(d) "Employer" shall include every person, firm or corporation, agent, manager, representative, contractor, sub-contractor or other person responsible directly or indirectly for the payment of wages to an employee;

(e) "Minister shall mean the member of the Executive Council to whom the administration of this Act for the time being is assigned;

(f) "Wages" shall include all wages and salary.

3. This Act shall only apply to employment in the places designated in schedule A hereto.

4. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint three members to constitute a Minimum Wage Board, one of whom shall be appointed as representing employers, the second as representing the employed and the third as representing the province at large.

(2) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall also name one of the members as chairman of the board.

(3) Two members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

5. The board may enquire into the conditions prevailing in any class of employment and the scale of wages payable therefor, and in conducting such inquiry shall have all the powers conferred upon a commissioner under An Act respecting Inquiries concerning Public Matters.

6. The board may at any time direct a conference between representatives of employees and employers in any class of employment, for the purpose of reaching an agreement as to the minimum wage, and any matter referred to in section 10 herein, which ought to be paid in that class of employment.

(2) Every such conference shall consist of an equal number of representatives of employees and employers approved of by the board and of the chairman of the board sitting as chairman of the conference.

(3) Such number shall be fixed by the board.

(4) The chairman shall not vote.

7. The agreement, if any, arrived at by a majority of the conference shall be submitted in writing to the board, but a minority report may also be made.

8. The board may at any time by order, whether a conference has been held under the provisions of this Act or not, establish a minimum wage for employees with regard to any trade or occupation, and with regard to any municipality to which this Act applies or any number of such municipalities.

(2) A minimum wage may be established separately for employees classified as handicapped, or part time employees, or as apprentices.

9. Any order made under the provisions of the preceding section shall become operative at the date of publication thereof in The Alberta Gazette.

10. The Board, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may fix periods of employment and shifts for different classes of employees, and in so doing shall determine the time or times to be allowed for meals.

(2) Whenever any periods of employment or shifts are determined by the board under the provisions of this Act, such determination shall supersede the provisions of The Factories Act, being chapter 20 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1917, with regard to shifts, and of any orders made thereunder.

11. Every employer, who after the publication of any order as hereinbefore provided for, disobeys the same, shall upon summary conviction incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than twenty-five dollars, and shall also upon conviction, be ordered to pay any such employee the difference between the wages actually received by her and the minimum wage established by the board.

(2) In default of his making payment of any penalty or any sum ordered to be paid to an employee, the employer shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months and not less than two months.

12. The board may at any time authorize any person to enter upon any premises whereon any employee is employed and to question any employee apart from her employer with the object of ascertaining whether any order made under this Act is being carried out.

(2) Any employer preventing or attempting to prevent the carrying out of the provisions of this section shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had disobeyed an order of the board.

13. Every agreement by an employee to work for less than the minimum wage fixed by the board with respect to the trade or occupation in which she is engaged shall have effect as if that minimum wage were stipulated for therein.

14. No employer shall discharge or threaten to discharge, or in any manner discriminate against an employee because such employee has testified or is about to testify in any investigation or proceedings permitted or prescribed by this Act.

(2) Every employer contravening the provisions of this section shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had disobeyed an order of the board.

15. Every employer shall keep a register of the names and addresses, the working hours and the actual earnings of all his employees and shall on request permit any member or representative of the board to inspect and examine the same. 16. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) As to the obtaining of information from employers and employees necessary or useful in carrying out the objects of this Act;

(b) Defining and limiting the number of handicapped employees, part time employees and apprentices which may be employed in any trade or occupation;

(c) As to the payment of expenses, witness fees and other charges which are necessarily or usefully incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act; (d) Calculated to effectuate the objects of this Act and not contrary thereto. (2) Every such regulation when published in The Alberta Gazette shall have the same effect as if enacted by this Act.

17. Section 26a of The Factories Act, being chapter 20 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1917, is hereby repealed.

18. The provisions of section 24 of The Factories Act as to a minimum wage and any other statutory provision with regard thereto shall not be applicable to any employee in respect of whom a minimum wage has been fixed by this Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Inspection of Steam Boilers-Licensing of Stationary Engineers

Chapter 7 [An Act to amend and consolidate the "Boiler Inspection Act "].— 1. This Act may be cited as the "Boiler Inspection Act." R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 1.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Certificate" means a certificate of inspection or engineer's certificate given by the chief inspector or an inspector, as the case may be;

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'Engineer' means any person having charge of or operating a steam-boiler under this Act;

"Horse-power means the power of steam-boilers calculated as follows: by taking the square feet of heating surface and dividing by ten; and in respect of condensing-engines means the indicated horse-power;

"Inspector means any inspector of steam-boilers appointed for the purposes of this Act;

