Work

school hours.

Proviso.

magazines or periodicals after the hour of six-thirty o'clock in the evening, between the first day of October and the first day of during April, nor after seven-thirty o'clock in the evening between the first day of April and the first day of October, or before five o'clock in the morning; and no child under sixteen years of age shall distribute, sell, expose or offer for sale any newspapers, magazines or periodicals or shall work as a bootblack or in any street or public trades or distribute hand bills or shall be employed or permitted to work in the distribution or sale or exposing or offering for sale of any newspapers, magazines or periodicals or as a bootblack or in other street or public trades or in the distribution of hand bills during the hours when the public schools of the city where such child shall reside are in session. Provided, That any boy between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, who is complying and shall continue to comply with all the legal requirements concerning school attendance, and who is mentally and physically able to do such delivery besides his regular school work, shall be authorized to deliver newspapers between the hours of four and six in the morning.

Enforcement.

Revocation

permit.

Second tions.

Violations.

of

SEC. 1728x. The commissioner of labor or any factory inspector acting under his direction shall enforce the provisions of sections 1728p to 1728za, inclusive, and he is hereby vested with all powers requisite therefor.

SEC. 1728y. The permit of any child, who in any city of the first class distributes, sells or offers for sale any newspapers, magazines or periodicals in any street or public place or works as a bootblack or in any other street trade, or sells or offers for sale or distributes any handbills or other articles in violation of the provisions of sections 1728p to 1728za, inclusive, or who becomes delinquent or fails to comply with all the legal requirements concerning school attendance, shall forthwith be revoked for a period of six months and his badge taken from said child. The refusal of any child to surrender such permit, and the distribution, sale or offering for sale of newspapers, magazines or periodicals or any goods or merchandise, or the working by such child as a bootblack or in any other street or public trade, or in distributing handbills or other articles, after notice, by any officer authorized to grant permits under this law of the revocation of such permit and a demand for the return of the badge, shall be deemed a violation of this act. The permit of said child may also be revoked by the officer who issued such permit, and the badge taken from such child, upon the complaint of any police officer or other attendance officer or probation officer of a juvenile court and such child shall surrender his permit and badge upon the demand of any police officer, truancy or other attendance officer or probation officer of a juvenile court or other officer charged with the viola- duty of enforcing this act. In case of a second violation of this act by any child, he shall be brought before the juvenile court, if there shall be any juvenile court in the city where such child resides or, if not, before any court or magistrate having jurisdiction of offenses committed by minors and be dealt with according to law.

Certificates quired.

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SEC. 1728z. Any parent or other person who employs a minor under the age of sixteen years in peddling without a license or who, having the care or custody of such minor, suffers or permits the child to engage in such employment, or to violate sections 1728p to 1728za, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, or by his commitment to the county jail for not more than sixty days or less than ten days.

SEC. 1728za. Providing that no badge shall be issued for a boy selling papers between the ages of twelve and sixteen years by the State factory inspector, except upon certificate of the principal of either public, parochial or other private school attended by said boy, stating and setting forth that said boy is a Loitering for- regular attendant upon said school. No boy under the age of

bidden.

sixteen years shall be permitted by any newspaper publisher or

printer or persons having for sale newspapers or periodicals of any character, to loiter or remain around any salesroom, assembly room, circulation room or office for the sale of newspapers, between the hours of nine in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, on days when school is in session. Any newspaper publisher, printer, circulation agent or seller of newspapers shall upon conviction for permitting newsboys to loiter or hang around any assembly room, circulation room, salesroom or office where papers are distributed or sold, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, or by commitment to the county jail for not more than sixty days or less than ten days.

Ten-hour day.

