MINORS NOT TO ATTEND PRIZE FIGHTS.

An act to prevent any minor under the age of eighteen years visiting any prize fight, cock fight, or place where any prize fight or cock fight is advertised or represented to take place and to provide a punishment therefor.

[Approved April 17, 1909.]

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of sixteen years to visit or attend any prize fight, cock fight, or place where any prize fight, cock fight, or place where any prize fight or cock fight is advertised to take place.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee or proprietor, or the agent of any owner, lessee or proprietor of any place where any prize fight or cock fight is advertised or represented to take place to admit any minor under the age of eighteen years to such place where any prize fight or cock fight is advertised or represented to take place; or to admit, or to sell or give away to any such minor a ticket or other paper by which said minor might be admitted to such place where such prize fight or cock fight is advertised to take place.

SEC. 3. Every person violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in county jail not more than twenty-five days.

PROHIBITING MINORS FROM ENGAGING IN BUSINESS. An act to prohibit minors under the age of eighteen years to vend and sell goods, engage in, or conduct any business between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning, and providing penalties for violations thereof.

[Approved May 1, 1911.]

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to vend and sell goods, engage in, or conduct any business between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each offense.

HOURS OF LABOR OF CHILDREN.

An act to amend "An act regulating the employment and hours of labor of children, prohibiting the employment of minors under certain ages, prohibiting the employment of certain illiterate minors, providing for the enforcement hereof by the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, and providing penalties for the violation hereof," approved February 20, 1905.

[Approved April 14, 1911.]

"An act regulating the employment and hours of labor of children, prohibiting the employment of minors under certain ages, prohibiting the employment of certain illiterate minors, providing for the enforcement hereof by the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, and providing penalties for the violation hereof," approved February 20, 1905, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Minors not to work more than nine hours a day.

Section 1. No minor under the age of eighteen shall be employed in laboring in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, or other place of labor, more than nine hours in 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-four hours in a week.

Not to work between 10 p. m. and 5 a. m.

SEC. 2. No minor under the age of eighteen years shall be employed or permitted to work between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning. No child under fifteen years of age shall be employed in any mercantile institution, office, laundry, manufacturing ́establishment, workshop, place of amusement, restaurant, hotel, apartment house, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages; provided, that the judge of the juvenile court of the county, or city and county, or in any county or city and county in which there is no juvenile court, then any judge of the superior court of the county or city and county in which such child resides shall have authority to issue a permit to work to any such child over the age of twelve years, upon a sworn statement being made to him by the parent of such child that such child is past the age of twelve years, that the parents or parent of such child are incapacitated for labor, through illness, and after investigation by a probation officer or attendance officer of the city, or city and county, in which such child resides, or in cities and counties where there are no probation or attendance officers, then by such other competent person as the judge may designate for this purpose. The permit so issued shall specify the kind of labor and the time for which it is issued, and shall in no case be issued for a longer period than shall seem necessary to the judge issu

ing such permit. Such permit shall be kept on file by the person, firm or corporation employing the child therein designated, during the term of said employment, and shall be given up to such child upon his quitting such employment. Such certificate shall be always open to the inspection of the attendance and probation officers of the city and county, city or county, in which the place of employment is situated, or of the officers of the state bureau of labor statistics; and provided, that the attendance officer of any county, city and county, or school district in which any place of employment, in this section named, is situated, shall have the right and authority, at all times to enter into any such place of employment for the purpose of investigating violations of the provisions of this act, or violations of the provisions of an act entitled "An act to enforce the educational rights of children and providing penalties for the violation of the act," approved March 24, 1903, and amended March 20, 1905; provided, however, that if such attendance or probation officer is denied entrance to such place of employment, any magistrate may, upon the filing of an affidavit by such attendance or probation officer setting forth the fact that he had a good cause to believe that the provisions of this act, or the act hereinbefore referred to, are being violated in such place of employment, issue an order directing such attendance or probation officer to enter said place of employment for the purpose of making such investigations; and provided, that any such child over the age of twelve years may be employed at any of the occupations mentioned in this act during the regular vacation of the public schools of the city, county, or city and county, in which the place of employment is situated, upon the production of a permit signed by the principal, vice-principal of the school, or secretary of the board of school trustees or board of education of the school which such child has attended during the term next preceding any such vacation. Such permit shall contain the name and age of the child to whom it is issued, and the date of the termination of the vacation for which it is issued, and shall be kept on file by the employer during the period of employment, and at the termination of such employment shall be returned to the child to whom it was issued. No minor who is under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any gainful occupation during the hours that the public schools of the city, town or school district in which his place of employment is situated are in session, unless he or she can read English at sight and can write legibly and correctly simple English sentences, or unless he or she is a regular attendant for the then current term at a regularly conducted night school. A certificate of the principal of such school shall be held to be sufficient evidence of such attendance.

