ART. 89]

STATISTICS AND INFORMATION.

1965

ARTICLE LXXXIX.

STATISTICS AND INFORMATION AS TO BRANCHES
OF INDUSTRY.

1. Industrial bureau to be established. "Chief of the Industrial bureau" to be appointed. 2. Duty of such officer as regards la- bor, agriculture, minerals, trans- portation. All officers of the state to transmit to the said officer all reports as soon as published. Pub- lication of said information in a book to be annually revised. "Free state employment agency." Appropriation for these purposes.

Arbitration of Labor Disputes. 3. Chief of industrial bureau to medi- ate between parties. 4. Board of arbitration; formation of. 5. Summoning of witnesses, etc. 6. Agreements shall be valid. 7. Clerk to board; his compensation. 8-9. Power and authority of chief in investigating and determining causes of dispute. 10. Information of a personal character to be confidential.

1904, art. 89, sec. 1. 1888, art. 89, sec. 1. 1884, ch. 211, secs. 1, 2. 1892, ch. 28.

1. A bureau of statistics and information concerning the various
branches of industry practiced in this State and the needs thereof is
established, and a person to be known as the "chief of the industrial
bureau," shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, who shall hold office for the term of two years
and until the appointment and qualification of his successor and shall
receive as compensation the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars a year.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1888, art. 89, sec. 2. 1888. ch. 173. 1892, ch. 29.
1902, ch. 365.

2. It shall be the duty of the chief of the industrial bureau:

1st. To collect statistics concerning and examine into the condition
of labor in this State, with especial reference to wages, and the causes
of strikes and disagreements between employers and employes.

2d. To collect information in regard to the agricultural condition and
products of the several counties of the State, the acreage under cultiva-
tion and planted to the various crops, the character and price of lands,
the live stock, et cetera, and all other matters pertaining to agricultural
pursuits, which may be of general interest and calculated to attract
immigration to the State.

3d. To collect information in regard to the mineral products of the
State, the output of mines, quarries and so forth, and the manufactur-
ing industries.

4th. To collect information in regard to railroads and other transpor-
tation companies, shipping and commerce.