The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-11
CHILD LABOR BILL.
Full Text Of the Bill as it Passed the
House and;;Senate.

House and;Senate.
The following is the full text Of the
Child Labor Bill as it passed the
Senate and House:
Sec. /. That from and after ne
first day Of May, 1903, no child un,,er
the age Of 10 years shall be emplt ed
in any factory, mine or textile m ,lu-
featuring esta bliShment of this State:
and that from and after the first day
Of May, 1904, no child under the age
Of II shall be employed in any factory,
mine or textile manufacturing estab-
lishment of this State: and that from
and after the first 1ay Of May, 1905,
no child under the age Of II years
shall be employed in any factory, mine
or textile manufacturing establish
ment of this State, except as herein
after provided.
Sec. ,. That from and after May
lst, 1903, no child under the age Of II
years shall be permitted to work be-
tween the hours Of o'clock p. n. and
o'clok in the morning in any factory,
mine or tixtile mandatory Of this
State.
Sec. 3. That children Of a widow
ed mother and that children Of a to-
tally disabled father who are depend
ent upon their own labor for their
support, and orphan children who are
dependent upon their own labor for
their support, may be permitted
to work in textile establishments Of
this State for the purpose of earning
their support: Provided, That in
case of child or children Of
widowed mother, or Of totally
disabled father, the said mother Of
the said father, and in case Of Or
phan children, the guardian Of said
children, or person standing in loco
PARENTS of said child or children,
shall furnish to any Of the said per-
sons named in Section Of this act,
an affidavit duly sworn to by him or
her, before some magistrate or clerk
Of court of the county in which he
or she resides. stating that be or she
is unable to support the said children,
are dependent upon their own labor
for their support; then, and in that
ca ses, the said child or children Of the
said widowed mother and the said
/ disabled father and said orphan chill
dreu shall not be effected by the pro-
hibitions in Section l of this act, and
filing of said affidavit shall be full
justification for their employment.
Provided, further, that the officer be-
fore whom the said affidavit shall be
subscribed shall endorse upon the
back there of his approval and his con-
sent to the employment Of said child
or children. Any person who shall swear
falsely to the facts set forth in said
actshall be guilty Of perjury and shall
be indictable, as provided by law:
Provided further, That the employ
| ment Of said child or children shall be
subject to the hours Of labor herein
limited.
Sec. i. That any owner, superin-
tendent, manager or overSeer OF any
factory, or textile manufacturing es-
tablishment or any other person in
charge thereof, or connected there
with, who shall employ any child con-
trary to the provisions u this act,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
for every such offense shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be fined not less than
$40, nor more than $50, or to be i'm
prisoned not longer than so days, at
the discretion Of the court.
Sec. 5. That any parent, guardian,
or other person having under his or
her control any child, who consents,
suffers or permits the employment Of
his or her child or ward under the
ages as above provided, or who mis-
represents the age Of such child or
ward to any of the persons named in
Section Of this act, in order to OBJ
tain employment for such child or
ward, shall oe deemed guilty Of mis-
demeanor, and for every such offense
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
not less than $40 nor more than $50,
or be imprisoned not longer than 80
days, in the discretion Of the court.
Sec. 6. That any parent, guardian
or person standing in loco PARENTS,
who shall furnish to the persons
named in Section 1 of this act a GER
tifcate of a school teacher or school
trustee that their child or ward has
attended school for not less than four
months during the current school
year, and that said child or children
can read and write, may be permitted
to obtain employment for such child
or children in any Of the textile estao-
lishments OF this State during the
months of June, July and August, and
the employment of such child or chill
dren during said months upon the
proper certificate that such child or
children have attended school as afore-
said, shall not be in conflict with the
provisions Of this act.
Sec. !. That in Unemployment Of
any child under the age of'12 years in
any factory, mine or textile manufac-
turing establishment, the owner or
superintendent of such factory, mine
or textile manufacturing establish
ment shall require the parent, guar
dian or person standing in loco paren-
tbs of such child. an affidavit, giving
the age of such child, which affidavit
shall be placed on file in the office Of
the employer: and any person know
ingly furnishing a false statement Of
the age of such child shall be guilty of
misdemeanor. and for every such Of
fense shall, upon conviction, be lined
not less than $40, or be imprisoned
not longer than 80 days, in the discre-
tion of the court.
Sec. S. That all acts and parts of
acts in conflict with the provisions Of
this act be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.