Proposition Summary

Initiative act adding section 393 ½ to the Penal Code. Declares it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment in county jail or both, for an employer to require or permit, or to suffer or permit his overseer, superintendent, foreman or other agent to require or permit, any person in his employ to work more than eight hours in one day, or more than forty-eight hours in one week, except in case of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood, or danger to life or property.

Proposition Number

35

Year

1914

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 282692; A: 33.5; N: 560881; B: 66.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

For Author

Thos. W. Williams, State Secretary Socialist Party of California

Against Author

G. H. Hecke

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