Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 149, § 155

The occupier or manager of every cotton factory shall supply to each person engaged as a weaver in said factory and paid by the piece, cut or yard a printed or written ticket with each warp which shall contain the following specifications as to the work to be done and wages paid: the number of cuts, the number of yards per cut or piece, the price per yard, cut or piece, the number of picks per inch and the number of reeds to the inch. Said occupier or manager shall also supply to each person engaged as a frame tender a specification of the number of roving and price per hank, and to each person engaged as a warper or web drawer a specification of the number of threads in the warp and the rate of compensation, and to each operative paid by the pound a specification of the price to be paid per pound; said specification shall be furnished in each case on a printed or written ticket within three days after said operative begins work.