Missouri § 291.060 Power and duties of director and deputies.

Missouri Statutes

§ 291.060 — Power and duties of director and deputies.

Missouri § 291.060

Title XVIIILABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Ch. 291Industrial Inspection

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 291.060 (2026).

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1.The director of the inspection section may divide the state into districts, assign one or more deputy inspectors to each district, and may, at his discretion, change or transfer them from one district to another.

2.It shall be the duty of the director, his assistants or deputy inspectors, to make not less than two inspections during each year of all factories, warehouses, office buildings, freight depots, machine shops, garages, laundries, tenement workshops, bakeshops, restaurants, bowling alleys, pool halls, theaters, concert halls, moving picture houses, or places of public amusement, and all other manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and workshops. The last inspection shall be completed on or before the first day of October of each year, and the director shal

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1. The director of the inspection section may divide the state into districts, assign one or more deputy inspectors to each district, and may, at his discretion, change or transfer them from one district to another.

2. It shall be the duty of the director, his assistants or deputy inspectors, to make not less than two inspections during each year of all factories, warehouses, office buildings, freight depots, machine shops, garages, laundries, tenement workshops, bakeshops, restaurants, bowling alleys, pool halls, theaters, concert halls, moving picture houses, or places of public amusement, and all other manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and workshops. The last inspection shall be completed on or before the first day of October of each year, and the director shall enforce all laws relating to the inspection of the establishments enumerated heretofore in this section, and prosecute all persons for violating the same. Any municipal ordinance relating to said establishments or their inspection shall be enforced by the director.

3. The director, his assistants and deputy inspectors, may administer oaths and take affidavits in matters concerning the enforcement of the various inspection laws relating to these establishments; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to mercantile establishments that employ less than ten persons that are located in towns and cities that have three thousand inhabitants or less.

Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 10179) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13218; 1919 § 6782; 1909 § 7824 Child labor laws, director to enforce, 294.090 County superintendent of welfare, may act as deputy factory inspector, 205.920 Mattresses, laws regulating manufacture and sale, department of social services to enforce, Chap. 421