Declaration.

The welfare of the state of Washington demands that all employees be protected from conditions of labor which have a pernicious effect on their health. The state of Washington, therefore, exercising herein its police and sovereign power declares that inadequate wages and unsanitary conditions of labor exert such pernicious effect.

[1973 2nd ex.s. c 16 § 2; 1913 c 174 § 1; RRS § 7623.]