SEC. 1728-1. 1. No female shall be employed or be permitted to work in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile estab. lishment, laundry or restaurant, or confectionery store, or telegraph or telephone office or exchange, or by any express or transportation company, in this State, more than ten hours during any one day, or more than fifty-five hours in any one week. The hours may be so arranged as to permit the employment of females at any time, but they shall not work more than ten hours during the twenty-four hours of any one day, nor more than fifty-five hours during one week. If, however, any part of a female's daily Night work. employment is performed between the hours of eight o'clock p. m. and six o'clock a. m. of the following day, all the employment shall be considered night work, and no such female so employed at night work shall be employed or permitted to work thereat more than eight hours in any twenty-four hours, nor more than forty-eight hours during one week. If any such female is employed not more than one night in the week (after eight o'clock as herein provided), then such female may be permitted to work fifty-five hours in any such week: Provided, That at least one hour for dinner be allowed each female during her working period, but no part of such hour shall be considered as a part of the permitted period of daily employment.

2. Every employer shall post in a conspicuous place in every room, where such females are employed, a printed notice stating the hours of commencing and stopping such work, the time allowed for dinner or other meals, and the maximum number of hours any female employee is permitted to work in any one day. 3. The employment of any female in any such place or establishment, as defined in subsection 1, of this section, at any time other than those of the posted hours of labor, as hereinbefore provided for, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this act.

4. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.

Employment of children-Certain employments forbidden.

SEC. 4587a. Any person having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of fourteen years who shall exhibit, use or employ, or in any manner or under any pretense sell, apprentice, give away, let out or otherwise dispose of such child to any person for any obscene, indecent or immoral purpose, exhibition or practice, or for any business, exhibition or vocation injurious to the health or dangerous to the life or limb of such child, or who shall cause, procure or encourage any such child to engage therein, and any person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, use, exhibit or have in custody any such child for any such purpose shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceed. ing six months or by fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by both imprisonment and fine.

Schedule.

Evidence.

Violations.

Obscene and immoral employments.

Employment

forbidden.

Acrobatic and

WYOMING.

CONSTITUTION..

ARTICLE 9.-Mine regulations-Employment of women and children.

SECTION 3. No boy under the age of fourteen years and no woman or girl of any age shall be employed or permitted to be in or about any coal, iron or other dangerous mines for the purpose of employment therein: Provided, however, This provision shall not affect the employment of a boy or female of suitable age in an office or in the performance of clerical work at such mine or colliery.

COMPILED STATUTES-1910.

Employment of children.

SECTION 3101. It shall be unlawful for any person having the mendicant occu- care, custody, or control of any child under the age of fourteen pations. years to exhibit, use or employ, or in any manner, or under any pretense, sell, apprentice, give away, let out or otherwise dispose of any such child to any person, in or for the vocation or occupation, service or purpose of singing, playing on musical instruments, dancing, rope or wire walking, begging or peddling, or as a gymnast, contortionist, rider or acrobat, in any place whatsoever; or as an actor or performer in any concert hall or room where intoxicating liquors are sold or given away, or in any variety theater, or for any illegal, obscene, indecent or immoral purpose, exhibition or practice whatsoever; or for or in any business exhibition or vocation, injurious to the health or dangerous to the life or limb of such child, or cause, procure or encourage such child to engage therein. Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect the employment or use of any child as a singer or musician in any church, school or academy, or at any respectable entertainment, or the teaching or learning the science or practice of music. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, receive, hire, employ, use, exhibit or have in custody any child, under the age, and for the purposes prohibited in this section.

Employment SEC. 3107. Any person who shall take, receive, hire or employ. of women and either in his or her own behalf, or as the agent, servant or emchildren in mines. ployee of any person, persons, association of persons, copartnership, company, corporation, any boy or male child under the age of fourteen years, or any woman or girl of any age, or shall allow or permit the said persons to be in or about any coal, iron or other dangerous mine, or underground works or dangerous place whatsoever in this State, for the purpose of employment therein or thereabouts, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months; Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not affect or apply to the employment of a boy or female of suitable age in an office, or in the performance of clerical work at such mine, colliery or place.

Proviso.

Seats to be provided.

Penalty.

Seats for female employees..

SEC. 5815. Every person or corporation employing females in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment in the State of Wyoming shall provide suitable seats for females so employed, and shall permit the use of such seats by them when they are not necessarily engaged in the active duties for which they are employed. Any person or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section shall upon conviction thereof, be considered guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than thirty dollars for each and every offense.

APPENDIX B.

LAWS RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS, IN FORCE JANUARY 1, 1912.