Commonwealth v. Baldwin

HiRT, J.,

The indictment in this case charges violations of the Act of June 2, 1913, P. L. 396. This act creates the Department of Labor and Industry, and, within that department, an industrial board of five members with power to make rules and regulations. Section 14 prescribes a standard for the protection of workmen and defines the powers of the industrial board as follows: “Section 14. All rooms, buildings and places in this Commonwealth where labor is employed, or shall hereafter be employed, shall be so constructed, equipped and arranged, operated and conducted, in all respects, as to…