The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-25
THE CHnDLABOR BILL,

certificate shall not be issued until
FORE and been examined by, the officer
| issuing the certificate and until such
| officer shall, after making such exam
| ination, sign and file in his Office
statement that the child can read and
legibly write simple sentences in the
English language and that, in his
opinion, the child is fourteen years of
age, or upwards, and has reached the
normal development of child of it's
age, and is in sound health and is
physically able to perform the work
which it intends to do. In doubtful
cases such physical fitness shall be
determined by medical officer of the
board or department of health, or by
a physician provided by the State
Board of Inspection. Whenever the
person authorized to issue the employ
ment certificate is in doubt about the
age of a child, he may require the par
ty or parties making application for
the certificate to appear before the
judge of the juvenile court, or the
county judge, where the question of
the age of the child shall be determ-
ined, and the judgment of the court
shall be final and binding upon the
person issuing the certificate. Notice
of the hearing before the court shall
be given to some one of the persons
mentioned in section two, authorized
to demand inspection of employment
certificates. Every employment certi-
ficate shall be signed in the presence
of the officer issuing the same by the
child in whose name it is issued.
Section s. Such certificate shall
state the date and place Of birth of
such child and describe the color of
the hair and eyes, the height and
weight, and any distinguishing facial
marks of such child, and that the
papers required by the preceding sec
ton have been duly examined, ap-
proved and filed, and that the child
named in such certificate has appeared
before the officer signing the certifi-
cate, and been examined.
Section 6. The school record re-
quired by section shall be signed by
the teacher and principal of the school
which such child has attended and
shall be furnished, on demand, to a
child entitled thereto. It shall con-
tain a statement certifying that the
child has regularly attended the pub
lie schools, or school equivalent there
to, or parochial schools, for not less
than three-fourths of the school year
previous to his arriving at the age of
: fourteen years, or during the year pre-
vious to applying for such school rec
ord, and is able to read and write sim
pie sentences in the English language.
1t shall also state the amount of work
completed by such child, measured by
the grade of the public day schools in
the city or county. Such school rec
ord shall also give the age and resi-
dence of the child as shown on the
records of the school and the name of
I it's parent or guardian, or custodian.
Section Z. The superintendent of
/ |
any village, town, or county, shall
! transmit, between the first and tenth
day of each month, to the Office of
the State Commissioner of Labor, a
I list of the names of the children to
y whom certificates have been issued.
Section 8. Regular attendance of a
! child at any public evening school,
1 maintained in any city or village
where Instruction is given not less
than twenty weeks each year and three
1 evenings each week and two hours
! each evening, shall authorize the is
suance of a certificate of employment
where the schooling certificate fails
to show that the child has completed
the work of the eighth grade, required
by section 6; Provided, the schooling
= certificate and all other certificates are
otherwise in due form and the appli
cant further produces a. certificate
from the superintendent, or principal
of such public evening school, showing
| the regular attendance of such chile
at such evening school; and provided
further, every child employed under
such certificate shall furnish to his
employer a weekly certificate showing
regular attendance each week while
4 the evening school is in session. Who
ever employs a child in violation Of
the provisions of this Section shall be
1 fined not more than Fifty dollars (50)
for each offense A parent guardian
or custodian who permits a child UNI
der his control to be employed in VIC
lation of the provisions of this section