The Commissioner is authorized and empowered to appoint and em-
ploy such deputies, inspectors, assistants and employees as may be
necessary for the performances of the duties imposed upon it, pro-
vided such appointments and employments and compensation to be
allowed shall be subject to the approval of the Governor.

It shall be the duty of said Commissioner (1st) to collect statistics
concerning and examine into the condition of labor in the State, with
especial reference to wages, and the causes of strikes and disagree-
ments between employees and employers.

(2) To collect information in regard to the agricultural conditions
and products of the State, the acreage under cultivation and planted
in the various crops, the character and price of land, the live stock,
etc., and all other matters pertaining to agricultural pursuits, which
may be of general interest and calculated to attract immigration to
the State.

(3) To collect information in regard to the mineral products of
the State, the output of mines, quarries and so forth, and the manu-
facturing industries.

(4) To collect information in regard to railroads and other trans-
portation companies, shipping and commerce.

(5) To keep a bureau of general information and to this end all
offices and institutions of the State, including offices of the General
Assembly, are directed to transmit to the Commissioner of Labor and
Statistics, all reports as soon as possible.

(6) To classify and arrange the information and data so obtained,
and as soon as practicable after entering upon the duties of its office,
publish the same in substantial book form and annually thereafter
revise and republish same.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to organize, establish and
conduct free employment agencies in such parts of the State as the
said Commissioner may deem advisable for the free use of citizens of
the State for the purpose of securing employment for the unemployed
and for the purpose of securing help or labor for persons applying
for such. Inspectors from this Department are also loaned to the
Commissioner of State Employment and Registration in administering
the law which regulates activities of fee charging employment
agencies.

To arbitrate all disputes between employer and employee. To
enforce the "Yellow Dog Bill"—Injunctions in labor disputes, defin-
ing and limiting the jurisdiction of courts sitting in equity in cases
involving labor disputes, and for other purposes. This Department
cooperates with the Federal Government in the enforcement of the
Walsh-Healy Act, the compiling of the monthly volume of employ-
ment and payroll reports and the issuance of age certificates to minors
over sixteen years of age employed by firms engaged in interstate
commerce and coming under the jurisdiction of the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act.

To enforce the hours of labor for females; to enforce the Factory
Inspection and Child Labor Laws; the Steam Boiler Inspection and
the State Mine Inspection Laws.

The Child Labor Law applies to all children between the ages of
fourteen and sixteen years, who must pass an educational test and
also a physical examination made by the physicians connected with
the Bureau, before receiving employment certificates.