SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the city or town or parish employing office for an inspector or inspectors to provide a suitable office for same and pay spector. for all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of said office.

SEC. 22. There shall be an annual report of inspections made and all Reports. work and expenses in connection with said office forwarded to the commissioner of labor and incorporated towns and cities to the mayor and council of the cities and towns employing said inspector or inspectors.

SEC. 23. In the city of New Orleans, with the consent of the council, New Orleans. [the mayor] shall appoint a factory inspector, who may be either male or female, to see that the regulations of this act are observed and also to prosecute all persons who shall violate the same. Such inspector shall be paid a salary of not more than $750 per annum.

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REVISED STATUTES-1903.

CHAPTER 15.-Employment of children-School attendance.

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SECTION 51 (as amended by chapter 113, Acts of 1911). officers, when so directed in writing by the superintendent of schools law. or the superintending school committee of their respective towns, may visit the manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile and other business establishments in their several cities and towns during the hours in which the public schools of such city or town are in session, and ascertain whether any minors under the age of fifteen years are employed therein, and shall report in writing any cases of such employment to the superintendent of schools or the superintending school committee of their city or town, and if employed therein contrary to the provisions of chapter forty, shall also report in writing such illegal employment to the commissioner of labor. The owner, superintendent, overseer or agent of all manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile or other business establishments, upon request, shall produce for the inspection of such truant officers, all certified copies of records of birth and baptism, passports and age and schooling certificates required to be kept on file in such establishments under chapter forty of the Revised Statutes.

CHAPTER 40.—Employment of women and children.

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SECTION 48 (as amended by act 55, Acts of 1911). No female minor under eighteen years of age, no male minor under sixteen years of age, and no woman shall be employed in laboring in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment in the State, more than ten hours in any one day, except when it is necessary to make repairs to prevent the interruption of the ordinary running of the machinery, or when a different apportionment of the hours of labor is made for the sole purpose of making a shorter day's work for one day of the week; and in no case shall the hours of labor exceed fifty-eight in a week; and no male person sixteen years of age and over shall be so employed as above, more hours per week. than ten hours a day during minority, unless he voluntarily contracts to do so with the consent of his parents, or one of them, if any, or guardian, and in such case he shall receive extra compensation for his services: Provided, however, That any female of eighteen years of age or over, may lawfully contract for such labor for any number of hours in excess of ten hours a day, not exceeding six hours in any one week, or sixty hours in any one year, receiving additional compensation therefor; but during her minority, the consent of her parents, or one of them, or guardian, shall be first obtained. Nothing in this section shall apply to any manufacturing establishment or business, the materials and products of which are perishable and require immediate labor thereon, to prevent decay thereof or damage thereto.

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SEC. 49. Every employer shall post in a conspicuous place in every room where such persons are employed, a notice printed in plain, to be posted. large type, stating the number of hours' work required of them on each day of the week, the exact time for commencing work in the morning,

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stopping at noon for dinner, commencing after dinner, and stopping at night; the form of such printed notice shall be furnished by the inspector of factories, workshops, mines and quarries, and shall be approved by the attorney general. And the employment of any such person for a longer time in any day than that so stated, shall be deemed a violation of the preceding section, unless it appears that such employment is to make up for time lost on some previous day of the same week, in consequence of the stopping of machinery upon which such person was employed or dependent for employment.

SEC. 50. Whoever, either for himself, or as superintendent, overseer or agent of another, employs or has in his employment any person in violation of the provisions of section forty-eight, and every parent or guardian who permits any minor to be so employed, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. A certificate of the age of a minor made by him and by his parent or guardian at the time of his employment, shall be conclusive evidence of his age in behalf of the hirer, upon any prosecution for a violation of the provisions of section forty-eight. Whoever falsely makes and utters such a certificate with an intention to evade the provisions of this chapter relating to the employment of minors, shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars.

SEC. 51. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in any manufac tion to leave em- turing or mechanical business, may contract with adult or minor employees to give one week's notice of intention on such employee's part, to quit such employment under a penalty of forfeiture of one week's wages. In such case, the employer shall be required to give a like notice of intention to discharge the employee; and on failure, shall pay to such employee, a sum equal to one week's wages. No such forfeiture shall be enforced when the leaving or discharge of the employee is for a reasonable cause: Provided, however, That the enforcement of the penalty aforesaid, shall not prevent either party from recovering damages for a breach of the contract of hire.

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SEC. 52 (as amended by chapter 257, Acts of 1909). No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed or allowed to work in or in connection with any manufacturing or mechanical establishment. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ for wages or hire any child under fourteen years of age in any manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile or other business establishment, or in any telephone or telegraph office; or in the delivery and transmission of telephone or telegraph messages during the hours that the public schools of the town or city in which he resides are in session. Whoever, either for himself, or as superintendent, overseer or agent of another, employs or has in his employ any child in violation of the provisions of this section, and every parent or guardian who allows any child to be so employed shall be punished by a fine not less than one dollar nor exceeding fifty dollars for each offense.

