- Event type: CREATE
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah
The Convention
All the delegates.
To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.
Proposition Relative to Organizing a Board of Arbitration between Employer and Employees and Board of Statisticians [File No. 46]
Section 1. There shall be established a bureau of immigration, labor, and statistics, which shall be under the charge of a commissioner of immigration, labor and statistics… is appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the senate. The commissioner shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed. The commissioner shall collect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual and moral prosperity. The commissioner shall annually make a report in writing to the Governor of the State of the information collected and … by him, and containing such recommendation as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the bureau.
Sec. 2. Not more than eight (8) hours actual work shall constitute a lawful day’s work on all State and municipal works.
Sec. 3. All labor of conviction confined in the State’s prison shall be done within the prison grounds, except where the work is done on public works under the direct control of the State.
Sec. 4. The employment of children under the age of fourteen (14) years in underground mines is prohibited.
Sec. 5. No person, not a citizen of the United States, or who has not declared his intention to become such, shall be employed upon, or in connection with, any State or municipal works.
Sec. 6. The legislature shall provide by proper legislation for giving to mechanics, laborers and materialmen and adequate lien on the subject-matter of their labor.
Sec. 7. The Legislature may establish boards of arbitration, whose duty it shall be to hear and determine all differences and controversies between laborers and their employers which may be submitted to them in writing by all the parties. Such boards of arbitration shall possess all the powers and authority, in respect to administering oaths, subpoenaing witnesses, and compelling their attendance, preserving order during the sittings of the board, punishing for contempt, and requiring the production of papers and writings, and all other powers and privileges, in their nature applicable, conferred by law on justices of the peace.
Sec. 8 The commissioner of immigration, labor and statistics shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as may be prescribed by law.
Decisions yet to be taken
Document Timeline
- Proposition Relative to Organizing a Board of Arbitration between Employer and Employees and Board of Statisticians [File No. 46] (introduced on 1895-03-14 14:00:00 - CREATE - e692257) [This document]
[view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1895-03-14 14:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e692258) [view current proposal at this moment]