control and direction of the manager, who shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the classification of the labor of the prisoners on the piece or process plan, and who, before making any contract therefor, shall advertise bids in prominent newspapers throughout the state for the employment of such labor, specifying the kind and quantity of labor to be employed. But under no circumstances shall any contractor of the products of contract labor, have correctory supervision over or control of the labor of the convict, etc.
An admirable enactment provides against the payment of wages in scrip, orders, etc., or otherwise than in money, and against selling goods or supplies to employes at excessive prices, under heavy penalties. Another act seeks to regulate the manufacture, sale, and use of dynamite within the State of Ohio. It declares it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to manufacture, sell, or use the substance called dynamite or other nitro explosive compounds within the State of Ohio, except in compliance with the terms of that act.
Another enactment lately passed by the Ohio legislature to prevent gambling in grain, stock, petroleum, wool, or provisions, provides that all dealings in any of these articles by "margins" or "futures" shall be criminal acts. Any person offering to sell options, or exhibiting any quotations of the prices of any margins, futures, or options, is punishable by fine and imprisonment. A clause punishes any company or person who communicates the prices, on marginal sales, or displays the prices upon the stock board, unless such display is part of a transaction in which values involved are fully purchased and delivered to the purchasers.
No minor under the age of twelve years shall be employed in any factory, workshop, or establishment wherein the manufacture of any goods of any kind is carried on, and no minor under the age of eighteen shall be employed in any of the places named for a longer period than ten hours a day, and in no case, shall the hours of labor exceed sixty in one week. A violation of this act is to be punished by fine or imprisonment.
