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962 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 174. 1918. F··=¢¤¤·¤¤¤¤·°°°- Sec. 5. That the Board is hereby authorized and empowered to make rules and regulations for the carrying into effect of this Act, including rules an regulations for the selection of members of the confergnces hereinafter provided for and the mode of procedure thereo . “‘““‘“‘°’°'°°‘ Sec. 6. 'l‘hat the Board shall, on or before the first day of January of the year nineteen hrmdred and nineteen, and of each year thereafter, make (ii re§;·tAto the Commissioners of its work and the pro- ' un er t ct. ,,,§g§{’}{,F§';,‘i‘§’,‘;,,"°"‘ Sac?}. That there is hereby authorized to be mppropriated, out PM. p- 10¤1- of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the scal year ending Jrme thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry mto effect the provid NOSE of HT; Actin Bo d hall h full d h ( F’¤g¢=·>*"°¤°¤·¤ mc. 8. at the ar s ave wer an author·1ty: 1), mE'ii¤é¤z¤¤¤¤,¤¢e. To investigate and ascertain the wages of Pvgomen and minors in the different occupations in_which thei are emploly;-d in the District of Columbia; (2), to examine, throng any mem or authorized representative, any book, pay roll or other record of any employer of women or minors that m any way aprpertains to or has a bearing upon the egiestion of wages of an suc women or minors; and (3), to réequiraeil om such egnp oyer fallin hgnd triie statements of the wages pai to women an minors _ em oyment. R°€m°'°l°mPl°Y°°' Every em loyer shall keep a. regnsteroflthe names of the women and “’ "° "°"‘· minors employed by him in my occu ation in ure District of comm. bia, of the hours worked by each, ami) of all payments made to each, whethéarujgid by t:1e°time tar by the piece;t aggeshgllgh onBreq1&est1g permr · mem r au o represen a o e oar examine such ter. I¤‘°¤m¤,*i°¤ *'°¤* To assist thisgud in carrying out this Act the Commissioners co shall at all times give it any information or statistics in their posses- V¤¤-38. v- 291- sion under the Act of Congress approved February twenty- ourth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act to regulate the hours of employment and safeguard the health of females employed Em; the District of Columbian" (Public, numbered sixty, Sixty-third ngress. S**¤•*·¤·*¤ •' "°¢°°· Sec. 9. That the Board is hereby authorized and em ered to °‘°"“’ "°°°°"'°"‘ ascertain ami deem, in urs msaqtr rmamrm Fmvrdgrivvtrw following th1ngs:h(a),l?t§dards gfcrgpningum wage?) or women in any occupation wrt n the stricto um ia, an w at wages areinadequate to supply the necessary cost of living to any such wom workers to maintain them good health and to protect their morals]: and (b), standards of mrmmum wages for minors in an occu tion . . . . . Y Pa within the District_ of Columbia, and what wages are unreasonably In lov; for any rlsilrch lmmgr workers. h Bond f ,,3 °° · nc. 10. at , a ter- investigation, the is o o inion that i·d¤li·¢¤i° mu °‘ any substantial number of women workers in any occrilpation are rmzieiiving wrtges irradequalte to sulppgylfherié with the lnecessarryglgzost o vm an marntamt emin e t an protectteirmo ,°t may and convene a conference for the prujpose and with the poweis of considering and inquiring into and reporting on the subject invesem*gg;¢;¤¤gg¤ asf trgated by the Board and submitted by it to such conference. The phyees rt be swam. conference shall be complosed of not more than three re resentatives of the employers in suc occupation, of an equal number of re rezentatgigs if the (fmployees in such drivlccugationi) ff not more than in reste rsons represen gtepu 'c, d f more members of th: Board. The Board shall namgnanrli aolpbigt all the members of the conference and des§nate the chairman tgereof. Two-thirds of the members of the co erence shall constitute a guorum, and the decision or recommendation or report of the conerence on any subject submitted shall require a vote of not less than a majority of all its members.