cannot but rebound to the damage of the State that fails to realize its obligations in this respect.

The present staff must necessarily confine its activities to office complaints and their investigations and this has been creditably performed by three men and two stenographers.

The number of immigrant lodging houses now licensed has decreased over 50 per cent since the inspection of these places has been transferred from this Division, because of lack of inspections and following up renewals and new places. Under the amended law no inspections of private banks, or employment agencies dealing with aliens have been made, but adjustments have been made involving $24,159.01. These adjustments were made in behalf not only of immigrants but of other laboring men also. MARION K. CLARK,

Chief, Division of Aliens.

PART VI

REPORT OF BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND CODES REPORT OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IN CHARGE OF THE BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND CODES

To the Industrial Commissioner:

On completing this the first full fiscal year of your administration of the Department of Labor it may be of interest to note that the expenditures of the Department have been kept well within the limited appropriations for travel, supplies, printing, postage and general upkeep and that all necessary needs and requirements were provided for and good maintenance was secured by making repairs and in the purchase of replacements and additional needful equipment.

The contract for interior alterations by the removal of and changes in partitions and in the installation of sanitary facilities has resulted in securing more efficient and healthful working space in the New York City office building. Contracts for interior decorating have been let by the State Architect. This work will be done during the summer vacation period and will complete the alterations contemplated by the appropriation made for that purpose.

The natural growth of the Department's activities will necessitate early consideration for additional office space and more suitable quarters for compensation hearings, and as much time will elapse before any plan can be executed I offer as a starter the suggestion that the State Architect be requested to make a study of the narrow plot now occupied by the annex to our office building, number 120 East 28th Street, New York City, with the idea of demolishing the present annex and erecting a sevenstory and basement addition to the main building. This addition or annex can be planned for compensation hearing rooms to face the court yard on each of the seven floors, the front portion of the building to be used for offices or examination rooms. The elevators and stairway to be placed crosswise in the building arranged so as to separate the offices from the hearing rooms thus securing the use of the full width of the building facing the street and courts.

In the matter of providing more flexibility in the handling of field men and their problems, I recommend that the living expenses of inspectors and other employees be paid when they are temporarily assigned to places outside of their own territory, even though there may be a Department office in the city in which the employee is so temporarily located. The ruling of the Comptroller's office that no such expenses will be permitted is a handicap on the proper and economical performance of the duties of

the Industrial Commissioner as there is frequent need for the assignment of some employees to other than their home office and their expenses should be paid for such temporary period or until the Commissioner has determined to make the assignment permanent in which case the employee would be required to make such place his home. To properly carry out the intent of Civil Service regulations it necessarily follows that the particular person and the particular position will not always be in the same city and therefore more latitude should be given to the Commissioner in the authorization of employees' expenses. There should be placed to the account of the Secretary of the Department a petty cash account to be used for the purpose of paying for express deliveries, excess postage, summons fee and the like, such account to be reimbursed each month through an expense voucher prepared by the Secretary. Portions of such account should also be used in an emergency to advance the expenses for travel of any employee who may be hurriedly sent out of the city on Department business, such amounts to be returned to the Secretary the following month when the individual expense vouchers are paid.

There is submitted herewith reports by the several Chiefs of Divisions in the Bureau of Research and Codes which is under my direct supervision, from the Division of Codes by Messrs. Cullen and Eipper, the Division of Women in Industry by Miss Swartz, the Division of Hygiene by Mr. Vogt and the Engineer's Office by Mr. Picard. I am glad to report that all the Division Chiefs and the employees in their offices have performed their work faithfully and well.

M. H. CHRISTOPHERSON,

Deputy Industrial Commissioner.

DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL CODES

We beg to submit herewith the report upon the work of the Division of Industrial Codes of the Bureau of Research and Codes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922.

During the year the Division has continued its work on the Industrial Code, which is its principal duty. The compilation of the Industrial Code was commenced by the State Industrial Board in 1913; the work was continued by its successor, the State Industrial Commission, which was in turn succeeded by the present Industrial Board, which now has the compilation of the Code in hand.

Just prior to the time the Industrial Commission went out of office, this Division (then Bureau) presented to it several sets of tentative rules and recommended that public hearings be held thereon, but owing to delay caused by the reorganization of the Department, it was several months later that the Division was furnished with the list of places and dates for the public hearings.