"Low-pressure heating plant" means any low-pressure heating steam-boiler where all the water of condensation is returned to the boiler by gravity or by automatic apparatus; and in the case of steel boilers, where the maximum allowable working-pressure does not exceed thirty pounds per square inch; or in the case of cast-iron boilers, where it does not exceed ten pounds per square inch;

"Owner" includes any person, firm, or corporation, the owner or lessee of a steam-boiler, and the manager or other chief officer in charge of the business of any such firm or corporation;

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"Steam-boiler" and steam-plant" include all steam-engines, steam-pipes and connections, recipients, digesters, apparatus, and things attached to or connected with or used with reference to any steam-boiler;

"Year," for the purpose of collecting the yearly rate or fee hereinafter imposed, means the calendar year, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, inclusive; and for the purpose of the inspection hereinafter rendered imperative, "year means twelve calendar months from the date of the first certificate of inspection, even when subsequent inspections are made before or after the anniversary of that date. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 2; 1919, c. 9, s. 2; 1921 (2nd Sess.), c. 4, s. 2.

Extent and Application of Act

3. (1) This Act shall apply to all steam-boilers and steam-heating plants within the province, except as hereinafter exempted.

(2) This Act shall not apply to railway locomotives, nor to any boiler subject to inspection under the Dominion "Steamboat Inspection Act," nor to any steam-boiler or steam-heating plant with a capacity not exceeding thirty square feet of heating surface, nor to any steam-heating plant in a private residence; but rooming-houses and apartment-houses shall not be considered private residences.

(3) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may constitute the province into a steam-boiler inspection district, or any portion or portions of the province into steamboiler inspection districts, and may from time to time alter such districts. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 3; 1921 (2nd Sess.), c. 4, s. 3 (altered).

Appointment and Qualifications of Inspectors

4. (1) A chief inspector and such number of inspectors of steam-boilers as are required for the purposes of this Act may be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the "Civil Service Act,” and shall hold office during pleasure.

(2) It shall be the duty of the chief inspector and the other inspectors to inspect all steam-plants under the provisions of this Act; and the chief inspector, under the direction of the Minister of Public Works, shall have general supervision over the other inspectors, as well as over all matters and things within the scope of this Act. (3) The present chief inspector and inspectors of steam-boilers shall continue to hold office as if appointed pursuant to this section. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 2 (part); s. 4 (redrawn).

5. No person shall be appointed an inspector of steam-boilers unless he has had five years' experience as a practical machinist or boiler-maker, and he has passed a

satisfactory examination before a board of examiners composed of the chief inspector and such other competent person or persons as the Minister of Public Works may direct. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 5.

6. Every inspector, before entering upon his duties as such, shall take and subscribe an oath before a justice of the peace, police magistrate, stipendiary magistrate, or commissioner for taking affidavits, well, faithfully, and impartially to perform the duties assigned to him by this Act, in the form or to the effect following:[Form omitted.]

The oath taken by every inspector shall be forwarded to the Minister of Public Works without delay. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 6.

7. No person shall be appointed an inspector of steam-boilers who is interested in the sale or manufacture of boilers, nor shall an inspector act as agent for the sale of boilers, under penalty of removal by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 7.

8. No person shall be appointed an inspector of steam-boilers unless he is a British subject. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 8.

Board of Steam-boiler Inspection

9. The chief inspector with the other inspectors shall form a board, to be called the "Board of Steam-boiler Inspection," of which board the chief inspector shall be chairman. Three members shall form a quorum. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 9 (redrawn).

10. The chairman shall have the right to vote, and in the case of an equal division shall also have a casting-vote. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 10.

11. The Minister of Public Works may appoint one of the inspectors to act as deputy chairman in the absence of the chairman. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 11.

12. The board shall meet at such times and at such places as may be determined by the Minister of Public Works. The board shall have power to formulate rules and regulations for the uniform inspection of boilers and engines, and for the examination of candidates for certificates of competency as engineers under this Act. Such rules and regulations shall not come into force until they have been approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 13.

13. The minutes of the proceedings of the board shall be kept by the chairman or deputy chairman, and a copy thereof, certified by him, shall be sent to the Minister of Public Works forthwith after each meeting of the board. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 12.

Chief Inspector's Duties

14. The chief inspector may inspect any steam-plant, and if he has reason to believe that an inspector has neglected his duty in relation to any steam-boiler, or in any other respect, he may call a meeting of the Board of Steam-boiler Inspection to investigate the case, or he may himself investigate it; and the result of such investigation shall be at once forwarded to the Minister of Public Works. R.S. 1911, c. 24,

s. 14.

