The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-06-12

Child LABOR LAW
IN EFFECT june %
Labor INSPECTOR Making
Round of Factories.
Those now Employed Will be Given
Opportunity to Prepare Them
selves In Studies.

Pat Filburn, assistant stale labor
| inspector is making his rounds of the
state for the purpose of inspecting
the various factories and other in
hustrial establishments preparatory to
enforcement of the new child labor
law, which goes into effect on June 10.
Mr.. Filburn regards the new law as
vastly superior to the old and says
that with the proper sort of coop
Grafton, it can be made fully effect
i've.
The new law differs in several i'm
portant respects from the old law.
After June 10 it will be Illegal 20
employ any child under fourteen
years old. Under the old law, the
county Judge had authority 20 issue
permits for the employment of chill
dren under the age. After September
l. persons employing children between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen, Will
be required to secure from the children
employed certificates stating date ana
place of birth, and must keep two CO.
pies of these certificates on file, one
posted in a prominent place in The es-
adjustment and the other open TO
inspection by labor inspector or truant
officer.
In addition TO this the chird offer
ing himself for employment must pro-
duce certificate from the school
superintendent or principal of the
school he attended showing that he
has. progressed sufficiently to be able
to read and write the English Ian
guage. that he has a fair knowledge
of geography and progressed in
arithmetic through common frac-
lions. He must have attended school
at least 100 days during his thir-
teenth year in order 10 be qualified 10
go to work when he is fourteen. Mr..
Filburn is counting on the active
cooperation of school teachers and
officials. He says that the law can
not be made effective without such
cooperation. For children already
employed under the permit system a
special concession has been made in
order not to work hardship on them
and to give them full opportunity to
prepare themselves to comply with
the educational test. According to
the provision of the law they may
continues to work under the permits
from the county Judge until Septem-
Der 1, 1909.
The following sections of the law
are of general interest:
II. A copy of this act shall be
conspicuously posted and kept in
each work room of evry manufacture
ing establishment, mill mine or work
shop or merchantile or printing establi-
shment, theater, bowling alley, tele-
graph, telephone or public messenger
company or laundry in this common
wealth.
IS. Any adult person who violates
any of the provisions of this act or
who suffers or permits any child to
be employed in violation of It's pro-
vision, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction, I'M
less otherwise herein expressly pro-
vided, shall be punished by fine of
not more than fifty dollars and not
less than twenty-five dollars for the
first offense, and for each subsequent
offense, by Imprisonment for not more
than ninety day and not less than ten
days. or by fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars, or by both fine and imprison-
,nant