described in said lien there shall be taxed as costs in addition to the costs already provided for in such cases a reasonable sum as an attorney fee to be fixed by the court at the time of rendering such judgment and decree.

CHAPTER 132.-Registration, etc., of plumbers.

SEC. 1. Within ten days after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the mayor of each of the cities of this State, whether organized under special charter or otherwise, having a population of not less than fifty thousand (50,000), to appoint a board for the examination of plumbers; the same to be known as the examining board of plumbers. Such board shall consist of five (5) persons; two (2) shall be employing or master plumbers, two (2) shall be journeymen plumbers, and the other member of the board shall be the chief inspector of plumbing and drainage of such city, who shall be a member of the board ex officio. The qualification of the board shall be that each member, except the ex officio member, shall not have less than ten (10) years experience as practical plumbers, and shall have been bona fide residents of the State for three (3) years previous to their appointment on said board, and shall at the time of their appointment be bona fide residents of such city, and shall deposit a bond to the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the faithful performance of their duties.

SEC. 3. Said board of examiners shall have jurisdiction over and to examine all persons desiring or intending to engage in the trade, business or calling in the city in which said board shall be appointed with the power of examining all persons applying for certificates of competency as such employing, or master plumbers, journeymen plumbers, or as inspectors of plumbing, to determine their fitness and qualifications for conducting the business of master plumbers, journeymen plumbers, or to act as inspectors of plumbing, and to issue certificates of competency to all such persons who shall have submitted to and passed a satisfactory examination before such board, and shall be by it determined to be qualified for conducting the business as employing or as master plumbers, journeymen plumbers, or competent to act as inspectors of plumbing.

SEC. 5. Within ten (10) days after its appointment, said board shall meet in the city in which the members thereof reside, and organize by the selection of a president and secretary from among its own members, who shall be elected for a terin of one (1) year and shall perform the duties prescribed by the board. Three members of said board shall constitute a quorum. It shall be the duty of said board to receive all applications for examination and to grant certificates to such persons as may be entitled to the same under this act, and to cause the prosecution of all persons violating any of the provisions of this act; to keep a book for registration in which shall be entered the names and residences and places of business of all persons granted certificates and registered under this act, and any other facts which they may deem best to record. The said board shall have the power to make by-laws for the full and proper execution of its duties under this act, and to prescribe the forms and methods of application, examination and registration, and to fix the time and manner of granting certificates under this act.

SEC. 6. Any person or persons desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing, in any city of this State, affected by this act, as employing or master plumber, or to work as journeyman plumber, or as inspector of plumbing, shall be required to submit to an examination before such board of examiners, as to his experience and qualifications, in such trade, business or calling and said examination shall be practical as well as theoretical; and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person to conduct such trade, business or calling in such cities unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of competency, from such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to conduct such business; and when he has obtained such certificate he shall be registered and permitted to pursue his calling in such city, subject to the rules and regulations of such city in regard to plumbing and sanitation.

SEC. 7. Any person or persons guilty of violating this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) dollars for each and every violation thereof, each day being a separate offense; said fine to be sued for in the name of the "People of the State of Colorado," and before any justice of the peace in the State.

SEC. 8. The examining board shall charge and collect from each person applying for examination as master plumber, the sum of five (5) dollars, and from each journeyman plumber the sum of one (1) dollar for each of said examinations, and all moneys received under the provisions of this act shall be used and applied by said board to defray the expenses incurred or accruing under this act, and all surplus over and above the necessary expenses under this act shall be returned to the city treasurer for the use of the city.

SEC. 9. Any plumber holding a license at the time of the passage of this act in any city wherein this law has effect shall be entitled to receive a certificate from the board of examiners, but such certificate may be canceled by such examining board for a violation of the rules and regulations of the plumbing and drainage laws of the respective cities wherein this law has force, after a hearing had before said board of examiners, upon a prior notice of not less than ten (10) days, stating the grounds of complaint, and served upon the person charged with the violation of the aforesaid rules and regulations; but such revocation shall not be operative unless concurred in by a majority of the local board of examiners.

