Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-10-11
Child Labor Law.

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of law passed by the last legislature re-
garding the employment of child labor:
Section l. No child under fourteen
years of age shall be employed permit
ted or suffered to work in or in connec
nection with any mine, factory, work
shop, mercantile establishment, store,
telegraph or telephone office, laundry,
restaurant, hotel. apartment house, or
in the distribution or transmission OF
merchandise or messages. 1t shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or cor
poration to employ any child under
fourteen years of age in any such BUSH
ness or service whatever during the
hours in which the public schools of the
district in which the child resides are
in session, or before the hour of six |
o'clock in the morning, or after the hour
of nine O'Clock in the evening
Sec. g No minor who is under six
teen years Of age shall be employed or
permitted to work at any gainful occu
patton during the hours that the public
schools of the school district in which |
he resides are in session, unless he can
read at sight and write legibly simple
sentences In the English language. and
has received instruction in spelling,
English grammar aud geography and
is familiar with the fundamental oper-
ations of arithmetic up to and includ-
ing fractions, or has similar attain
ments in another language.
Sec. 5. Whoever employs child
under sixteen years of age, and who
ever, having under his control child
nnder such age permits such child to
be- employed in violation Of sections !
and of this act shall, for such offense,
be fined not more than fifty dollars, ana
whoever continues to employ any child
in violation of either of said sections of
thisact after being notified by truant
Officer, probation officer or school author
ity shall, for every day thereafter that
such employment continues be fined not
less than five nor more than twenty
dollars. A failure TO produce to q
truant officer, policeman, probation
ord required by this act shall be primi
facie evidence of the illegal amploy
ment of any person whose age record !
not produced. Any parent, guardian
or custodian Of minor under sixteel
years of age who knowingly swear
falsely as to the age of such child TO
the purpose of obtaining an age record
is guilty of perjury.
Sec. I. ANY person, whether as pai
ent, guardian, employer or otherwise
and any firm or corporation, who a
employer or otherwise. shall send, d
rect, or cause TO be sent or directed
any minor. to any saloon, gamblin
house. house of prostitution or othe
immoral place; or who shall emplo
any minor to serve Intoxicating liquor
to customers, or who shall employ
minor in handling intoxicating lique
or packages containing such liquors
brewery. bottling establishment {
other place where such liquors are Er
pared for sale or offered for sale, shall
for each offense, be punished by fiji
of not less than fifty dollars or In
prisonment for not less than two montl
or by both such fine and Imprisonment
Sec 4. The probation officer. or
counties where there Ii no probate
officer, one or more of the school tru
tees, shall visit the various places
employment mentioned Ia sections
and of this act and ascertain wheth
any minors are employed therein co
trary to the provisions of this net, az
they shall bring complaint for offens
under this act to the attention of t
prosecuting attorney for prosecntio
but nothing herein shall be held to pl
hibit any reputable ei izcn from hrin
ing complaint for violations of this a,
All offences under this act shall
prosecuted In the probate court.