supported thereby while such scaffolding or staging is being used for any of the purposes thereof. The industrial accident commission of the state of California is hereby authorized to make and enforce safety orders in the manner prescribed by law, to supplement and carry into effect the purposes and provisions of this act. [Amendment approved May 18, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 451.] § 2. Safety lines. In addition to the duties imposed upon an employer by any law regulating or relating to scaffolding or staging, it shall be the duty of such employer who uses or permits the use of scaffolding or staging, as defined in section 1 of this act, in connection with construction, alteration, repairing, painting, cleaning or the doing of any other kind of work upon any building, structure, or other thing or place of work, to furnish safety lines to tie all hooks and hangers back on the roof of such building, structure or other thing or place of work, and to provide safety lines hanging from the roof, securely tied thereto, and one such line to be provided between each pair of hangers or falls and near the ends of all such scaffolding or staging. When planks are used for the platforms or floors of such scaffolding or staging, they shall be not less than fourteen inches in width, and not less than one and one-half inches in thickness, and shall be of wood free from knots or fractures impairing the strength of such planks. Not more than two men shall be allowed or placed to work between two hangers or falls upon such scaffolding or staging. § 3. Penalties for violation of statute. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall be punishable as provided in section 402c of the Penal Code, and shall be in addition to the penalties provided therein for the violation of any of the provisions of the said section. § 4. Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the industrial accident commission to enforce the provisions of this act. [Amendment approved May 18, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 452.] ACT 4736. An act regulating the sanitation and ventilation in and at camps where five or more persons are employed; and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. [Approved May 29, 1913. Stats. 1913, p. 328.] Amended 1915, p. 497; 1919, p. 244; 1921, p. 1326. of peace officers. Enforcement by commission of immigration and housing. Powers § 8. Violation of provisions. Penalty. § 1. Camps to be kept clean. In or at any camp where five or more persons are employed, bunkhouses, tents or other suitable sleeping places must be provided for all the employees. Such bunkhouses, tents or other sleeping places must be in good structural condition, and so constructed as to provide shelter to the occupants against the elements and so as to exclude dampness and other sleeping places s vermin and matter of a grounds around such bun be kept clean and free from deleterious matter. [Ame P. 245.] This section was also § 2. Air space in bunk tent or other sleeping plac apartment in such camp, adequate supply of fresh tent or other sleeping pl for all employees. Such or other sanitary materi sonable comfort to the least twenty inches exter bunkhouse, tent or other bed or bunk in any bu of an employee he mus comfortable bedding fo same to be deducted fr for a mattress is used a approved June 3, 1921; This section was a in 1919 (Stats. 1919, § 3. Sanitary mess h mess tent, dining tent, prepared or served in state and the opening cooking utensils, or o or from which food is implements used in the and sanitary conditi 1921, p. 1326.] This section was § 4. Bathing facili shall be provided co sonable nature to sui sanitary condition. 1 venient and suitable in a clean and sanita consist of a pit at le same, and the opening ing or other suitable ereta to nearer than excreta in the pit shal substance. [Amendm This section was so as to exclude dampness in inclement weather. The bunkhouses, tents and other sleeping places shall be kept in a cleanly state, and free from vermin and matter of an infectious and contagious nature, and the grounds around such bunkhouses, tents or other sleeping places shall be kept clean and free from accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage, and other deleterious matter. [Amendment approved May 5, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 245.] This section was also amended in 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497. § 2. Air space in bunkhouse. Bunks. Mattresses. Every bunkhouse, tent or other sleeping place used for the purpose of a lodging or sleeping apartment in such camp, shall contain sufficient air space to insure an adequate supply of fresh air for each person occupying such bunkhouse, tent or other sleeping place. Suitable bunks or beds shall be provided for all employees. Such bunks or beds shall be made of steel, canvas or other sanitary material, and shall be so constructed as to afford reasonable comfort to the persons occupying same. A clear space of at least twenty inches extending from the floor to the ceiling or roof of any bunkhouse, tent or other sleeping place, must be allowed between each bed or bunk in any bunkhouse, tent or sleeping place. Upon request of an employee he must be supplied with a mattress or some equally comfortable bedding for which a reasonable charge may be made, the same to be deducted from his wages. When straw or other substitute for a mattress is used a container or tick must be provided. [Amendment approved June 3, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 1326.] This section was also amended in 1915 (Stats. 1915, p. 497) and in 1919 (Stats. 