44-603. Utilities and employments subject to supervision.
44-603
44-603. Utilities and employments subject to supervision.(a) The operation of the following named and indicated employments,industries, public utilities and common carriers is hereby determinedand declared to be affected with a public interest and therefore subjectto supervision by the state as herein provided for the purpose ofpreserving the public peace, protecting the public health, preventingindustrial strife, disorder and waste, and securing regular and orderlyconduct of the businesses directly affecting the living conditions ofthe people of this state and in the promotion of the general welfare, towit:
(1) The manufacture or preparation of food products whereby, in anystage of the process, substances are being converted, either partiallyor wholly, from their natural state, to a condition to be used as foodfor human beings;
(2) The manufacture of clothing and all manner of wearing apparel incommon use by the people of this state whereby, in any stage of theprocess, natural products are being converted, either partially orwholly, from their natural state to a condition to be used as suchclothing and wearing apparel;
(3) The mining or production of any substance or material in commonuse as fuel either for domestic, manufacturing, or transportationpurposes;
(4) The transportation of all food products and articles orsubstances entering into wearing apparel, or fuel, as aforesaid, fromthe place where produced to the place of manufacture or consumption;
(5) All public utilities as defined by K.S.A. 66-104, and all common carriersas defined by K.S.A. 66-105.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in any such industry oremployment, or in the operation of such public utility or commoncarrier, within the state of Kansas, either in the capacity of owner,officer or worker, shall be subject to the provisions of this act,except as limited by the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1920, ch. 29, § 3; Jan. 24; R.S. 1923, 44-603.