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Excerpt from Seventh Annual Report of the Minimum Wage Commission of Massachusetts: For the Year Ending November 30, 1919 The Minimum Wage Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts herewith respectfully submits its seventh annual report, which contains, in accordance with the provisions of the law, an account of its investigations and proceedings during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1919. The report embodies recommendations for such legislation and for such increases in the appropriation as will permit the work of the department to be conducted efficiently. Following the Commission's report is that of the secretary, which summarizes the activities of the field and office force for this period, and gives a statement of the expenditures made by the department from the appropriation granted by the General Court for the fiscal year. Appended is a summary of the provisions of the wage decrees entered by the Commission under the authority of the law to January 1, 1920, an outline of the cost of living budgets approved by the various wage boards to date, and a list of the members of wage boards in session during the present year, together with the text of the amendments to the minimum wage law enacted by the General Court in 1919, and other data pertaining to the work of the Commission. Effect of the consolidation act. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.