of the same, to furnish and supply, or cause to be furnished and
supplied therein, in the discretion of the Factory Inspector, or of the
Assistant Factory Inspector, or of a Deputy Factory Inspector, unless
disapproved by the Factory Inspector, where machinery is used,
belt-shifters or other safe mechanical contrivances, for the purpose of
throwing on or off belts or pulleys; and wherever possible machinery
therein shall be provided with loose pulleys; all vats, pans, saws,
planers, cogs, gearing, belting, shafting, set-screws, and machinery of
every description therein shall be properly guarded, and no person shall
remove or make ineffective any safeguard around or attached to any
planer, saw, belting, shafting or other machinery, or around any vat or
pan, while the same is in use, unless for the purpose of immediately
making repairs thereto, and all such safeguards shall be promptly
replaced. By attaching thereto a notice to that effect, the use of any
machinery may be prohibited by the Factory Inspector, Assistant Factory
Inspector, or by a Deputy Factory Inspector, unless such notice is
disapproved by the Factory Inspector, should such machinery be regarded
as dangerous. Such notice must be signed by the Inspector who issues it,
and shall only be removed after the required safeguards are provided,
and the unsafe or dangerous machine shall not be used in the mean time.
Exhaust fans of sufficient power shall be provided for the purpose of
carrying off dust from emery wheels and grindstones, and dust-creating
machinery therein. No person under eighteen years of age and no woman
under twenty-one years of age shall be allowed to clean machinery while
in motion.

Sec. 9. A suitable and proper washroom and water-closets shall be provided
in each manufacturing establishment, and such water-closets shall be
properly screened and ventilated, and be kept at all times in a clean
condition; and if women or girls are employed in any such establishment,
the water-closets used by them shall have separate approaches and be
separate and apart from those used by men. All water-closets shall be
kept free of obscene writing and marking. A dressing-room shall be
provided for women and girls, when required by the Factory Inspector, in
any manufacturing establishment in which women and girls are employed.

Sec. 10. Not less than sixty minutes shall be allowed for the noonday meal
in any manufacturing establishment in this State. The Facto