34-06-02. Power to investigate conditions of labor and wages and hours of employees

34-06-02. Power to investigate conditions of labor and wages and hours of employees. The commissioner has the power to: 1. Investigate and ascertain the wages and the hours and conditions of labor of employees in the different occupations in which they are employed within this state. 2. Inspect and examine, either in person or through authorized representative, all books, payrolls, and other records of any employer of employees appertaining to or bearing on the questions of hours or conditions of labor of any employee employed by such employer. 3. Require from any employer of employees a full and true statement of the wages paid to, and the hours and conditions of labor of, all employees in the employer's employ.