CHAP. 9.—LEGISLATION IN MEXICO 73

sufficient, according to the conditions of the region, to satisfy the
formal living requirements of the worker, individually and as head
of the family.
The local commissions are to convene at the call of the central board
of conciliation and arbitration but not more than twice in one year.
(Art. 119.) A local commission is to consist of representatives of
employers and of employees under the chairmanship of a public
official. (Art. 120.) Inquiries as to the cost of living are to be made
by such commissions. (Art. 122.) The commissions are authorized
fs Setooming by a majority vote the minimum wages for each
Industy :
Teall similar law was enacted on August 13, 1923, in the
State of Jalisco.® The provision (art. 55) of that law embodying
the wage-fixing principle corresponds to that of the law of Vera
Cruz but expressly includes education and reasonable amusements
among the necessities of life, while the law of Vera Cruz does not
mention them.
The employers and the employees of each of the agricultural,
Mining, or manufacturing industries in the municipality shall be
represented on the local boards (art. 57, Par. ITI), but the law provides
 for the free election of a chairman, differing in that respect
from the law of Vera Cruz. The minimum wage may be modified at
any time. (Art. 60.) Appeals may be taken to the central board of
conciliation and arbitration.
Queretaro.—The law of the State of Queretaro, enacted in 1922, is
somewhat more radical.’ It establishes a wage-fixing principle and
enumerates the same necessities of life as the law of Jalisco, but
provides that in no case shall the wage be lower than 40 centavos *
ber day for agricultural workers and domestic servants, 60 centavos
for other laborers, or 75 centavos for office employees (art. 61).
The. law enumerates the powers of the local commissions and
states not only their power to fix minimum wages, as in the laws of
the three States previously noted, but also to regulate the participation
 of the workers in the profits of the agricultural, commercial,
manufacturing, and mining enterprises, in conformity with the pro-Visions
 of the Federal : constitution. It states expressly, however,
that the minimum wages fixed by these commissions must in no case
be lower than the state-wide minimum fixed by the law. (Art. 190.)
San Luis Potosi—The minimum wage law of the State of San Luis
Potosi, enacted on J anuary 22,.19252 is similar to those of the other
States. The local commissions shall also have arbitrary powers if
there are disputes as to the minimum wage. The minimum wage shall
not deprive the workers of privileges accorded to them voluntarily before
 the determination of the minimum wage. If an employer closes
his establishment during the deliberations of the commission, with the
Intention of opposing the rate, he shall be required to pay three
months’ wages to each of his employees. = =

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® International Labor Office. Legislative series 1923-—Mexico 1 (Jalisco) : Decree No.
2308 respecting the labor act of the State of Jalisco, dated Aug. 18. 1924.
¢ Ley del Trabajo del Estado de Queretaro Arteaga. Queretaro, 1922, forwarded Mar.
23, 1928, by Agapito Pozo, Secretary General of Queretaro.
"At par, peso—~49.85 cents ; centavo=0.4985. cent.
® Monthly Labor Review, May, 1925, p. 1190.,