The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-07

| Inc provisions OF the new cnlA
labor law are reaching and drastic
and directly concern so many citi
zens. including all employers of chi.
dren, and all parents, guardians and
those in control Of children.
This law repeats all former laws
on the subject. II became effective
as to some of its provisions on the
first day of September, 1908, and as
to others of its provisions, will be-
come effective on the first day OF
September. 1909.
The title of this act is "An act to
regulate child labor and to make the
provisions thereof effective"
Children Under Fourteen Years
1of Age.
No child under fourteen years of
age can be employed, permitted or
suffered to work in or connection
with any factory. workshop, mine,
mercantile establishment. store, bust
ness Office. restaurant, hotel, apart
ment house or in the distribution or
transmission of merchandise or mess
ages.
No child under fourteen years of
age can be employed in any business
or service whatever. during any part
of the term of the public schools of
the district in which the child resides
and while said public schools are in
session.
Children over Fourteen and Under
N'tss sixteen Years Of Age.
Children between fourteen and six
teen years of age shall not be en-
ployed. permitted or suffered to work
in any factory. workshop, mine or
mercantile establishment, unless the
person or corporation employing him
procures and keeps on file and Access
sible to the truant officers of the
town or city and to the labor in
Ispector. an employment certificate.
and keeps two complete lists of ali
such children employed therein, one
on file and one eonspicuously- posted
near the principal entrance Of the
building in which said children are
employed. When the employment
ceases such certificate shall be re-
turned to the child or 10 its parent,
guardian or custodian. The labor in
|spector can demand that the en-
pioyer procure such certificate or fur
nish him satisfactory evidence that
the child is over sixteen years of age
land unless such certificate or evil
ldence is furnished the employment
shall cease
An employment certificate must be
approved by the superintendent of
public schools or some one author
lied in writing by him, or IL there Is
no such superintendent then by the
school board. The superintendent
should not approve such certificate
until he has received, examined and
approved the school record Of the
child properly filled out the passport
Tor duly attested transcript of the GER
tificate of birth. or baptism, or other
religious record. showing the date
and place of birth of the child; or II
such certificate cannot be had, then
the afidavit of the parent. guardian
or custodian of the child as TO date
and place of birth may be accepted;
his school record must be furnished
to the superintendent. or the person
authorized by him to issue the certifi-
cate, or II such record cannot be had
after diligent effort, 1t shall be the
duty, of the person granting the GER
Itificate to examine the applicant as
to his or her proficiency in reading,
spelling, writing, geography, arith'
metic, up to and including common
fractions, and as to the ability ofthe
applicant TO construct simple English
sentences, and the certificate must
show that such examination was held
in lieu of the school record.
No person under sixteen years of
Iage shall be permitted to work at any
galnful occupation more than sixty
hours in one week, or ten hours in
any one day. or before the hour of Z
o'clock in the morning or after Z
O'Clock in the evening. Each en-
ployer must post, in a conspicuous
Place i'm every room where such
minors are employed, printed notices
of the hours required OF them each
day of the week. the hours of COM
mencing and stopping work. and the
hours when the time or times allowed
for dinner or for other meals. begin