ACT CONTINUING COMMISSION.

CHAP. 137.

AN ACT to continue the commission created by chapter five hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to create a commission to investigate the conditions under which manufacture is carried on in cities of the first and second class in this state, and making appropriation therefor," and to enlarge the scope of the investigation of the commission and making an appropriation therefor.

Became a law March 27, 1913, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The commission created by chapter five hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to create a commission to investigate the conditions under which manufacture is carried on in cities of the first and second class in this state, and making an appropriation therefor," is hereby continued with all the powers conferred by said chapter, as amended by chapter twenty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and twelve.

§ 2. In addition to the powers heretofore conferred upon it by such chapter, as amended, the said commission shall have power to inquire into the wages of labor in all industries and employments and the conditions under which labor is carried on throughout the state, and into the advisability of fixing minimum rates of wages or of other legislation relating to the wages or conditions of labor in general or in any industry. Said commission shall also have power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertaining to the investigation and inquiries hereby authorized and to take the testimony of all such witnesses and to examine all such books and papers in relation to any matter which it has power to investigate.

3. The said commission shall make a report of its proceedings, together with its recommendations, including a revision of the labor law, to be prepared by the said commission if deemed advisable by it, to the legislature on or before the fifteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

§ 4. The sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated for the actual and necessary expenses of the commission in carrying out the provisions of chapter five hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended, and of this act, payable by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller on the order of the chairman of said commission.

§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.