Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-06-26
CHAPTER CXXXYI,

Supplement to an act entitled, An act TO
limit the age and employment hours Of labor
OF children, minors and women, and to ap-
point an inspector for the enforcement Of the
same, approved March fifth, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State OF New Jersey, That the
title OF the Inspector under the act to which
this act IS a supplement, and the det.uties here
matter provided for, shall be respectively FAC
tory and workshop inspector" and s'depuy in
spectors," and it shall be their duty to enforce
the provisions of this act, and all other laws re-
latng to the sanitary condition Of factor es and
workshops, and to the employment, safety, pro-
lection and compulsory attendance at school OF
minors, and to institute all suits or actions in
the name Of the i spector as in the fifth section
hereof provided for the violations of any Of the
provisions Of this act, or the act to which this
act is supplement, but no action shall be be-
gun by any deputy Inspector without the writ
ten direction of the inspector, and in case Of
Judgment for the penalty in any such suit so
instituted, the samo shall be paid into the trea-
sury OF the state, to be used TO defray the
necessary expenses Of the inspector and his
deputies.
2. And be it enacted, That the inspector
appointed under the act to which this act is a
supplement-, and his successors, shall have au-
thority to appoint, with the approval Of the
governor or any comptroller, two suitable per-
sons, who shall be residents and citizens Of this
state as deputy inspectors, who, when ap-
pointed, shall hold office until the first day Of
February next, un.ess sooner discharged BY the
said inspector, and which deputy inspectors
shall each receive, while acting as such, sal
arv at the rate of one thousand dollars, to be
paid monthly, and shall have like power as the
Inspector under this act, but shall be governed
by and be subject to the control aid direction
Of and be liable to be discharged at any time by
the inspector, and the salary Of said inspector
shall hereafter be eighteen hundred dol
lars, and said inspector and assistants shall
have like right 10 free passage on all railroads
in this state as other state officers now have by
law
3. And be it enacted, That the inspector
and his deputies shall have power to demand
certificate of physical fitness from some regular
pr1cticing physicisn in the case Of minors who
may seem to them physically unable TO work,
and shall have power to prohibit the employ
met.t Of any minor that cannot obtain such
certificate.
4. And be it enacted, That any parent or
guardian, when so required by the inspector or
one Of his deputies, shall furnish to such inspec
tor or deputy, certificate from the Office ofre-
gistration ofbirths, or in the absence Of such
cert,tcate an affidavit OF aidavits of the age Of
such minor, and if any one shall knowingls
swear falsely in any such affidavit, the person
Or persons SO swearing shall be guilty Of per-
S5lry and liable to Indictment aLd punishment
accordingly.
5. And be it enacted, That section four d
the net to winch this is supplement shall be
amended to read as follows:
"a And be it enacted, That every nlanufac-
turer, merchant or other employer, employing
any persons contrary to the provisions Of this
act or who shall be guilty Of any violation
hereof, shall be liable to a penalty Of fifty dol
lars for each offence to be recovered in an
action Of debt in amy district court in any city,
or before any justice Of the peace hav.
ing due jurisdiction and that any parent OF
guardian, who knowingly permits the en-
ployment Of such child or children, shall Be
liable in a like action to penalty OF not more
than fifty dollars, as the court shall fix; that
such action shall be prosecuted in the name OF
the inspector; the trad shall proceed as other
acti rs OF debt, and the first process shall be
summons returnnhle in not less than i've days or
more than ten alter sue, and it shall moi be
necessary to endorse the same ns in Qui tam
actions; the finding Of the court shall be that the
defendant has or has not, as the case may be,
incurred the Tenalty claimed in the demand Of
the plaintiff, an Judgment shall be given accord
inclv: i,s case an execution shall issue and be
turned unsatisfed, the court on application, after
notice to the defendant, mayaward an execution
to take the body of the defendant and in case
such defendant i committed under such an
execution, he shah not be discharged under the
insolvent laws OF the s arc but shall only be
discharged by the court making the order for
the body execution, or one of the justices Il
the supreme court when such court or instice
shall BE satisfied that further confinement Will
mot accomplish the rnyment Of The judgment
Ma costs, IN sifillauit of tlie age 81 Amy minor
made by its parent On gaardian, at tha time Of
W. employment. slrall be conclusive evidence