Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
EocOrCkb18 John D. Reed, Conmissioner
&uxKiu or Labor statiatioe
Amtin, Texas
Dear Slrc
This All ackoml As we
et&d above*
d a8 rOliOW6Z hall be oz~ployod In any ftoatory, bopi ziechanical~ or nercmtfla tel, restnurant, crooning hotine, ;ieturs show, br,rbc_n nhop, tola- 8 or other or;fice, ex~resf.3 or or say mx3to hstitntfon, , iastitut:on or enter- :riso -,rtiaro f~alos are employed, for xxo than nfno tiouru in as3 one cul~n5z.r dzp, zor ::ore than flftpfour hours in a&y one oAlendar we~k.~
. . . 1933, ?Any eiqloyar, overseer, superintendent,. torerrsn or other R.<aiXt ,of tiny azployer who. sileh
ellall per:rit any fomle to 7ro33 in any place mnticnsd in the first Article of ,t!iis Chqter more thanthe mmber of ho?lrs provided therein in any on0 1) iiay of twenty,-four (24) hours or in any one t 1) week, or who shall violato my of the ottid grovisioos or recpiramnts of this Chapter ia any respect, or who having furnished and provfded suitable seats as provided for in the second Article or tb;ia Chapter, shell by intim$datfon, instruction, threats, or fn any mmner prevont such femle fmm nittinr, thereon, when sot titteadiA5 the dxti,?s of her poaitian, shall be fined not leos than 'I"ifty Dollars fi50.00) nor s?ora than Two iiuudrad Dollars &200.00). Yeah day of such violation end each I aalcndar reek of such violati.on, end eeoh suoh enployea pe~rz3ittad to mrk in said pl~\cos nofe than the &ours so.speoified in this Chqter, and every tither violation of the provisions of this Chapter ahal. be oonsidtired a separate 0rr~sth:.
-Artlcle~l569, ?anal Code, es smnded by Aots~lS33, 43rd leg., p. 235, ah. ll.4, read3 88 fo1hw81
90 female ahall be ewloyedr ,"l. In any rectory, nine, till, v+orkshop, mecfia3ical or mrmntilo astablio?xmnt, hotolj rastaUrent, roo3i.n~ houea, theater, nbvins ?lotu?e show, bwber 500ps beauty .sho,s, road side drink end/or food vending astablishzont, telo.~rqh, telephone or other,offioa, axpws5~ or trannportatlon ooxi?any, or any Stat0 insti- tution, or acy other establisk?nant, inntitution or onter?rise where farales era ozq9.oyed, for sore than nine (9) hcur3 in any oae (1) calen- dor ijay nor 52ara then fifty-four (54) hours in any one (I.) aalendar woei;.
In any la*mdry or olennlnr, and-mess- : Ing e%b&bnent for ;1om than fifty-fo& (54) *3 . _. ._ ‘, : ia.9 .:.
Dononttle Joti’D. Reed, CominLssioner~ page 3
gum in one (1) celerrdsr woek; the hour8 of work to be so ~arxnn3ed sa to i?m!~%t the
. oxploymnt of such~ faxale fit any tl?ie so
that. ehe shsll nvt %ork xore than a EG&LWII of alcven (11) M3rs durin,: the twenty-four (24) hour period of ona (1) dq.
“3; In any ,ceotory eqsgd In the nanu- ~fccture of cottvn, woolen or wvrated goods
or P,rtiClaa of mrC!:amIine r=hnufaatured out of cotton gvods, for nore t&an tsn (10) houra in any 0x16 (1) colondsr day her ~1ora than
oirty (30) hours lo any one.oalondsr seek,*
Th4aDDlfca3le provisims oi the yoderal i?aIr Labor etsndsrda Act are oontoined in subseat2on (a), Seotion 7 of tho Aot, 29 13. 3. C. A. i. 207(a), and ate h4ro ccpiedr
*(a) MO explogsr shall, ercqt as other- rpfs4~ grcvldad In this noetion mploy any of his employuaa who is engaged in cox.rsroe or.