SEC. 53 (as amended by chapter 257, Acts of 1909). No child over fourteen years of age and under sixteen years of age shall be employed or allowed to work in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment until he, or some one in his behalf, shall have produced and presented to the owner, superintendent, overseer or agent of such establishment, a certified copy of the town clerk's record of the birth of such child, or a certified copy of his baptismal record showing the date of his birth; or his passport showing the date of his birth; or an age and schooling certificate duly issued to him as hereinafter provided. No such child between his fourteenth and fifteenth birthdays shall be employed or allowed to work in any manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile or other business establishment, or in any telephone or telegraph office; or in the delivery and transmission of telephone or telegraph messages during the hours in which the public schools of the city or town in which he resides are in session, until he shall have produced and presented to the owner, superintendent, overseer or agent of such establishment an age and schooling certificate duly issued to him as hereinafter provided. No such child between his fifteenth and sixteenth birthdays shall be employed or allowed to work in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment during the hours in which the public

schools of the city or town in which he resides are in session, until he shall have produced and presented to the owner, superintendent, overseer or agent of such establishment an age and schooling certificate duly issued to him as hereinafter provided. The employer shall keep on file such birth record, baptismal record, passport or age and schooling certificate in duplicate containing the name of such child, the name of his parents, guardian or custodian, and such data as may be required by the inspector of factories, workshops, mines and quarries. Blank employment certificates, in form approved by the attorney general, shall be furnished by the inspector of factories, workshops, mines and quarries. One of such certificates shall be delivered to such child and the other be immediately forwarded to the office of said inspector of factories, workshops, mines, and quarries, to be kept on file by him. When such child leaves such employment, the employer shall return to such child the copy of the town record, baptismal record, passport or age and schooling certificate furnished by him as aforesaid, and shall immediately notify said inspector that such child has left his employ. The inspector of factories, workshops, mines and quarries, or any of his assistants, may demand of any employer or corporation the names of all children under sixteen years of age in his employ in the several cities and towns of the State, and may require that the birth record, baptismal record, passport or age and schooling certificate of such children shall be produced for his inspection, and the failure to produce the same shall be prima facie evidence that the employment of such child is illegal. Whoever, either for himself, or as superintendent, overseer or agent of another, employs or has in his employment any child in violation of the provisions of this section, and every parent or guardian who allows any child to be so employed shall be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than fifty dollars for each offense.

SEC. 54 (as amended by chapter 118, Acts of 1911). Age and schooling certificates shall be issued by the superintendent of schools of the city or town in which the child resides, or some person designated or authorized in writing by the school committee, and such age and schooling certificate when duly issued shall excuse such child from attendance at public school; but no person shall issue such certificate to any minor then in or about to enter his employment or the employment of a firm or corporation of which he is a member, stockholder, officer or employee. The person who issues the certificate in accordance with the provisions of this section is hereby empowered to administer the oath provided for therein, but no fee shall be charged therfor [therefor].

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SEC. 55 (as amended by chapter 257, Acts of 1909). An age and Evidence. schooling certificate shall not be issued until the child applying therefor, or some person in his behalf, shall furnish satisfactory evidence of the age of the child, which evidence shall be a certified copy of the town clerk's record of the birth of said child, or a certified copy of his baptismal record, showing the date of his birth, or a passport showing the date of his birth, or other document satisfactory to the superintendent of schools or the person authorized to issue such age and schooling certificates; nor until such child has demonstrated his ability to read at sight and write simple sentences in the English language, and perform simple arithmetical problems involving the fundamental tests. processes of addition, substraction, multiplication and division, such educational test to be prepared and furnished by the superintendent of schools or the school committee of each city and town in the State; or has furnished a certificate to that effect signed by any teacher in any of the public schools of the city or town in which such child resides, or by the principal of any approved private school, or a certificate signed by the principal of any evening school in said city or town, to the effect that said child is a regular attendant of said evening school.

SEC. 56 (as amended by chapter 257, Acts of 1909). The form of the age and schooling certificate provided for in section fifty-three of this act shall be prepared and furnished to the superintendent of schools or the school committee of the cities and towns by the attorney general, and shall be substantially as follows:

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AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE, REVISED STATUTES, c. 40, SEC. 53.

This certifies that I am the, [father, mother, guardian or custodian,] of, [name of child], and that he was born at, [name of city or town], in the state, or county, of on the day of in the year and that at, his or her, last birthday he was (City or town and date.)

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(Signature of parent, guardian or custodian.)

