Michigan · statute · 137 of 1885, Mich. Comp. Laws · 5 active provisions
That in all factories, workshops, salt blocks, saw-mills, logging or lumber camps, booms or drives, mines or other places used for mechanical, manufacturing, or other purposes within the state of Michigan, where men or women are employed, 10 hours per day shall constitute a legal day's work; and any proprietor, stockho…
That in all contracts, engagements, or agreements to labor in any mechanical, manufacturing, or other labor calling, where such contracts or agreements are silent, or no express conditions specified, 10 hours shall constitute a day's work, and the contract or agreement shall be so construed.
Any individual, firm, agent of any corporation, or other employers of labor who shall take any unlawful advantage of any person or persons in their employ, or seeking employment, because of their poverty or misfortune, to invalidate any of the provisions of the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor…
All fines collected for violation of this act shall be turned over to the school board, or board of education of the city or township wherein such fine may be collected, and the same shall by them be disbursed for and in benefit of the public schools.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to domestic or farm laborers, or other laborers who agree to work more than 10 hours per day.