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44-601. Prescription of functions. The secretary of labor shall have such power, authority and jurisdiction, and shall perform such duties as are in this act set forth.

History: L. 1920, ch. 29, § 2; L. 1921, ch. 261, § 1; R.S. 1923, 44-601; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 25; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 23; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Telephone company desiring connection with another company; application to court. Telephone Association v. Telephone Co., 107 Kan. 169, 190 P. 747.

2. Title of act creating court not defective; act valid. The State, ex rel., v. Howat, 107 Kan. 423, 430, 191 P. 585.

3. Act not unconstitutional because of duality of subject. The State, ex rel., v. Howat, 109 Kan. 376, 198 P. 686.

4. Act creating court is valid exercise of the police power. The State, ex rel., v. Howat, 109 Kan. 376, 198 P. 686; also, see, 109 Kan. 779, 202 P. 72; The State v. Dorchy, 112 Kan. 235, 210 P. 352. (Reversed: Dorchy v. Kansas, 264 U.S. 286, 44 S. Ct. 323, 68 L.Ed. 686.)

5. Act not violative of fourteenth amendment to federal constitution. Court of Industrial Relations v. Packing Co., 109 Kan. 629, 630, 201 P. 418.

6. Regulation gas rates and pressure within original jurisdiction of tribunal. City of Winfield v. Court of Industrial Relations, 111 Kan. 580, 207 P. 813.

7. Fixing wages, in business not clothed with public interest, unconstitutional. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Industrial Relations, 262 U.S. 522, 43 S. Ct. 630, 67 L.Ed. 1103.

8. Business subject to public regulations considered. Wolff Packing Co., v. Court of Industrial Relations, 262 U.S. 522, 43 S. Ct. 630, 67 L.Ed. 1103.

9. Constitutionality of state statute should not be decided unless case so requires. Howat v. Kansas, 258 U.S. 181, 42 S. Ct. 277, 66 L.Ed. 550.

10. Compulsory arbitration not justified on grounds of temporary emergency, unconstitutional. Wolff Co. v. Industrial Court, 262 U.S. 522, 43 S. Ct. 630, 67 L.Ed. 1103; Dorchy v. Kansas, 264 U.S. 286, 44 S. Ct. 323, 68 L.Ed. 686.

11. Power of workmen's compensation commissioner to make rules and regulations determined. Stanley v. United Iron Works Co., 160 Kan. 243, 256, 160 P.2d 708.


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