Chap. 168.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to
regulate employment bureaus or agencies and to provide penalties for
violation of same, which became a law March 14, 1910. (H. B. 440.)

Approved March 13, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled an act to regulate employment bureaus or agen-
cies and to provide penalties for violation of same which be-
come a law March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

1. Every person, firm or corporation who shall agree or
promise, or who shall advertise through the press, or by letter,
to furnish employment or situations to any person or persons
shall keep a register in a substantial book, in the form pre-
scribed by the commissioner of labor statistics, in which shall
be entered the age, sex, nativity, trade or occupation, name and
address of every applicant. Such licensed agency shall also
enter in a register the name and address of every person who
shall make application for help or servants, and the name and
nature of employment for which such help shall be wanted.
Such registers shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the in-
spection and examination of the commissioner of labor statistics
or his deputies or inspectors. Where a registration fee is charged
for filing or receiving application for or obtaining employment
or help, said fee shall in no case exceed the sum of three ($3.00)
dollars, for which a receipt shall be given in which shall be
stated the name of the applicant, the amount of the fee, the date,
the name or character of the work or the situation to be secured.
In case the said applicant shall not obtain a situation or em-
ployment through such licensed agency within thirty days after
registration aforesaid, then said licensed agency shall forth-
with repay and return to such applicant, upon demand being
made therefor, the full amount of the fee paid or delivered by
geaid applicant to said licensed agency. Provided, that such
licensee shall not send out an applicant for any employment
within the provision of this act, without having first obtained
a bona fide order therefor in writing, stating the terms and con-
ditions of employment.

2. No agency shall send or cause to be sent any female
help or servants to any place of bad repute, house of ill-fame
or assignation house, or to any house or place kept for immoral
purposes, or to any person for immoral purposes. No such
licensed agency shall publish or cause to be published any false
information or make any false promises concerning or relating
to work or employment to any one who shall register for em-
ployment, and no such licensed agency shall make any false
entries in the register to be kept as herein provided, and all
entries in such register shall be made in ink. Any licensed
person or agency shall not by himself or itself, agent, or other-
wise, induce or attempt to induce any employee to leave his
employment with a view of obtaining other employment
through such agency.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation,
or any person employed or authorized by such person, firm or
corporation to hire or discharge employees, to receive any part
of any fee or any percentage of wages or any compensation
of any kind whatever, that is agreed upon to be paid by any
employee of said person, firm or corporation to any employ-
ment with said person, firm or corporation.

4. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of labor sta-
tistics to enforce this act, and, when informed of any violation
thereof, it shall be his duty to institute criminal proceedings
for enforcement of its penalties before any court of competent
jurisdiction. He may make such rules and regulations for the
enforcement of this act, not inconsistent therewith, as he may
deem proper. Any person convicted of a violation of any of
the provisions of sections one, two and three shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dol-
lars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars for each of-
fense; provided, that any such bureau or agency who shall
knowingly send any female help or servants to any place of
bad repute, house of ill-fame or assignation house or to any
house or place kept for immoral purposes, or to any person
for immoral purposes, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and
upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dol-
lars nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars or by im-
prisonment in the penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor
more than ten (10) years or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.