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same, reporting in detail the defect complained of, and the work or improvements necessary to repair such defect. He shall also report to the commission* the violation of any law governing, controlling or affecting the conduct of public service companies in this state.

The inspector, or such deputies as may be appointed, shall have the right and privilege of riding on any locomotive, either on freight or passenger trains, or on the caboose of any freight, for the purpose of inspecting the track or any railroad in this state: Provided, That the engineer or conductor in charge of any such locomotive or caboose may require such inspector to produce his authority under the seal of the commission,* showing that he is such inspector or deputy inspector.

The inspector, or such deputy inspector or inspectors as may be appointed, shall, when required by the commission,* inspect any street railroad, gas plant, electrical plant, water system, telephone line or telegraph line, and upon discovering any defective or dangerous track, bridge, structure, equipment, apparatus, machinery, appliance, facility, instrumentality or building, rendering the use of the same dangerous to the public or to the employees of the company owning or operating the same, report the same to the commission* and to the official in charge of such road, plant, system or line. (L. '11, p. 582. Par. 67.)

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Frogs and switches.

Sec. 8626-68. Safeguarding Frogs and Switches.

Every railroad and street railroad operating in this state shall so adjust, fill, block and securely guard all frogs, switches and guard-rails so as to protect and prevent the feet of persons being caught therein. (L. '11, p. 583, Par. 68.)

Stop at crossings.

Sec. 8626-69. Trains Shall Stop at Railroad Crossings.

All railroads and street railroads, operating in this state shall cause their trains and cars to come to a full stop at a distance not greater than five hundred (500) feet before crossing the tracks of another railroad crossing at grade, excepting at crossings where there are established signal towers and signal men, interlocking plants or gates. (L. '11, p. 584, Par. 69.)

Sec. 10838. The Director of Labor and Industries shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, through and by means of the division of safety:

(4) To exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the inspection of tracks, bridges, structures, machinery, equipment, and apparatus of railroads, street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, with respect to the safety of employees, and the administration and enforcement of all laws providing for the protection of employees of railroads, street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, now vested in, and required to be performed by, the public service commission.

Sec. 8626-70. Gas Plants, Electrical Plants and Water

Systems—Repairs, Improvements and Changes. Whenever the commission* shall find, after hearing had upon Gas plants,

electrical, its own motion or upon complaint that repairs or improvements

and water to, or changes in, any gas plant, electrical plant or water system systems. ought to be made, or that any additions or extensions should reasonably be made thereto, in order to promote the security or convenience of the public or employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities for manufacturing, distributing or supplying gas, electricity or water, the commission* may enter an order directing that such reasonable repairs, improvements, changes, additions, or extensions of such gas plant, electrical plant or water system be made. (L. '11, p. 584, Par. 70.)

and tele

Sec. 8626-71. Telephone and Telegraph Companies—Re

pairs, Improvements and Changes. Whenever the commission* shall find, after a hearing had on Relating to its own, or upon complaint, that repairs or improvements to, or

telephone changes in, any telegraph line or telephone line ought reasonably graph to be made, or that any additions or extensions should reason

companies. ably be made thereto in order to promote the security or convenience of the public or employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities for telegraphic or telephonic communications, the commission* shall make and serve an order directing that such repairs, improvements, changes, additions or extensions be made in the manner to be specified therein. (L. ’11, p. 584, Par. 71.)

Sec. 8626-72. Docks, Wharves and Warehouses-Repairs,

Improvements and Changes. Whenever the commission* shall find, after hearing had upon Docks, its own motion or upon complaint, that repairs or improve

wharves and

warehouses. ments to, or changes in, any dock, wharf or warehouse ought reasonably to be made, or that any additions or extensions should reasonably be made thereto in order to promote the security or adequate service or facilities for the receipt, storage or handling of freight, the commission* shall make and serve an order directing that such repairs, improvements, changes, additions or exten

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Sec. 10838. The Director of Labor and Industries shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, through and by means of the division of safety:

To exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the inspection of tracks, bridges, structures, machinery, equipment, and apparatus of railroads, street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, with respect to the safety of employees, and the administration and enforcement of all laws providing for the protection of employees of railroads, street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, now vested in, and required to be performed by, the public service commission.

sions shall be made in the manner specified therein. (L. '11, p. 585, Par. 72.)

Depositions-Service

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Sec. 8626-76.

Fees.

