall be separate and apart from the bake room; and no person shall be allowed to sleep in a bake room or place where flour or meal or the products thereof are stored. * * * sons. SEC. 6725f. No employer shall knowingly require, permit or suffer Employment any person to work in a bakery or confectionery who is affected with of diseased perconsumption of the lungs, or with scrofula, or with any venereal disease or with any communicable skin disease. Cuspidors shall be provided by the owner or operator for each workroom of every bakery or confectionery, and no employee or other person shall expectorate on the floor or side walls of any bakery or confectionery or place where the manufacture of any food product is conducted. Plain notices shall be posted in every place where food products of any kind are produced forbidding all persons expectorating on the floors of such establishment. SEC. 6725g. The door and window openings of every food produc- Screens. ing establishment during fly season shall be fitted with self-closing wire screen doors and top outward-tipping wire window screens. Wash SEC. 6725h. Every bakery and confectionery shall be provided with wash room and water-closet or closets but separate and apart from the etc. bake room or rooms where the manufacture of any food product is conducted. SEC. 67251. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Penalty. act or refuses to comply with any lawful requirements, of the chief inspector, duly made in writing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished for the first offense by a fine not less than ten dollars ($10) or more than fifty dollars ($50), for the second offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than one hundred dollars ($100), and third offense not less than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days or both fine and imprisonment. rooms, Act to be A copy of this act shall be conspicuously posted in each workroom of every establishment effected [affected] by the provisions of this act. posted. Factories and workshops-Inspection, etc. SEC. 7087e. It shall be the duty of the owner or lessee of any manu- Safety appliances for elevafacturing or mercantile establishment, laundry, renovating works, tors, etc. bakery or printing office, where there is an elevator, hoisting shaft or wellhole, to cause the same to be properly and substantially inclosed or secured, if in the opinion of the chief inspector it is necessary, to protect the lives or limbs of those employed in such establishment. It shall also be the duty of the owner, agent or lessee of each of such establishments to provide, or cause to be provided, if in the opinion of the chief inspector, the safety of persons in or about the premises should require it, such proper trap or automatic doors so fastened in or at all elevator ways as to form a substantial surface when closed, and so constructed as to open and close by the action of the elevator in its passage, either ascending or descending, but the requirements of this section shall not apply to passenger elevators that are closed on all sides. The chief inspector shall inspect the cables, gearing or other apparatus of elevators in the establishments above enumerated and require that the same be kept in safe condition with proper safety-devices whereby the cabs or cars will be securely held in event of accident to the cable or rope or hoisting machinery, or from any similar cause. ways. on stair SEC. 7087f. Proper and substantial hand rails shall be provided on all Hand rails, stairways in all establishments above enumerated, and where, in the etc., opinion of the chief inspector it is necessary, the steps of said stairs in all such establishments shall be substantially covered with rubber, securely fastened thereon, for the better safety of persons employed in said establishments. The stairs shall be properly screened at the sides |