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complainant, and the other half to the order of the 

 court. Provided always, That in all cases requiring 

 extraordinary work in the protection of life or proper- 

 ty, and in cases of house and body servants, the pro- 

 visions and penalties of this Act shall not apply. 



SEC. 5. The provisions of this Act shall apply only 

 to those persons who are voluntary laborers or em- 

 ployes, either upon time or piece work. All persons 

 who are forced to labor or work in pursuance of a sen- 

 tence of any court, for crime or offense against the law, 

 shall do so for at least ten hours on each and every 

 working day. 



SEC. 6. The provisions of this Act shall go into 

 effect and be in force from and after six months from 

 the date of its passage and approval by the President. 



In connection with the above law a National Bu- 

 reau of Labor should be created, the duties of which 

 shall be the collection, from all parts of the country, 

 of all the data necessary to guide the government in 

 any future action, and especially for the following 

 purposes, viz. : 



1st. That when, upon a careful and complete ex- 

 amination, in all parts of the country, it shall appear 

 that all who are dependent upon their work or labor 

 for subsistence are fully employed, and that there is 

 not produced a sufficiency of the necessaries and com- 

 forts of life to meet the demands for home consump- 

 tion, the hours of labor may be so lengthened, in all 

 parts of the country, as to enable the required pro- 

 duction to be made. 



2nd. That when the examination shall show that 

 all the demands of society, in home consumption, are 

 fully met, and that any considerable number, needing 

 work, are wholly idle, or but partially employed, 



