MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION JUDSON GRENELL, Chairman. MYRON H. WALKER. LUELLA M. BURTON, Secretary. 321348 ACT AUTHORIZING MICHIGAN STATE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. PUBLIC ACTS 1913. No. 290. An Act to create a commission of inquiry to make the necessary investigation and to prepare and submit a report to the next Legislature, or to any special session of the present Legislature, setting forth a comprehensive plan and recommending legislative action, providing for minimum wages for female employes; and to appropriate the necessary moneys for the expense thereof. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There shall be a commission of inquiry to consist of three members to be appointed by the Governor from among the citizens of this State, to investigate conditions and problems involved in the question of wages paid to female employes with special reference to whether such wages paid are adequate for the necessary cost of living and to maintain the worker in health, and whether the conditions of labor are prejudicial to the health or morals of the workers in the several occupations, trades and industries in this State employing women. SEC. 2. The members of said commission shall serve without pay and shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties while traveling within this State. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of said commission to fully investigate matters mentioned in section one, and for the purpose of the investigation, said commission is hereby authorized to hold sessions in various parts of the State if necessary, to summon witnesses and require the production of books and papers relating to said subject, to administer oaths and to employ such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said commission to prepare and submit to the next Legislature, or to any special session of the present Legislature, a full report of their findings together with such proposed legislation as will in their opinion remedy such conditions as they may find. SEC. 5. Said commission shall as soon as practicable after its appointment, meet at the capitol and organize by electing one of its members as chairman and shall have use of suitable quarters to be provided by the Board of State Auditors. SEC. 6. Said commission shall have power to purchase books, stationery and other materials and the expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, including the cost of the publication of such a number of copies of their report as in their judgment shall be advisable, shall be audited and allowed by the Board of State Auditors upon vouchers and bills properly sworn to and duly certified by the chairman and shall be paid from the general fund of the State. SEC. 7. It is hereby declared that this act is immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health and safety. Approved May 13, 1913. PARTS. I.-Review, Conclusions and Recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry. II. Tentative Minimum Wage Bill. III.-Secretary's Report and Tabulations of Information obtained from Women Wage-Earners. IV.—Tabulations of Wage Figures Supplied by Employers. V.-Wage Showing from Investigation of Pay Rolls. VI.-Estimates by Women's Clubs and Wage-Earning Women of Cost of Living. VII.-Minimum Wage Legislation to Date. VIII.--Court Decisions on Minimum Wage Legislation. |