Hours of work to be posted.

SEC. 3. Every person, firm or corporation employing minors under eighteen years of age, in any manufacturing establishment, shall post, and keep posted, in a conspicuous place in every room where such help is employed, a written or printed notice stating the number of hours per day for each day of the week required of such persons. Every person, firm, or corporation, agent or officer of a firm or corporation, employing or

permitting minors under sixteen and over fifteen years of age to work in any mercantile institution, office, laundry, manufacturing establishment, workshop, place of amusement, restaurant, hotel, apartment house, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages, shall keep a record of the names, ages, and places of residence of such minors, and shall have on file a certificate of age and schooling, as provided in this act, for every such minor so employed, said record and certificate to be open at all times to the inspection of the school attendance and probation officers of the city and county, city or county, in which the place of employment is situated, or of the officers of the state bureau of labor statistics. An age and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the superintendent of schools of the city or city and county, or by a person authorized by him in writing, or where there is no city or city and county superintendent of schools, by a person authorized by the local school trustees; provided, that the superintendent or principal of any school of recognized standing shall have the right to approve an age and schooling certificate, and shall have the same rights and powers as the superintendent of public schools to issue the certificate herein provided, for children attending such schools. The persons authorized to issue age and schooling certificates shall have the authority to administer the oaths necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act, but no fees shall be charged for issuing such certificates. An age and schooling certificate shall not be approved unless satisfactory evidence is furnished by the last school census, the certificate of birth or baptism of such child, the public register of birth of such child, or in some other manner, that such child is of the age stated in such certificate. A duplicate copy of each age and schooling certificate granted under the provisions of this act shall be kept by the person issuing such certificate, such copy to be filed with the county superintendent of schools in the county where the certificate is issued; provided, that all such copies of certificates issued between June 25th and December 25th of any year shall be filed not later than December 31st of such year; and those issued between December 25th and June 25th of the ensuing year shall be filed not later than June 30th of each year. Such certificates shall be substantially in the following form, to wit:

Age and schooling certificate. This certifies that I am the (father, mother, or guardian) of (name of the child), and that (he or she) was born at (name of town or city), in the county of (name of county) (if known), and state (or country) of (name), on the (day and year of birth), and is now (number of years and of months) old.

Signature as provided in this act.

Town or city, and date.

There personally appeared before me the above named (name of person signing) and made oath that the following certificate by (him or her) signed is true to the best of (his or her) knowledge and belief.

I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of (name of child), height (feet and inches), complexion (fair or dark), hair (color), having no sufficient reason to doubt that (he or she) is of the age therein certified. and I hereby certify that (he or she) (can or can not) read English

sight, and (can or can not) write legibly simple sentences in the English language. There is hereto attached a written request from the prospective employer of such child, that an age and schooling certificate be granted to such child.

Signature of the person authorized to sign, with his official character and authority.

Town or city and date.

This certificate belongs to the person in whose behalf it is drawn, and it shall be presented to (him or her) whenever (he or she) leaves the services of the person, firm, or corporation holding the same.

The certificate as to the birthplace and age of the minor under sixteen and over fifteen years of age shall be signed by his father, his mother, or his guardian; if a child has no father, mother, or guardian living in the same city or town, his own signature to the certificate may be accepted by the person authorized to approve the same. Every person authorized to sign the certificate prescribed by this act, who knowingly certifies to any false statement therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The county superintendent of schools of each county shall file with the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics a report showing the number of age and schooling certificates issued to male and female minors, fifteen years of age, and such other detailed information as the commissioner may require. Said report to be filed during the months of January and July of each year for the preceding six months, ending June 25th and December 25th of each year, and cover certificates issued during said periods and on file in the office of the county superintendent of schools as described in paragraph five of this section."

Not to remain idle longer than two weeks.

SEC. 3a. Provided, however, that no child having a permit to work, as prescribed in section 2 of this act, and no child having an age and schooling certificate, as described in section 3 of this act, and no other child, between the ages of fifteen and sixteen years, who, if between the ages of eight and fifteen years, would by law be required to attend school, shall, while the public schools are in session, be and remain idle and unemployed for a period longer than two weeks, but must enroll and attend school; provided, that within one week after any child having such a permit to work or such age and schooling certificate shall have ceased to be employed by any employer, such employer shall, in writing, giving the latest correct address of such child known to such employer, notify, in the case of a child having a permit to work, the judge of the juvenile court in the county of said child's residence, or the probation officer of such juvenile court, or in the case of a child having an age and schooling certificate, the county superintendent of schools of such county, that such child is no longer employed by such employer; and such judge of the juvenile court, or such probation officer, or such county superintendent of schools, shall thereupon immediately notify the attendance officer having