Chapter 432. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate and report upon the industrial, social, moral, educational, and physical condition of woman and child workers in the United States
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CHAP. 432.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate and report upon the industrial, social, moral, educational, and physical condition of woman and child workers in the United States. January 29, 1907. [[S. 5469](/us/bill/59/s/5469).] [[Public, No. 41](/us/pl/59/41).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Child, etc., labor.Investigation of, by Secretary of Commerce and Labor.*Post*, p. 1330.
That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate and report on the industrial, social, moral, educational, and physical condition of woman and child workers in the United States wherever employed, with special reference to their age, hours of labor, term of employment, health, illiteracy, sanitary and other conditions surrounding their occupation, and the means employed for the protection of their health, person, and morals.
Sec. 2. To use Labor and Census bureaus. And for the purposes of this Act the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby directed to utilize in so far as they may be adequate the forces of the Bureau of Labor and Bureau of Census. Sec. 3. Effect. That this Act shall take effect immediately. Approved, January 29, 1907.