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The commission* shall have the right to take the testimony of any witness by deposition, and for the purpose the attendance of any witness and the production of books, waybills, documents, papers and accounts may be enforced in the same manner as in the case of hearings before the commission,* or any member thereof. Process issued under the provisions of this act shall be served as in civil cases. Each witness who shall appear before the commission* under subpoena shall receive for his attendance three dollars ($3) per day and five cents per mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going and returning from the place of hearing: Provided, That no witness shall be entitled to fees or mileage from the state of Washington when summoned at the instance of the public service corporations affected. The claim by any witness that any testimony sought to be elicited may tend to incriminate him shall not excuse such witness testifying, but such evidence or testimony shall not be used against such person on the trial of any criminal proceeding, excepting in the case of prosecution for perjury. The commissioner* shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses at any place within the state. (L. '11, p. 588, Sec. 76.)

Sec. 8626-95. Officers and Employees Subject to Penalty.

Every officer, agent or employee of any public service company, who shall violate or fail to comply with, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any public service company of any provision of this act, or who shall fail to obey, observe or comply with any order of the commission,* or any provision of any order of the commission,* or who procures, aids or abets any such public service company in its failure to obey, observe and comply with any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a gross misde

(L. '11, p. 606, Par. 95.)

meanor.

Sec. 10838. The Director of Labor and Industries shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, through and by means of the division of safety:

(4) To exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the inspection of tracks, bridges, structures, machinery, equipment, and apparatus of railroads, street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telepehone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, with respect to the safety of employees, and the administration and enforcement of all laws providing for the protection of employees of railroads, street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, now vested in, and required to be performed by, the public service commission.

VII. INDUSTRIAL AID TO THE ADULT BLIND

CHAPTER 72.

(H. B. 258, Session Laws 1921.]

An Act relating to and providing for the industrial education and the marketing of the industrial products of the adult blind, providing for county aid therefor, making an appropriation and providing penalties for violation thereof.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: Section 9999. Appointment of Supervisor of Industrial Aid to

the Adult Blind. The supervisor of industrial relations, with approval of the director of labor and industries shall appoint an assistant to be known as the supervisor of industrial aid to the adult blind.

Sec. 10000. Duties of Director Relative to Adult Blind.

The director of labor and industries shall have the power and it shall be his duty through and by means of the division of industrial relations, to promote the educational and industrial welfare of the adult blind residents of the state, in both home and factory, to secure suitable employment, furnish materials for adult blind workers and market the products of their labor.

Sec. 10001. County Commissioners to Provide Funds for Aid

of Adult Blind-Qualifications of Beneficiaries. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the several counties to, from time to time, provide funds for the aid of the industrial and general education of the adult blind of the county who are unable to support themselves, but no person shall be entitled to such aid unless he is a blind person over the age of eighteen years and has been an actual bona fide resident of the State of Washington for more than three years and of the county for at least one year immediately preceding his application for such aid, or was blinded within the state while a bona fide resident thereof and is unable to earn a livelihood from the consequence of his blindness and is a person of such physical and mental capacity as is likely to be benefitted by the aid herein provided for.

Sec. 10002 Application for Aid—Maximum Allowance

Duties of County Auditor-Excess Earnings. Any adult blind person entitled to aid under the provisions of this act and desiring to obtain the same, shall make application therefor in writing upon a blank to be furnished by the

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supervisor of industrial aid to the adult blind, verified under oath by the applicant and supported by the recommendation of the director of labor and industries, setting forth the facts in the particular case; the board of county commissioners shall hear the application and may require the furnishing of additional evidence in support thereof. In case the application is granted, the board shall enter an order specifying the aid to be granted, not to exceed the sum of thirty-five dollars per month, nor to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars in all: Provided, That when it shall appear that the earnings of the blind person are exceeding the sum of fifteen dollars per month, the county aid shall be reduced by the amount of the excess of such earnings over the sum of fifteen dollars. It shall be the duty of every person granted county aid under the provisions of this act to, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, file with the county auditor upon a blank to be furnished for that purpose, a statement of his earnings for the preceding calendar month, subscribed and verified under oath by the person entitled to the aid. A certified copy of the order granting the aid shall be filed with the county auditor of the county in which the blind person is a resident and thereupon and thereafter, so long as such order remains in force, it shall be the duty of the county auditor, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, to draw his warrant on the current expense fund of the county in favor of such blind person, in the amount specified in such order, less the amount of the earnings of the blind person in excess of fifteen dollars for the preceding calendar month, and to deliver such warrant to the person granted the aid.

Sec. 10003. Removal from County.

The removal of any blind person receiving aid under the provisions of this act to any part of the state other than the county of his legal residence, for the purposes of education or employment, shall not deprive such blind person of the aid provided for in this act.

Sec. 10004. Wilful Neglect, Cause for Rescinding Order

Granting Aid. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the board of county commissioners that any blind person receiving aid under the provisions of this act is through wilful neglect, indolence or incapacity, not profiting by such aid, the board shall be authorized to rescind the order granting the aid.

Sec. 10005. Creation of Fund-Purchase of Material—Mar.

keting of Products. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the adult blind revolving fund, from which shall be paid all súms required for the purchase of materials for

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