1919, p. 245). § 3. Sanitary mess house and dishes. Every mess house, dining-room, mess tent, dining tent, kitchen or other structure where food is cooked, prepared or served in such camp shall be kept in a clean and sanitary state and the opening of such structures shall be screened. All dishes, cooking utensils, or other vessels in which food is prepared, or kept, or from which food is to be eaten, and all knives, forks, spoons and other implements used in the eating of food must be kept in a clean, unbroken and sanitary condition. [Amendment approved June 3, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 1326.] This section was also amended in 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497. § 4. Bathing facilities. Toilet facilities. For every such camp there shall be provided convenient and suitable bathing facilities of a reasonable nature to suit conditions, which shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. For every such camp there shall be provided convenient and suitable privy or other toilet facilities, which shall be kept in a clean and sanitary state. A privy other than a water-closet shall consist of a pit at least two feet deep, with suitable shelter over the same, and the openings of the shelter and pit shall be inclosed by screening or other suitable fly netting. No privy pit shall be filled with excreta to nearer than one foot from the surface of the ground and the excreta in the pit shall be covered with earth, ashes, lime or other similar substance. [Amendment approved May 5, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 245.] This section was also amended in 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497. § 5. Garbage disposal. All garbage, kitchen wastes and other rubbish in such camp shall be deposited in suitable covered receptacles which shall be emptied daily or oftener if necessary, and the contents burned, buried or otherwise disposed of in such a way as not to be or become offensive or insanitary. All drainage from the kitchen sink shall be carried through a covered drain to a covered cesspool or septic tank or otherwise disposed of in such a way as not to become offensive or insanitary. [Amendment approved May 5, 1919; Stats. 1979, p. 245.] This section was also amended in 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497. § 6. Duty of employees. It shall be the duty of any person, firm, corporation, agent or officer of a firm or corporation employing persons to work in or at camps to which the provisions of this act apply and the superintendent or overseer in charge of the work in or at such camps to carry out the provisions of this act. At every such camp such owner, superintendent or overseer shall appoint a responsible person to assist in keeping the camp clean. [Amendment approved May 5, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 246.] This section was also amended in 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497. § 7. Enforcement by commission of immigration and housing. Powers of peace officers. The commission of immigration and housing of California shall administer this act and secure the enforcement of the provisions thereof, and for such purposes the officers and agents of the said commission shall have the right to enter upon either public or private property within the state to determine whether or not there exists upon such property any camp to which the provisions of this act may apply; and to enter and inspect all camps within the state of California wheresoever the same may be situated, and to inspect all accommodations, equipment or paraphernalia connected therewith; and to enter upon and inspect all adjacent land surrounding the said or any such camp, to determine whether or not the sanitary and other requirements of this act have been or are being complied with. Any camp coming under the provisions of this act which does not conform to the provisions of this act is hereby declared a public nuisance and if not made to so conform within five days or within such longer period of time as may be allowed by the commission of immigration and housing, after written notice given by the said commission, shall be abated by proper action brought for that purpose in the superior court of the county in which such camp, or the greater portion thereof, is situated. For the purpose of securing the enforcement of this act, the officers and agents of the commission of immigration and housing of California shall have the power and authority of sheriffs and other peace officers to make arrests, to serve any process or notice throughout the state of California, and to use such other power and authority as is vested in sheriffs and other peace officers, and as may become necessary in securing the enforcement of this act. [Amendment approved June 3, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 1326.] This section was also amended in 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497. § 8. Violation of provisions. Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation, agent or officer of a firm or corporation, or any superintendent or overseer in charge of the work in or at any camp coming under the pro visions of this act, who s of this act, is guilty thereof, be punished by by imprisonment for no imprisonment. [Amend p. 497.] ACT 4737. An act to regulate t receptacles used mercantile establi ing penalties for i [Approved June 3, 19 Moving boxes w § 1. § 2. Penalty. § 1. Moving boxe other receptacles wh or over and which workshop, packing equipped with pulle upon which such b can be moved easil § 2. Penalty. N to lift any box, b with its contents w the provision of th punished by a fi which there shall other receptacles of this act. shall issue, in due an employ ment of indebt demand withou place of busine issue in payme as an advance pons, cards or visions of this act, who shall violate or fail to comply with the provisions of this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Amendment approved May 18, 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 497.] ACT 4737. An act to regulate the moving of certain boxes, baskets and other receptacles used in mills, workshops, packing, canning and other mercantile establishments where women are employed; and providing penalties for its violation. [Approved June 3, 1921. Stats. 