Ordinance 1831 - Laserfiche WebLink

" • • shall be required to work under this ordinance any greater number of hours per day than lawfully constitute a day' s work, nor for a less wage than is commonly paid, in the occupation in which such person may engage. The applicant shall at all times have the right to his choice of positions where more than one is available and to refuse to accept work in any place where a strike is in progress . In the event of the Employment Agent being unable to procure employment for such persons applying as aforesaid, it shall then be the duty of the said Agent to so certify to such person in writing. Such certificate shall exempt the applicant from prosecution under this ordinance for a period of three days from its date at the expiration of which time the certificate must be renewed unless the applicant has in the meantime become regularly employed within the meaning of the terms of this ordinance. Section 4. Any person failing or refusing to do, or to continue to do, the work assigned to him, or who, in the mean- while has not become regularly or continuously employed in some lawful, useful and recognized business, occupation, trade, profession, or employment as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance and upon conviction thereof siall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or be imprison- ed for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both. Section 5 . In assigning any one to work, the Employment Agent shall take into consideration the physical condition and any other appropriate circumstances of the person so assigned. Section 6. It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Department to seek and to continue to seek diligently the names and places of residence of able bodied male persons within the City of Everett not regularly or continuously em- ployed as herein requithd. Section 7. The provision of this ordinance shall not apply to persons temporarily unemployed by reason of differences with their employers, nor to bonafide students during the school term nor to persons fitting themselves to engage in trade or industrial pursuits. Section 8. Inasmuch as this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety of the City of Everett in this: That there is urgent need for every able bodied man to perform some useful service during the present crisis, therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in force and effect from -he date of its passage and publication. May* Passed JUN 18 1918 Attest, City Clerk JUN2 01 18 Published