River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

class, sell, expose or offer for sale any news
papers, magazines or periodicals. after the
hour Of ten o'clock In the evening, or be-
fore six o'clock in the morning; and no
such boy shall be employed as bootDlack
or in any other street trades or distribute
hand bills between the hours OF seven
O'Clock in the evening or before the hour
of seven in the morning, and no child I'M
der fourteen years Of age shall distribute,
magazines or periodicals or shall work as
bootblack or In any street or public trades
or distribute hand bills or shall be EN-
ployed or permitted to work In the distr1bu-
tion or sale or exposing or Offering for sale
Of any newspapers magazines or periodicals
or as a bootblack or in other street or pub
lie trades or In the distribution of handbills
during the hours when the public schools OF
the city where such child shall reside are
in session. Provided that permit and
badge may be issued under the terms or this
act to any boy between the ages of fourteen
and sixteen years, who is complying ana
shall continue to comply with all the legal
requirements concerning school attendance
and who is mentally and physically able TO
do such distribution besides his regular
school work, authorizing him to distribute
newspapers between the hours OF four and
Section 1728x. In cities of the first class
police officers, state factory inspectors or
assistant factory inspectors and truant
officers of the school board or other attend
ance officers, appointed by the school board
and probation officers of the juvenile court
shall enforce the provisions of this law
and are hereby vested with all powers
requisite therefor.
Section 1728y. The permit Of any child,
who shall In any city of the first class, dis
tribute. sell or offer for sale any newspa-
pers, magazines or periodicals In any street
or public place or work IS bootblack or
In any other street trade, or sell or offer for
sale or distribute any handbills or other ar
ticles in violation Of the provisions or
this act, shall forthwith be revoked for a
period Of six months and his badge taken
from said child. The refusal of any child
to surrender such permit, and the distribu-
ton sale or offering for sale of newspapers,
magazines or periodicals or any g0 p s,, GF
as q bootblack or In any other street or
public trade or In distributing handbills or
other articles, after notice, by any olncer
authorized TO grant permits under this law
of the revocation Of such permit and de-
mand for the return Of the badge, shall be
deemed a violation of this act. The per-
nit of said child may also be revoked by
the officer who issued such permit, and the
badge taken from such child, upon the COM
plant Of any police officer or other attenG-
ance officer or probation officer OF Juvenile
court and such child shall surrender his
permit and badge upon the demand OF any
police officer, truancy or 0tner aIlenuanco
court or other officer charged with the duty
Of enforcing this act In case OF secon0
violatin of this act by any child, he snail
be brought before the Juvenile court y
there shall be any Juvenile court In the city
where such child resides or, II not, before
any court or magistrate having Jurisdiction
of ofPenSeB committed Dy minors Auu 20
dealt with according to law.
Section 1882. When in any proceeding
in any court under this section there is any
doubt as to the, age of any child. yerineda
baptismal certificate a duly attesteo
birth certificate shall be produced and filed
with the court. In case neither OF sucn
certificates can be secured, upon proof OF
such fact the record of age stated In the
first school enrolment Of such child shall De
admissible as evidence thereof.
Section 1728za. Providing that no, badge
shall be issued for q boy selling papers be-
tween the ages Of ten and fourteen years Dy
the state factory inspector except upon GER
tifcate of the principal Of either public,
parochial or other private school attended
BY said boy, stating and setting forth that
said boy is a regular attendant upon saio
school, No boy under the age Of fourteen
years shall be permitted by any newspaper
publisher or printer or person having Tor
sale newspapers, or periodicals of any char
acter to loiter or remain around any sales
ROOM assembly room, circulation room or
Office for the sale of newspapers between
the hours of nine in the forenoon and three
In the afternoon on days when school Is In
session ANY newspaper publisher, printer,
circulation agent or seller of newspapers
shall upon conviction for permitting news
BOYS to loiter or hang around any assembly
ROOM circulation room, sales room or ONCE
where papers are sold be punishable by
fine not to exceed one hundred dollars nor
less than twenty-five dollars or by commit
ment to the county jail for not more than
sixty DAYS or less than ten days.
Section 2. This act shall take erect and
be in force from and after Its passage ana
publication. 4 -
Approved June IL, 1909.