Frostburg mining journal., 1902-05-24

need not he procured if such child has
not attended school in this State. He
snail require such certificates Shall
keep them in his place OF business
during the time the child is in his
employment, and shall show the same
during his business hours to any at
tendance OHcer VINO may demand to
see them or either of them and for
| each failure to comply with any of the
provisions of this Section he shall be
guilty. of a misdemcanor and shall be
nncd not exceeding one hundred dol
'alS. whoever continues to employ
any such child under sixteen years of
age, III violation of this Section. after
beng nOtlnCd of such violation bv an
attendance officer. shall for every day
thereafter that such unlawful employ
lhtht continues, ne fined not less thal
ilFo nor more than twenty dollars in
addition to other penalties prescribed
by this Section for such offences. A
failure to produce on demand to an at
tendance officer any certificate reuuir-
ed by this Section. shall be prima racie
| evidence that the child, who is or
should have been mentioned in the
SAID certificate. is thus unlawfully en-
| ployed.
| parent. guardian or other person hav-
| ing control of child under sixteen
| Years Of age, and of every principal or
! mead teacher of said school where
| Such child last attended, to furnish
| every employer of such child the certi-
| hcat2S required by the preceding Sec
| ton. Such certificate if in subStan-
! tal conformity with the requirements
| of that Section. shall be prma facie
! evidence of the facts required to he
! certified to rs therein provided
| l"i-AnY parent or guardian or
| other person having control of a child
| pf pilnclpal or head teacher who shall
| max" any wilfully false statement re-
| Specting any of the facts required to
| be certified to as provided in Section
| 1872 and 1873 of this subtitle, shall be
| deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
| shall be fined not more than fifty dol
| Ials. or to be imprisoned not more
| han thirty days, or suffer both fine
| ana Imprisonment. in the discretion
| of the Court.
l"3-No person shall employ any
| minor over twelve and less than six
| teen years of aga, and no parent.
| guardian or other person having CON
/ troll of child, shall permit to be en-
/ ployod or retained in employment any
such minor under his control if the
said minor cannot read at sight and
write legibly simple sentences in the
English language while IA public even
! ing school is maintained in the city
| or election district or precinct in
| which such minor resides, unless such
| 4 minor is regular attendant at an
evening or other school: provided that
! llDOn presentation NV c,rnb ,,,ip,r ,,r .,
certificate signed by regular prac-
| uclnS physician and satisfactory
to such officer or officers as the School
| commissioner for the county or CITY
may designate showing that the physi-
| cal condition Of such minor would
| E"hdef Such attendance, in addition to
| ialiy labor, prejudiCial to health said
! H'hcor or officers so designated NAV
| issue permit authorizing the employ
| mcnt OF such minor for such period
! ana upon such condition as said Off
Ger or officers SO designated as afore-
| SaId may determine; any person who
employs or retains in employment a
minor in violation of the provisions
OF this Section shall be deemed
guilty Of misdCmaanOr and be fined
! Tor each OffCnsc not more than one
hundred dollars. which fines shall be
| pald to the School Commissioners for
use in supporting evening schools. in
such city or county. Any parent,
guardian or other person having con-
| 'Toi OF enid who permits to be en-
| ployed any minor under ms control in
violation of the provisions of this Sec
tlon, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and be fined not more than
| twenty dollars, which fines shall be
! lISO D3l1 TO thn School
for use in supporting evening schools
N such city and county.
l36-In any city or county where at
tendance offices may have been ap-
| pointed. it shall be the duty of the
School Commissioners to designate an
attendance officer, who shall once or
more frequently in every year exam
me into the situation Of the children
ana employed in such mills and fac
tories in said city or county. and to
ascertain whether all the provisions
oI TINS subtitle are duly observed
/ ana report all violations thereof to
The grand jury of the said city or
/ county.
l@I-Attendance officers NAV visit
| All establishments where minors are
employed in their several cities and
counties ana ascertain whether any
minors are employed therein contr,rv<s
10 IN" provisions of this subtitle. nj
tendance officers may require that Yhs
'crtifcate provided for in this sri,
ute of minors employed in such esA
tablishmonts shall he produced for
their inspection.
l"S-Any person violating anv pro-
vision of this subtitle. where no spe-
clal provision as to the penalty for
such violation is made, shall be deem
ed guilty of misdemeanor and he
ined not exceeding fifty dollars for
each oHense. Provided. however.
that the provisions of this Act shall
be restricted to the City of Baltimore
and Allegany County
Section 2-And be it further or,ct.
cd. That this Act shall take effect on
| september LIST, 1902.
Approved April s. 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor.
JOHN HtBNER.
President of Senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker of House of Delegates