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=Department of Industrial Relations.=

Sec. 154-45.  The department of industrial relations shall have all powers and perform all duties vested by law in the industrial commission of Ohio, excepting the following: 

Those powers and duties of the commission which it exercises as successor of the state liability board of awards, the state board of arbitration, the board of boiler rules, and in the investigation, ascertainment and determination of standards, devices, safeguards, and means of protection, being all powers and duties mentioned in paragraphs 3 to 8, both inclusive, of section 871-22 of the General Code, sections 871-23, 871-26, 871-27, 871-28, 871-30, 871-32, 871-33, 871-34 and 871-35, sections 1058-8 to 1058-12, both inclusive, 1058-16, 1063 to 1077, both inclusive, and sections 1465-37 to 1465-108, both inclusive, of the General Code, and the powers of the commission as successor of the board of boiler rules under section 1058-18 of the General Code, which shall continue to be exercised and performed by the industrial commission of Ohio in the manner provided by law for the exercise of such powers and the performance of such duties.

The industrial commission of Ohio shall be a part of the department of industrial relations for administrative purposes in the following respects:  The director of industrial relations shall be ex-officio the secretary of said commission, shall succeed to and perform all of the duties of the secretary of said commission, and shall exercise all powers of said secretary as provided by law; but such director may designate any employe of the department as acting secretary to perform the duties and exercise the powers of secretary of the commission.  All clerical, inspection and other agencies for the execution of the powers and duties vested in the said industrial commission shall be deemed to be in the department of industrial relations, and the employes thereof shall be deemed to be employes of said department and shall have and exercise all authority vested by law in the employes of such commission.  But the industrial commission of Ohio shall have direct supervision and control over, and power of appointment and removal of, such employes whose position shall be designated by the governor as fully subject to the authority of such commission.

The commission may appoint advisers, who shall without compensation assist the commission in the execution of the powers and duties retained by it under this section.

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Sec. 2250.  The annual salaries of the appointive state officers and employes herein enumerated shall be as follows: 

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  Department of Industrial Relations: 
    Director of industrial relations, six thousand five hundred
      dollars. 
    Chief of division of factory inspection, three thousand six
      hundred dollars. 
    Chief of division of labor statistics, three thousand
      dollars. 
    Chief of division of mines, three thousand six hundred
      dollars.