The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
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PROBATION Law TO Be ENFORCED

PROBATION Law To BE ENFORCED
Tim Driscoli Of Payette, probation
officer for Canyon county, was in
Caldwell Monday on official business.
Mr.. Driscoll Is the appointee of Can
yon county under the new law which
regulates child labor, provides for
compulsory education and other mat
tiers pertaining to the children of the
state. He has taken charge with his
usual energy. The law is part says:
Section 1. No child under four
.een years of age shall be employed.
permitted or suffered to work in or
In connection with any mine, factory,
workshop. mercantile establishment,
store, telegraph or telephone office,
laundry, restaurant, hotel, apartment
house, or in the distribution or trans
mission of merchandise or messages.
It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to employ any
child under fourteen years of age In
any such business or service what
ever during the hours in which the
public schools of the district in
which the child resides are in ses-
sion, or before the hour Of six
o'clock in the morning or after the
hour of nine o'clock In the evening;
PROVIDED, That any such child,
over the age of twelve years may be
employed at any of the occupations
mentioned in this act during the reg
ular vacations of two weeks or more
of the public schools Of the dictrict
in which such child resides.
Sec. q. No minor who Is under
sixteen years of age shall be employ
ed or permitted to work at any gain
full occupation during the hours that
the public schools of the school dis
trict In which he resides are In SEES
sion, unless he can read at sight and
write legibly simple sentences in the
English language, and has received
instruction in spelling, English gram
mar and geography and is familiar
with the fundamental operations OF
arithmetic up to and including frac-
tions, or has similar attachments in
another language.
Sec. 8. Every person, firm, cor
poration, agent, or officer of Arm OF
corporation employing or permitting
minors under sixteen years of age
and over fourteen years of age te
work In mine, factory, workshop
mercantile establishment, store, tele
graph or telephone office, laundry
restaurant. hotel, apartment house
or In the distribution or transmission
Of merchandise or messages, shall
keep a record of the names, ages and
place Of residence of such minors.
SEC. 4. No person under the ag'
of sixteen years shall be employed o.
suffered or permitted to work at an.
gainful occupation more than fifty
four hours In any one week, no
more than nine hours in any one da,
nor before the hour Of six o'clock IL
the morning, nor after the hour o
nine o'clock In the evening.
Sec. s. Whoever employs chill,
under sixteen years Of age and who
ever, having under his control |
child under such age permits sucl
child to be employed in violation o
sections i and of this act shall, TO
such offense be fined not more thai
fifty dollars, and whoever continue
to employ any child in violation o
either of said sections of this act af
ter being notified by a truant officer
probation officer, or SHOOT authority
shall, for every day thereafter tina
such employment continues be fine,
not less than FIVE nor more thai
tewnty dollars. A failure to produc
to q truant officer, policeman. proba
ton officer or school authority, tn
age record required by this act shal
be primea facie evidence of the lille
gal employment of any person who's
age record is not produced. An,
parent. guardian or custodian of |
minor under sixteen years OF ag
knowingly swsars falsely as to tn
age OF such child for the purpose o
obtaining an age record. is guilty o
perjury.
: SEC. z. Any person, whether pa
rent. guardian, employer or other
wise, and any firm or corporation