Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor in Steam and Electric Railway Service in Massachusetts

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Excerpt from Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor in Steam and Electric Railway Service in Massachusetts: June 1, 1916The Bureau is organized into five permanent divisions: 1. The Administration Division, charged with duties supervisory in relation to the several divisions, 2. The Labor Division, engaged in the collection and tabulation of statistical and other information relating to matters affecting labor and the condition of the working people, as well as questions of general economic and social interest, 3. The Manufactures Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Manufactures, 4. The Municipal Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Municipal Finances, audits municipal accounts and installs accounting systems in cities and towns, and supervises the issuance of town notes, 5. The Free Employment Offices Division, embracing the administration of the State Free Employment Offices, of which there are four, located respectively at 8 Kneeland Street, Boston, 47 Water Street, Springfield, 182 Bank Street, Fall River, and 48-52 Green Street, Worcester. During the period of taking and compiling the Census a sixth division, the Census Division, is organized.The functions of the Bureau and the duties of the Director are summarized in Section 1 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1909, entitled "An Act to Provide for a Bureau of Statistics, " as follows:Section 1. There shall be a Bureau of Statistics, the duties of which shall be collect, assort, arrange, and publish statistical information relative to the commercial, industrial, social, educational, and sanitary condition of the people, the productive industries of the Commonwealth, and the financial affairs of the cities and towns, to establish and maintain free employment offices..., and to take the Decennial Census of the Commonwealth required by the Constitution and present the results thereof in such manner as the General Court may determine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.