15. The chief inspector shall receive and examine all specifications and drawings of new steam-boilers to be built for use in the province under this Act, and if such examination shows that any steam-boiler under consideration does not comply with the requirements of this Act, he shall at once notify the manufacturer, pointing out the defects. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 15.

16. The chief inspector shall also receive and examine all reports and accounts of inspectors, and report fully to the Minister of Public Works upon all matters pertaining to his official duties, so as to ensure a uniform and efficient administration of the inspection laws, rules, and regulations. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 16.

17. The chief inspector shall make a report to the Minister of Public Works up to the thirty-first day of March in each year, giving the number of inspections, an account of all accidents and casualties to steam-boilers, whether by explosion or otherwise, the number of defects observed, stating which defects were considered dangerous, the number of engineers examined, and the number and class of certificates issued to them. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 17 (altered).

Inspectors' Duties

18. It shall be the duty of every inspector to make an internal and external examination of all steam-boilers within the district within which he may from time to time be required by the chief inspector to act, before the same shall be used, and at least once a year thereafter. He shall also see that an engineer holding a British Columbia engineer's certificate of the proper grade is in charge of each steam-plant before a certificate of inspection is granted. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 18 (altered).

19. In addition to the annual 'inspection, it shall be the duty of every inspector to examine, at any time when, in his opinion, such examination is necessary, all such steam-boilers within his district as are reported to him, or as he has reason to believe have become unsafe from any cause, and to notify the owner of any boiler if a defect is discovered, and stating what repairs are necessary in order to render it safe. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 19.

20. If a defect is discovered in a steam-boiler which is under steam-pressure, and if, in the opinion of the inspector, such defect may cause immediate danger, he shall order the engineer in charge to draw the fire and blow off the steam, and the engineer in charge shall obey such instructions without reference to any one else. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 20.

21. Every inspector may, at all times when inspecting or visiting any steamplant, ask the owner or engineer, or any other person appearing to be in charge of the plant, any pertinent questions concerning the same, or concerning any accident that has happened thereto, as he may think fit; and every such person shall fully and truly answer every question so put to him; and every person who refuses to answer or falsely answers any such question, or who attempts to prevent any inspection or obstructs an inspector in any way, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 21.

22. The inspector may require any steam-boiler under inspection to be steamed up and the engine put in motion to test the governor or the safety-valve or any other part of the boiler or engine. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 22.

23. Every inspector shall keep records and make such reports to the chief inspector as may be ordered by him. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 23.

24. Any inspector who wilfully certifies falsely regarding any steam-boiler shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 24.

Inspection

25. Before commencing construction of any steam-boiler proposed to be constructed in the province for use under this Act, the maker of the boiler shall notify the chief inspector of the proposed construction, and at the same time shall supply him with drawings and specifications in triplicate, together with such information as will enable him to calculate the safe working-pressure of the boiler. 1921 (2nd Sess.), c. 4, s. 4.

26. The maker of every steam-boiler to be used in the province under this Act, but built elsewhere, shall supply the chief inspector with such drawings, specifications, and other information as will enable him to calculate the safe working-pressure of the boiler. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 26.

27. Every inspector shall have the right, at all reasonable hours, to examine steam-boilers in course of construction or repair, as well as those in operation, and to refuse to grant a certificate for any steam-boiler found to be defective or which does not comply with the provisions of this Act or of the regulations made thereunder, or of which the opportunity for examination requested by the inspector has been refused. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 27 (redrawn).

28. (1) Every person who imports into the province any steam-boiler, either new or second-hand, and whether in his own behalf or as agent for another, shall furnish forthwith to the chief inspector drawings and specifications in triplicate, and such information as will enable him to calculate the safe working-pressure of the boiler, and shall accompany the same by a notice stating the name of the manufacturer of the boiler and a place where it may be inspected.

(2) Every person who neglects to furnish any drawing, specification, information, or notice required by this section, or who allows any steam-boiler so imported by him to pass from his control before the same is furnished, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars. R.S. 1911, c. 24, s. 28 (redrawn).

29. Every owner of a steam-boiler liable to inspection under this Act shall notify the chief inspector by registered mail of each purchase, sale, or exchange made by him of a boiler, either new or second-hand, giving the name of the person from whom it was purchased or to whom it was sold or exchanged, and stating when and where it can be inspected; and in case the boiler has been inspected he shall forward the number stamped on it by the inspector; and any person neglecting to give the notice required by this section within the thirty days next after the date of the purchase, sale, or exchange shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars. 1921 (2nd Sess.), c. 4, s. 5.

30. (1) It shall be the duty of the owner of every steam-plant to allow the inspector free access to the steam-boilers, and to furnish water and fill the boilers, to remove the jacket or covering when and where directed by the inspector, to remove any stays or braces that may obstruct the passage of the inspector in his internal