ln the prodzo%io~ of gooda for aomxeroe G
I= for a workwoeh lon:;sr tbad forty- four hours duriq the first yetir t2o;si the erf40- tiv4 date of this seotioh,
“(3) for a -iorkwevk Lohger than forty- twos ‘home durin&tha second yeor from auah
dnte~, or ‘~
“(3) for 8 rrorkmek longer then forty hours after the expiration of the aeoond year from. aaoh dater
section 19 of the Tedsml atstutb; a’uZra, ( i 213, f? I:, c:* C~& .A~) daflr?on the prohibited ucte~ ena daclnros it unl?mSl .to’violste ,Sootion 7 (29 Us. Si C. A, i 2@7)$ while hction 10 (29 i.i. 3. cv A. 1 216 j proscrfbes the penalties,
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Ronorable JohD D* Reed, ConImlss1oncrs, Paage 4
crlnlnal as 7;elL as civil. For a willful violation the - acouzed is subject .to fine of not :?oro than $lO,OOO,OO or
to i,m?rieonment for not more than six months, Or both. 235 of the Judicial Uode of the United 3aotios stetsta, 08 ammded, (U+ 3. C. A. 1 371) oontains the fol- low-J.53 lan5uu5er
The jurindlotion’vested in the courts of the United Stnteo in the cases and groaeed- ln~s’ hereinafter mentioned, shall be exclusive of the courts of the several Statesr
Thirst , of all ori.& and offenses ao’5nlmable under the authority of the Unit.ed States.” .
The.&rrect of this statute 18 to sloe exclusive jurisdiction to the courta of the United States ovtir, offenaos deiined nnd m%ae punishable by z8&0r&i lew, nnd unless provi- alon is made for concurrent $urlsdlctlon by express lan+e3;a, positively excludvs proseoutfom in the Stste axrter’ 530s lhxtln X. State, 124 Tar. Cr. R. 246, 61 S. ‘k7. (Zd) 8891 Cross v. State, 10 9. Ct. 47, 132 0. 9. 131, 33 L. Zd. 207; l?iomna v. Lomy, 10 3. Ct. 584, 134 U. 9. 372, 33 L. Rd.
949, tend many other cases both Federal enb State, oollkted in notes 28 I?. S. Cr A. 1 371.
Rev&tin5 to the. provisions of the Federal yalr Iabor Standards Aot, sqrs, Ft is observed that the law does not limit t!ze number of hours. whioh tin employer engaged in interstate coe~merce mi.:;ht require his omploynes to York du.rinS each weok, but it doan regclre thet such employees es are com?ellod to *sor): for a ~longar ps%$kd of hours, than the ^laximum aresorfbed mttet be pefd additional coapensationr hate the underaaored portion of the statute copied above.
on the other hund, the Tems statutes re,l.atinz to female eiql~yeos prohibit th3 ‘ezgloyer from extendIn the hour9 ,Of or;$.oyzont bsyond the maxir;um desig.nateC, re:>rdlesa of The pn?osa of tbo Federal Act co?ennntion or contrsat.
lo ctieouos~ed in the.case of Elnck Yountain Corporatlon.vr AUklns, 290 X-J. 617, 13 3. vi. (Zd) 200, ‘en8 the o::l,nion ~1:) tkt CQSS -makes it claar to us t&t the Ccngresa of the ~d.tod States h3.s not, ULI yet, divasted the acvereiig~ State of l’oxes r?f ita power anC rii;ht to anforoe the ,above quoted etntutea, .,,
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penal CoGe art3 atill In r1.111 forgo e Penal Code are still in full force and efroct, irrespwive of tSle accuracy aP t or tSle accurao~ or the ruling, nentioned by you by the iyage
and Rcur Uivlsic and Rcur lJivision, United States Dkpartment or Labor, that
the Federal Ftir Iabor 8tandarda Act or 19% apolies to the ibae oannlng plants tmt ship mrt4 or all of oannlng plants that ship pirt or all or tkiair p50auOts in lnteretate wzimeraef, lnteretate OweI
. Your3 very truly CSCZRAL'OF TEXAS