The Newtown bee., 1904-01-22

acres which can be prOntaDly used TOT
 agriculture, gave total value of soil
 products of 23O million dollars and live
 stock on the farms was estimnted as
 worth about 27O million dollars. Yer
 lily Iowa is great agricultural state
 and we are living in a great coun-
 try. When we get our wheat pro- duction to it's limit from scientific im- provement we shall be able to feed the
 world.
 What the Law THE BEE is re- Says as to quested to call
 School attendance. attention to the law concerning the instruction and at- tendance of children at the public schools and the employment of child ren. The law requires that parents and others who have the control of children over seven and under 16 years of age, whose physical or mental con- dition is not such as to render their in- struction inexpedient or impracticable, shall cause them to attend school or to be elsewhere instructed regularly dur ing the hours and,terms while the pub lie schools of the districts in which they resideOare in session. The only legal exception to this requirement. is that children IA or 15 years of age may be employed to labor. But every child must be regular in attendance at school while enrolled as scholar, and must conform to all the rules of the school regarding attendance. The penalty for each weeks failure to send the child regularly is fine not exceeding five dollars. But this penalty is not incurred when it appears that the child has no clothing suitable for school, and that the parent or person having control of the child is unable to provide such clothing. When child ren under 16 years of age have no clothing suitable for school, or are otherwise unprovided for, and their parents or others having control of them are unable to provide for them, the Selectmen of the town should fur nish assistance or the children should be committed to the County Tempo rarY Home. The law requires regular attendance during the hours while the schools are in session. Therefore, if a child is absent at the opening of the sessions, or is withdrawn before the close of the sessions, the parent may incur the above-named penalty-$5 for every week of irregular attendance
 When children under 16 years of age are sent to school by their parents or others who have the care of them, but fail to go, they are disobedient and truant, and may be committed at once to the Connecticut School for Boys, or to the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls. No child under IA years of age shall be employed in any mechanical, mercantile, of manufact- uring establishment. The penalty for violation of this law is fine not ex- ceeding $6O for each week in which the child is employed. The person who has control of the establishment as we'll as the person who hires the child | is liable. A verbal statement by the child or parent regarding the age of l the child is not legal defense for the | employer, if the child at the time of employment is under IA years of age. | The law requires an employer of any child under 16 years of age to have in l every case a certificate signed by a | town clerk or registrar of births, or by teacher of the school which the child attended, showing that the child is lover IA years of age. Teachers must certify from the record on the school register, not from statement of the child or parent, when applying for the certificate. Any person who employs child under IA years during school hours or authorizes or permits