SEC. 10. After the passage of this act no one shall be eligible to the office of plumbing inspector in any of the cities of this State, whether organized under a special charter or otherwise, and having a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or upwards, unless he is a practical plumber and shall have passed the examination required, and received his certificate from the board of such city, and shall not have engaged in the business as a master or employing plumber for a period of three (3) months prior to his election or appointment; and said inspector of plumbing shall have or acquire no interest in such business during his term of office. SEC. 11. All apprentices who shall have served a period of three (3) years at the trade may apply to said board and upon passing a satisfactory examination, shall receive certificates as journeymen plumbers.

SEC. 12. All persons presenting themselves for examination under this act shall deposit with the board the fee required by this act, at the time of making said application, and the money so deposited shall not be refunded to said person, no matter what the result of said examination may be.

ACTS OF 1895.

CHAPTER 7.-Convict labor.

SECTION 1. Upon the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the board of penitentiary commissioners to proceed to erect such a building as in their judgment will give to said Benedictine Sisters a building equal in all respects, to the one which they owned prior to the time that the work on said tunnel was commenced. * * The work on said building shall be performed by the convicts in the penitentiary under the direction of such architect or superintendent as the board of commissioners may designate.

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CHAPTER 12.-Convict labor.

SEC. 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury belonging to the internal improvement permanent fund, the sum of two thousand (2,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of constructing a state bridge across the Arkansas river, in Chaffee County, on the public highway as now established, immediately north of the state reformatory; the exact location of such bridge shall be determined by the board of county commissioners of said Chaffee County and the warden of the state reformatory. SEC. 2. The said bridge shall be constructed of wood, stone, iron or steel and the warden of the reformatory shall have full and complete control of the construction of the same; and he is hereby authorized to employ convicts, confined in the reformatory, in the construction of said bridge, and to use the teams, wagons, tools and other implements, belonging to the reformatory, in the construction of said bridge.

CHAPTER 93.-Bureau of mines.

SEC. 1. There shall be and is hereby established in this State a department to be known as the "Bureau of Mines of the State of Colorado," the principal office of which shall be maintained at the state capitol, in the city of Denver.

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SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the governor to appoint a citizen of this State, having had not less than seven years practical experience in mining in the State of Colorado, together with a practical and scientific knowledge of mining, metallurgy, mineralogy and geology to the office of commissioner of mines, to hold the said office for the term of four (4) years, or until the appointment and qualification of his successor, as provided in section 1 of article 16 of the constitution of the State of Colorado, who shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution; and he shall give bond to the State in the sum of $20,000, to be approved by the governor of the State, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties, and who shall receive for his services a salary of two thousand five hundred ($2,500) dollars per annum, to be paid as other officers of the State are

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paid, and shall also receive his necessary traveling expenses when traveling on the business of his office, not to exceed $500 per annum, to be paid out of the bureau of mines fund, hereinafter provided for, and not otherwise. SEC. 3. The said bureau of mines shall have for its further objects: First-To collect and systematically record all * data concerning the wages, number of men employed, cost of sinking, drifting, and all other mining operations in each district, and such other facts as would serve as a guide for profitable mining and milling; and to make the reports of this bureau of as practical and reliable information as may be possible to be obtained. And it shall be the duty of the commissioner of mines to embrace in his report the number of men employed in mining, the average amount of wages paid per day, the number of other employees in and about the mine, and the average wages paid to them per day; * and all other such useful information in detail of such a nature that will tend to give a correct idea of the extent of the business of mining and treatment of ores, and all industries collateral thereto, or in any wise wholly or in part depending thereon.

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Fifth-To collect all data upon the mechanical operations of all important mining and milling plants in the State, and the advancement made in the application of electricity, compressed air, water power and steam as labor-saving devices to all branches of mining operations.

Sixth-To inspect and determine the safety of devices and methods used in mining, the safe condition of mines, and to take necessary measures to make them safe when required.

SEC. 6. The commissioner of mines shall appoint two (2) inspectors of practical experience in mining, citizens of the United States and legal voters of the State of Colorado, and having had not less than seven (7) years practical experience in mining in the State of Colorado, who shall hold their office for the term of two (2) years, and whose duties shall be as hereinafter specified, and shall each receive fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars per annum, and reasonable traveling expenses, not to exceed five hundred ($500) dollars each, per annum, payable monthly; and before entering upon the discharge of their duties, they shall subscribe to the oath required by the constitution and each give bond to the State in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, to be approved by the governor, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties, respectively; said bonds shall, together with the commissioner's bond, be deposited with the secretary of state.

