Dr. Reginald Farrar's report to the Local Government Board on the conditions under which persons are employed in pea-picking : with some general observations on the employment of casual labour in agricultural districts, and an appendix giving the police regulations in force during the hop-picking season in certain districts of Bavaria.

  • Farrar, Reginald, 1861-1921.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Dr. Reginald Farrar's report to the Local Government Board on the conditions under which persons are employed in pea-picking : with some general observations on the employment of casual labour in agricultural districts, and an appendix giving the police regulations in force during the hop-picking season in certain districts of Bavaria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. Translations (by Mrs. McClure) of the Police Regula- tions in force during the Hop-picking Season in the Mainburg, Schwabach, and Hersbruck Districts of Bavaria. (Translation.) District Police Regulations. Li force during the hop-jnching in the district of Mainhurg, Bavaria. 1. Every able-bodied workman, Avhether native or foreigner, who is in good health and is p rovided with proper clothing, as well as with passport, certificate of birthplace, and character from master or employer, will be eligible for employment as a picker during the approaching hop-picking season. Wandering persons of the gipsy class, who have no settled dwelling, are not eligible as hop-pickers. 2. All employers of labour shall give immediate notice of any picker being engaged, to the acting Mayor, or in such places as are distant from the Mayor’s residence to the acting District Officer, by placing before him the workman’s pa])ers of identification. The Mayor, or the appointed officer, must keep a continuous register of the names of the workpeople engaged as pickers ; the names to be entered as soon as the papers are received and the said register to be preserved even after the hop-picking season is over. 3. All hop-pickers are enjoined to give prompt compliance to the regulations put forth by their employers, and to behave themselves tOAvards them Avith propriety and civility on all occasions. During the hours of work agreed on the pickers may not leave their work without the permission of the employer or his repre- sentative. Pickers are not allowed to frequent public houses during the hours of work. The setting up of gipsy Avagons, carts or the like moveable dAvellings—Avith the exception of these set upon fenced or enclosed property—shall be alloAved on such places only as are set apart for the purpose by the police authorities. 4. On Sundays and holidays during the hop-picking season, all public houses must be closed for the night in every parish at 9 p.m. After closing time the doors of all houses must be locked and no one may Avalk about the roads or field paths except on some reason- able pretext. 5. Employers of labour or those avIio provide lodgings for the pickers are forbidden to take in or put up for the night at one and the same time pickers of different sexes unless they are married couples or children under 14 years of age Avho belong to one family.