Then personally appeared before me the above named, [name of person signing], and having produced for my inspection the [record passport] of said child, made oath that the foregoing certificate by [him or her], signed is true to the best of [his or her], knowledge and belief. Having no sufficient reason to doubt that he is of the age therein certified, I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of [name of child]; whose signature, written in my presence, appears below; whose height is feet and inches; complexion is [fair or dark]; hair is [color]. I hereby certify that he has satisfactorily demonstrated, [his or her], ability to read at sight and to write legible simple sentences in the English language, and to employ the fundamental principles of arithmetic, according to the test supplied by the local superintendent of public schools; that he has presented us a certificate to that effect signed by the principal a teacher of some public school in said town, or that he has presented a certificate signed by the principal of an evening school in said town to the effect that he, said child is a regular attendant in said evening school.

This certificate belongs to, [name of child], and is to be surrendered to, [him or her], whenever he leaves the service of the employer holding the same, but if not claimed by said minor within thirty days from the time when he leaves such employment, it shall be returned to the superintendent of schools, or to the person by whom it is issued.

Signature of child.

City or town and date.)

(Signature of person authorized to issue and approve, with official character or authority.)

Whoever, being authorized to sign the foregoing age and schooling certificate, or whoever signing any certified copy of a town clerk's record of births, or certified copy of a child's baptismal record, shall knowingly certify to any false statement therein, and any parent or guardian who presents, or who permits or allows any child under his control to present, to any employer, owner, superintendent, overseer or agent as required under section fifty-three, any certified copy of birth or baptismal record, or passport, or age and schooling certificate containing any false statements as to the date of birth or age of such child, knowing them to be false, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. SEC. 57 (as amended by chapter 257, Acts of 1909). Nothing in the nine preceding sections shall apply to any manufacturing establishment or business, the materials and products of which are perishable and require immediate labor thereon, to prevent decay thereof or damage thereto: Provided, however, The employment of children therein shall be under the supervision of said inspector who shall on complaint investigate the sanitary conditions, hours of labor and other conditions detrimental to children, and if in his judgment he finds detrimental conditions to exist, he may in conjunction with the municipal officers of the town or city in which the complaint is made, prohibit the employment of children therein until such conditions are removed.

ACTS OF 1905.

CHAPTER 123.-Employment of children-Certain employments forbidden.

SECTION 9. No person shall employ or cause to be employed, exmoral, etc., occu- hibit, use or have in custody, or train for use, employment or exhibition, any child under sixteen years of age, and no parent, guardian or other person, having care, custody and control of such child, shall

procure or permit the training, use, employment or exhibition of any such child, in begging or soliciting or receiving alms in any manner or under any pretence, or in any illegal, indecent or immoral exhibition or practice, or in any exhibition of any such child when insane or idiotic, or when possessing any deformity and unnatural physical formation, or in any practice, exhibition or place dangerous or injurious to the life, limb, health or morals of such child. Whoever offends against the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days.

ACTS OF 1907.

CHAPTER 4.-Employment of children on elevators.

SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall employ or permit Age limit. any person under fifteen years of age to have the care, custody, management or operation of any elevator, or shall employ a person under eighteen years of age to have the care, custody, management or operation of any elevator running at a speed of over two hundred feet a minute.

SEC. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than twenty-five dollars for each offense.

ACTS OF 1911.

CHAPTER 26.-Seats for female employees in stores, etc.

SECTION 1. The properitor, manager or person having charge of any merchantile establishment, store, shop, hotel, restaurant or other place where women or girls are employed as clerks or help therein in this State shall provide chairs, stools or other contrivances for the comfortable use of such female employees for the preservation of their health and for rest when not actively employed in the discharge of their respective duties.

SEC. 2. Any proprietor, manager or other person violating the preceding section of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

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CHAPTER 143.-Employment of women and children.

SECTION 1. Chapter forty of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Commissioner chapter forty-six of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Seven, of labor is chief inspector. and chapters seventy and two hundred and fifty-seven of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Nine, relating to the employment of women and children is hereby amended by striking out the words, "inspector of factories, workshops, mines and quarries," where these words occur, and substituting therefor the words "commissioner of labor."

MARYLAND.

PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS-CODE OF 1903.

ARTICLE 27.-Employment of children-Hours of labor.

SECTION 217. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed Limit of day's in laboring more than ten hours a day in any manufacturing business labor. or factory established in any part of the State, or in any mercantile business in the city of Baltimore.

SEC. 218 (as amended by chapter 607, Acts of 1910). Any persons who shall so employ a child or suffer or permit such employment shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars; one-half of which shall be paid to the Maryland State bureau of statistics and information, which is hereby invested with the general duty and power of enforcing this law.

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SEC. 219. The word "suffer or permit," includes every act or omission Definition. whereby it becomes possible for the child to engage in such labor.