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SEC. 7. The commissioner of mines, inspectors, or either of them, shall not act as manager, or agent, or lessee, for any mining or other corporation during the term of his office; but shall give his whole time and attention to the duties of the office to which he has been appointed. *The commissioner shall, on receipt of reliable information relating to the health and safety of the workmen employed in any metalliferous mine in the State, or whenever he deems such inspection necessary, examine or instruct one of the inspectors to examine and report to him the condition of such mine. The mine owner, agent, manager or lessee shall have the right to appeal to the commissioner on any difference that may arise between such parties and the inspector. On receipt of notice of any accident in any mine, whether fatal or not, the commissioner shall inquire into the cause of such accident.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to examine or to instruct one of the inspectors to examine and report to him the condition of the hoisting machinery, engines, boilers, whims, cages, cars, buckets, ropes and cables in use in all the metalliferous mines in operation in the State, the appliances used for the extinguishing of fires, the manner and method of working and timbering the shafts, drifts, inclines, slopes, winzes, tunnels and upraises, through which persons pass while engaged in their daily labor; all exits from the mine, and how the mine is ventilated, together with the sanitary condition of the same; and also, how and where all explosives and inflammable oils and supplies are stored; also, the system of signals used in the mine. He shall not give notice to any owner, agent, manager or lessee of the time when such inspection shall be made.

SEC. 9. Every owner, agent, manager or lessee of any metalliferous mine in this State shall admit the commissioner or inspector to such mine on the exhibition of his certificate of appointment, for the purpose of making the examination and inspection provided for in this act, whenever the mine is in active operation, and render any necessary assistance for such inspection; but said commissioner or inspector shall not unnecessarily obstruct the working of said mine. Upon the refusal of the owner, agent, manager or lessee to admit the commissioner or inspector to such mine, such owner, agent, manager or lessee shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every such refusal.

SEC. 10. If the commissioner, the inspectors, or either of them, shall reveal any information in regard to ore bodies, chutes or deposits of ore, or location, course or character of underground workings, or give any information or opinion respecting any mine obtained by them in making such inspection, upon conviction thereof, he or they shall be removed from office, and fined in a sum not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

SEC. 11. The commissioner and inspector shall exercise a sound discretion in the enforcement of this act; and if they shall find any matter, thing or practice in or connected with any metalliferous mine to be dangerous or defective, so as to, in their opinion, threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person, the commissioner or inspector shall give notice in writing thereof to the owner, agent, manager or lessee of such mine, stating in such notice the particulars in which he considers such mine, part thereof, or practice, to be dangerous or defective; and he shall order the same to be remedied.

SEC. 12. In case the owner, agent, manager or lessee, after written notice being duly given, does not conform to the provisions of this act, or disregards the requirements of this act, or any of its provisions, or lawful order of the commissioner or inspector made hereunder, any court of competent jurisdiction may, on application or information of the commissioner of mines by civil action, in the name of the people of the State of Colorado, enjoin or restrain the owner, agent, manager or lessee from working the same until it is made to conform to the provisions of this act; and such remedy shall be cumulative, and shall not affect any other proceedings against such owner, agent, manager or lessee authorized by law for the matters complained of in such action.

SEC. 13. Any owner, agent, manager or lessee having charge or operating any metalliferous mine, whenever loss of life or serious accident shall occur connected with the working of such mine, shall give notice immediately, and report all facts thereof to the commissioner of mines, who shall investigate and ascertain the causes, and make a report, which report shall be filed in his office for future reference.

CONNECTICUT.

GENERAL STATUTES OF 1888.

CHAPTER 31.-Protection of employees as voters.

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SECTION 276. Every person who shall, at or within sixty days prior to any [elecors', town or city] * meeting, attempt to influence the vote of any operative in his employ by threats of withholding employment from him, or by promises of employment, or who shall dismiss any operative from his employment on account of any vote he may have given at any such meeting shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than six months, nor more than twelve months, or both.

CHAPTER 52.-Wages preferred—In insolvency.

SEC. 514. All debts due to any laborer or mechanic for personal wages, from any insolvent debtor whose estate is in settlement, for any labor performed for him within three months next preceding the commencement of proceedings in insolvency, shall be allowed by the commissioners on his estate, and paid in full by the trustee, to the amount of one hundred dollars, before the general liabilities of such debtor are paid.