1921, p. 1699. In effect August 2, 1921.] § 1. Moving boxes where women are employed. § 2. Penalty. §1. Moving boxes where women are employed. Boxes, baskets or other receptacles which with their contents weigh seventy-five pounds or over and which are to be moved by female employees in any mill, workshop, packing, canning or mercantile establishment, shall be equipped with pulleys, casters or other contrivances connected with or upon which such boxes or other receptacles are placed so that they can be moved easily from place to place in such establishments. § 2. Penalty. No female employee shall be requested or permitted to lift any box, basket, bundle, or other receptacle or container which with its contents weighs seventy-five pounds or over. Whoever violates the provision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day during which there shall be a failure to equip or provide such boxes, baskets or other receptacles with some one of the appliances specified in section one of this act. ACT 4738. An act prohibiting the issuance as payment for wages of any evidence of indebtedness unless the same is negotiable and payable without discount, and providing that the same must be payable upon demand. [Approved March 1, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 259.] Amended 1915, p. 1215. §1. Wages check must be negotiable. § 2. Penalty for violation of statute. § 1. Wages check must be negotiable. No person, firm or corporation. shall issue, in payment of or as an evidence of indebtedness for wages due an employee, any order, check, memorandum, or other acknowledg ment of indebtedness, unless the same is negotiable, and is payable upon demand without discount in cash at some bank or other established place of business in the state; and no person, firm or corporation shall issue in payment of wages due, or wages to become due an employee, or as an advance on wages to be earned by an employee, any scrip, coupons, cards or other thing redeemable in merchandise or purporting to be payable or redeemable otherwise than in money. But nothing herein ontained shall be construed to prohibit an employer from guaranteeing he payment of bills incurred by an employee for the necessaries of life -r for the tools and implements used by such employee in the performnce of his duties; provided, however, that the provisions of this act hall not apply to counties, cities and counties, municipal corporations, uasi-municipal corporations or school districts organized and existing nder the laws of this state. [Amendment approved June 5, 1915. Etats. 1915, p. 1215.] § 2. Penalty for violation of statute. Any person, firm or corporaion, or agent or officer thereof, who shall violate any of the provisions f this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, hall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imrisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both uch fine and imprisonment. [[Amendment approved June 5, 1915. Stats. 915, p. 1215.] This act is constitutional: Ballestra, Matter of, 173 Cal. 657, 161 Pac. 120. CT 4739. An act providing for the time of payment of wages. [Approved May 1, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 1268.] Amended 1915, p. 299; repealed 1919, p. 294. See post, Act 4743. This act is constitutional: Moore v. Indian Springs etc. Co., 37 Cal. App. 370, 174 Pac. 378. This act and the amendment of 1915 is not unconstitutional as applied to individuals: Manford v. Singh, 28 Cal. App. 907, 181 Pac. 844. The amendment of 1915 (Stats. 1915, p. 299) imposing a penalty for nonpayment of wages is not unconstitutional as special legislation: Moore v. Indian Springs etc. Co., 26 Cal. App. 1088. It is unconstitutional in so far as it permits an imprisonment on mesne process for debt: Crane, In re, 26 Cal. App. 22, 145 Pac. 733. CT 4740. An act regulating the payment of wages earned in seasonal labor and prescribing the powers and duties of the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, in relation thereto. 1. [Approved May 28, 1913. Stats. 1913, p. 343.] "Seasonal labor" defined. 2. Wages paid in presence of examiner. 3. Wages disputes. 4. Findings filed. 5. Award, wages due. 6. May issue subpoena. 7. Not applicable to seamen. § 1. "Seasonal labor" defined. For the purpose of this act the term seasonal labor" shall include all work performed by any person emloyed for a period of time greater than one month, and where the ages for such work are not to be paid at any fixed intervals of time, ut at the termination of such employment, and where the work is to be performed outside of within this state and the be paid in this state at § 2. Wages paid in pr the employer or the emp be paid in the presence statistics or an examiner § 3. Wages disputes. putes arising from wages reject any deductions ma shall reject all deductio employee during such en during such employment. § 4. Findings filed. A file in the office of the b upon facts and his awar § 5. Award, wages missioner shall be conclu due and unpaid to the employment, and prosecu an act entitled, "An ac approved May 1, 1911. § 6. May issue subp pointed by him, shall compel attendance of w papers or records and t shall be enforced by th § 7. Not applicable apply to the wages ea ment of wages is regul |