Bailey v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming.

The General Assembly, in 1912 (Laws 1912, e. 77), enacted a statute regulating the employment of women at gainful occupations other than domestic service. A section of the act provided:

“Every person, firm or corporation employing females shall provide suitable and proper washrooms and water closets, or privy closets where sewer connection is impossible, and shall keep such closets at all times clean and properly screened and ventilated and free from obscene writing or marking. If male persons also be employed in the same establishment such employer…