CHAPTER 70.-Conditional sale of personal property.

SEC. 920. Any property sold upon condition, and put by the vendor into the visible possession of the vendee, unless otherwise exempt from execution, may be attached and levied upon and sold or set out on execution in any suit against such vendee, subject to the rights of the vendor to its possession or ownership; and the party attaching or levying shall have the same rights which the vendee would otherwise have had, to tender to the vendor performance of the conditions of sale; and all parties deriving title under the execution shall succeed to all the rights of the vendee, in relation to such property.

CHAPTER 79.-Exemption from execution, etc.-Personal property.

SEC. 1164. The following property shall be exempted, and not liable to be taken by warrant or execution, namely: Of the property of any one person, his necessary

apparel and bedding, and household furniture necessary for supporting life, arms, military equipments, uniforms, or musical instruments owned by any member of the militia for military purposes, any pension moneys received from the United States, while in the hands of the pensioner, implements of the debtor's trade, his library, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value, one cow, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars in value, any number of sheep not exceeding ten, nor exceeding in all one hundred and fifty dollars in value, two swine and the pork produced from two swine, or two swine and two hundred pounds of pork, and poultry not exceeding twenty-five dollars in value; of the property of any one person having a wife or family, twenty-five bushels of charcoal, two tons of other coal, two hundred pounds of wheat flour, two cords of wood, two tons of hay, two hundred pounds each of beef and fish, five bushels each of potatoes and turnips, ten bushels each of Indian corn and rye, and the meal or flour manufactured therefrom, twenty pounds each of wool and flax, or the yarn or cloth made therefrom; the horse of any practicing physician or surgeon of a value not exceeding two hundred dollars, and his saddle, bridle, harness, and buggy; one boat, owned by one person, and used by him in the business of planting or taking oysters or clams, or taking shad, together with the sails, tackle, rigging, and implements used in said business, not exceeding in value two hundred dollars; one sewing machine, being the property of any one person using it, or having a family; one pew, being the property of any person having a family who ordinarily occupy it; and lots in any burying-ground, appropriated by its proprietors for the burial-place of any person or family.

CHAPTER 86.—Exemption from attachment, etc.—Wages.

SEC. 1231. * * * so much of any debt which has accrued by reason of the personal services of the debtor as shall not exceed fifty dollars, including wages due for the personal services of any minor child under the age of twenty-one years, shall be exempted and not liable to be taken by foreign attachment or execution; *. And all benefits allowed by any association of persons in this State, towards the support of any of its members incapacitated by sickness or infirmity from attending to his usual business, shall also be exempted, and not liable to be taken by foreign attachment or execution.

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CHAPTER 86.-Attachment of wages-What costs are to be recovered.

SEC. 1239. In any action in which, upon the service of process, moneys due to the defendant by reason of personal services, are attached, the plaintiff shall not recover of the defendant as costs, a sum exceeding one-half of the amount of damages recovered in the action.

SEC. 1240. In any action in which wages only are attached, no costs shall be taxed in favor of the plaintiff, unless it shall appear to the court or justice of the peace before which or whom such action is brought, that demand was made upon the defendant for the payment of the claim sued for, not more than thirty days nor less than three days prior to the bringing of such action.

CHAPTER 99.-Certain employments of children forbidden.

SEC. 1417. Every person who shall exhibit, use, employ, apprentice, give away, let out, or otherwise dispose of any child under the age of twelve years, in or for the vocation, occupation, service or purpose of rope or wire walking, dancing, skating, bicycling, or peddling, or as a gymnast, contortionist, rider, or acrobat, in any place whatever; or for or in any obscene, indecent, or immoral purpose, exhibition, or practice, whatsoever; or for or in any business, exhibition, or vocation, injurious to the health, or dangerous to the life or limb of such child; or who shall cause, procure, or encourage any such child to engage therein, shall be fined not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days, nor more than one year, or both. But nothing herein shall prevent the employment of any such child as a singer or musician, in any church or school, or in learning or teaching the science or practice of music.

CHAPTER 99.-Injuring property of railroads-Strikes.

SEC. 1471 (as amended by chapter 87, acts of 1895). Every person who shall willfully throw or shoot any missile at any locomotive or railroad car, or street railway car, whereby the safety of any person is endangered, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.