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MUNICIPAL LAW. 115
54H. Factoripd Act. This Act for Ontario is \ory important
and jfuards weU tlio hcst intert'stH of the employer as well as makinjj; jii.st
provision for the protection of the healtli, personal comfort and life of the
em|)loyee. As all the reijulations of the Act are required to be kept posted
up in every factory, it is niu)ecessary to enumerate them here.
.MO. Offensive Trades. The followinfj trades shall not be carried
on in any municipality without the consent of the Council :
Hlood boilin<f, bone boiliu<f, retiiiin<f of coal oil, extracting oil fiom
fish, storin^f of hides, soap boiling, tallow melting, tripe boiling, slaujfhterinjj
of animals, maiuifacturiiif^ of j;as or "uy other noxious or nauseous trade
or maiuifacture. The penalty for establishinj^ any of the above without
consent, is a sum not exceedinj^ !i?250 ; and for carryinjf on any such
business without such consent, a penalty not exceeding,' Sl() for every day
such business is continued afttsr notice in writing by the local Board or
any of its officers, whether there has or has not been a conviction in respect
to the establishment thereof.
ami. Bakery. All baki'-shops are to be constructed and kept in
a sanitaiy condition, with wash-room, closet and other conveniences for the
employees, together with sleeping-rooms—all to be separate from the bake-
shop. Employees shall not work on Sunday, nor longer than ten hours
per tlay, nor more than sixty hours per week.
No person affected with consumption of the lungs, or with scrofula or
with an}' venereal di.sease, or any communicable skin di.sease, shall be
permitted to w^ork in any bake-shop.
Any employer who violates any of these provisions, or who refuses
admittance to the insjiector, or ni-glects to comply with any of his lawful
re(puremonts, shall for the first ottence be lial)le to a penalty of not le.ss
than !520, nor more than S.'jO : and for a second offence not less than $50,
nor more than .SI 00, 'oesides costs: and in default of payment to imprison-
ment for not less than thirty days, nor more than six months ; and for a
third and subse(jU(int offence, to impri.sonment for not less than six months im
jior more than one year, with hard labor, at the discretion of the magistrate.
am. Closing of Shops. Councils of a city, town or incorporated
village, may pass a by-law requiring that during the whole or a part of
any year, all or any class of shops within the nnniicipality shall be closed
and remain closed on each or any day of the week, during any t'lne or
hours, between seven o'clock at night and five o'clock a.m. of the next day.
If three-fourths of the occupiers of any class of shops within the muni-
cipality petition the C'ouncil to pa.sH such by-law, the Council shall, within
one month after receipt of such application, pass a by-law giving effect to
.such application and i-equiring all shops of such class to close during the
time fixed in the by-law. Such application may be delivered to the Clerk.
The by-law shall take effect at a date named therein, being not less
than one nor more than two weeks after the passing thereof.
The Council cannot repeal .such by-law unless it is made to appear
that more than one-third the occupiers of shops thus affected are opposed
to the continuance of the by-law.
In shops where more than two classes of trades are carried on, and