PART II., POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 1890.

FROM THE

ELEVENTH UNITED STATES CENSUS,

PART III., ABANDONED FARMS IN MASSACHUSETTS,

113-176

177-258

PART IV., NET PROFITS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES,

259-630

INDEX TO SUBJECTS.

Page

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL,

INTRODUCTION,

PART I. LABOR LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

INTRODUCTION,

The labor legislation of Massachusetts,

Based, in many cases, on English precedents,

The demand for copies of statutes relating to industrial subjects,

The need of a compendium of labor laws,

Amendments and revisions, .

This compilation gives all statutes now (December, 1890) in

force in relation to labor,

Recapitulation by topics,

3

PUBLIC STATUTES,

Of the employment of children, and regulations respecting them,

Of the employment of labor,

4-39

4

5, 6

Of the observance of the Lord's Day,

Of district and other police officers,

7

7,8

Of the inspection of buildings,

Formation of co-operative corporations,

Remedy for labor, etc., furnished for the construction of a

Of the trustee process,

Of liens on buildings and land,

Liens upon personal property,

Other liens,

Security against mechanics' liens on public buildings,

8-10

10

11

12, 13

14-22

22-25

22-24

24, 25

26

Wages payable from the insolvent estates of deceased persons,.

Liability of members or stockholders in corporations for wages,

Inmates of factories to be vaccinated,.

Of certain rights and liabilities of husband and wife, .

Importation of laborers,

8888

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PART I. LABOR LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS - Continued.
ACTS OF 1882,

An Act for the preservation of the health of females employed
in manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments,.
An Act to authorize the formation of relief societies by the
employees of railroad and steamboat corporations,

ACTS OF 1883,

An Act permitting municipal officers to authorize manufacturers
to ring bells and use whistles and gongs for the benefit of
their workmen,

An Act to provide against the use of unsafe elevators,

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40, 41

40

40, 41

41-43

41

41, 42

An Act for the establishment and maintenance of evening schools,
An Act relating to the employment of prisoners,

42

42, 43

An Act fixing the responsibility of railroad corporations for
negligently causing death of employees,

ACTS OF 1884,

An Act prohibiting the locking of the doors of buildings, wherein
operatives are employed, during the hours of labor,

43

43-46

43, 44

An Act relating to instruction in the elementary use of hand-
tools in public schools,

44

An Act to provide for the furnishing of free text-books and
school supplies to the pupils of the public schools, .

An Act requiring railroad companies to use safety couplers on
freight cars,
An Act relating to the employment of minors in mercantile
establishments,

45

45, 46

An Act to provide for the weekly payment of wages by corpo-
rations,

47-49

An Act for the protection of railroad employees,

49

An Act to authorize railroad corporations to join certain relief
societies,

49, 50

An Act relating to providing means of communication between
rooms in manufacturing establishments where machinery is
propelled by steam and the room where the engineer is
stationed,

An Act to exempt the wages and lay of seamen from attachment
by the trustee process,

An Act authorizing corporations to issue special stock to be
held by their employees only,

51

An Act authorizing the establishment and maintenance of evening
high schools in certain cities,

An Act relative to reports of accidents in factories and manu-
facturing [also mercantile] establishments,

52

An Act to provide for a State Board of Arbitration for the
settlement of differences between employers and their
employees, .

53-57