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Page 32 - We forget that old proverb, that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, — that that is the truest wisdom which advises the overcoming of the beginnings of evil.
Page 42 - ... such enumeration, and also after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the...
Page 232 - ... for the purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment, and applications of persons seeking to employ labor. No compensation or fee shall be charged or received, directly or indirectly, from persons applying for employment or help through any such bureau. Such commissioner shall appoint for each bureau...
Page 41 - The legislature shall provide by law for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the state...
Page 234 - It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to enforce the provisions of this act, and such commissioner and his deputies, factory inspectors...
Page 236 - In the first instance, one of the citizen members shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter...
Page 20 - But it is true that no man can obtain from the reports of the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department the same conception of the quantity and value of our foreign trade which he will get from.
Page 237 - Board shall before entering upon the duties of his office, be sworn to a faithful discharge thereof. They shall organize at once by the choice of one of their number as chairman, and one of their number as secretary. The Board shall, as soon as possible after its organization, establish rules of procedure.
Page 237 - ... to proceed, as soon as practicable, to the locality of such strike or lockout and put themselves in communication with the parties to the controversy; and endeavor by mediation to effect an amicable settlement of such controversy...
Page 99 - ... advise the respective parties what, if anything, ought to be done or submitted to by either or both to adjust said dispute, and make a written decision thereof.