Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13
No. 249, Al Published June II, 1909.
CHAPTER 81. LAWS OF 1909.

inclusive Of the statutes, relating to the
work of children under sixteen years or
magazines or periodicals in the distribu-
ton OF hand bills and circulars and in
street trades in cities Of the first class.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-.
scented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows
Section /. There are added to the statutes
twelve new sections to read:
Section 172Sp. No boy under the age Of
ten years and no girl under the age Of six
teen years shall In any city OF the hrst
class distribute, sell or expose or offer for
sale newspapers, magazines or periodicals
Section 1899. No boy under twelve
years of age shall, in any city of the first
class, work at any time or be employed or
permitted to work at any time as boot,
black or in any other street trade or shall
sell or offer any goods or mercnsnd1se for
any other articles, except newspapers, ma
gaines or periodicals as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Section 172sr. No girl under sixteen
years of age shall In any city of the first
class work at any time or be employed or
permitted to work at any time as a boot
black or at any other street trades or in
the distribution of hand bills or circulars
or any other articles upon the street or
i'V Section fo 1f2ss No boy under fourteen
years of age shall, in any city of the first
class, distribute, sell or expose or offer TOR
sale any newspapers, magazines OF per1ou r
as a bootblack or in any other street or
public trade or sell or offer for sale or
distribute any hand bills or other articles
unless ne complies with all the legal re-
duirements concerning school attendance
and unless a permit and badge, as herein
after provided, shall have been issued to
him by the state factory inspector, or assist
ant factory Inspector, or the county Judge,
municipal judge. or Judge OF JuVenlle
court Of the county where such chlld re- e.
sides. No such permit and badge shall be
issued until the officer issuing the same
shall have received an application in writ
ing therefor signed by the parent or guard.
the child desiring such permit and badge
and until such officer shall have received,
examined and placed on file the written
statement of the principal or chlef execu-
tive officer of the public, private or paro-
chiaI school which the said child Is attend
ing, stating that such child is an attending
at such school with the grade such child
shall have attained and provided that no
such permit and badge shall be issued IN
less such officer Issuing it is SATISFIED thac
such child Is mentally and physlcaIIy aple
to do such work besides his regular school
work as required by law And provided
further that in case OF the illness OF ap-
sence Of any boy, who shall belong to the
regular delivery or distributing force of any
newspaper at the time when such delivery
or distribution of newspapers is to be MADE,
if there shall be no other boy VINO mas
hermit and badge. as provided herein, ready
to make the delivery and distribution, such
delivery and distribution may be made Tor
q OnriO6 which shall not exceed seven udSS.
by any other boy over the age OF ten years,
who shall have complied with all the other
requirements of this act, but who has not
obtained a permit and badge as REQUIRED
herein upon written authority signed by
the circulation or business manager OF such
newspaper or their authorized representa-
Section 172St Before any such permit
shall be Issued the said state factory in
speCtor assistant factory inspector. or the
county judge, municipal judge, or judge OF
nrrf Of
child resides, shall demand and De turnIsheo
with proof of such child's age by the pro-
duction of a verified baptismal certificate
or q duly attested birth certhcate or, IN
case such certificates cannot be secured, by
the record of age stated in the llrst scho9I
enrolment of such child, ana II sucn
nroof does not exist or cannot be secured,
then by the production of such other proof
as may be satisfactory to the ofhcer grant
ing said permit. Whenever 1t appears f tnae
a permit was obtained by wrong or false
statements as to any chtlds age, the ofhcer
who granted such permit shall tortnWlJh re-
woke the same After haVs sIl r9c Snege tha
officer shall issue to the child permit ana
badge. The principal or chief executive
officer of schools in which cniIdren Hnaer
fourteen years of age are pupils shall keep
n complete list of all children in their
school TO whom permit and badge has
been issued as herein PrGTl rnt shall state
the place and date of birth of the child,
the name and address OF its parent: guard
ian. custodian or next TFlenu as the case
NAV be. and describe the color of hair and
eyes, the height and weight and any dis
tinguishing facial marks Of such child, and
shall further state that the papers required
bv the preceding section have been duly ex-
ahmed and died: and that the child named
in such permit has appeared before the
officer Issuing the permit The badge fur
nished by the officer Issuing the permit
shall bear on its face number correspond
ING to The number of the permit, and the
name OF the child. Every such permit, and
every such badge on its reverse side, shall
be signed in the presence Of the officer issu-
ing the same by the child in whose name it
is issued.
Section 1T2sv. The badge provided for
herein shall be worn conspcuously at all
times by such child while so working: end
all such permits and badges shall expire an
nuaIly on the first day of January. The
color of the badge shall be changed each
year No child TO whom such. permit and
badge are issued shall transfer the same 10
any other person nor be engaged in, any
CITY of the first class as newSboy. or dis
tribute sell or expose or offer for sale news
papers magazines or periodicals in any
street or public place or be employed as
bootblack or in any street trade or diStrib-
ute hand bills without having conspicu-
ously upon his person such badge. and he
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