Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05

such children shall be produced for his
inspection. and the failure TO produce the
same shall be prima facie evidence that
the employment of such child is illegal.
Whoever. either for himself. or as super
intendent, oVerSeer or agent of another,
employs or has in his employment any
child in violation of the provisions of this
section, and every parent or guardian
who allows any child to be so employed
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than one nor more than fifty dollars for
each offense.
Section 4. Chapter forty of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by inserting
as section ffty-four the following:
Gates shall be issued by the superintend-
ent of schools of the city or town in
which the child resides, or some person
designated and authorized in writing by
the school committee but no person shall
issue such certificate to any minor then
in or about to enter his employment, or
the employment of firm or corporation
OF which he is member, stockholder,
officer or employee. The person who is
sues the certificate in accordance with the
provisions of this section is hereby en-
powered to administer the oath provided
for therein, but no fee Shall be charged
therefor.
Section 5. Chapter forty Of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by inserting
as section tifty-tive the following:
Section 50. An age and schooling GER
tificate shall not be issued until the child
applying therefor, or some person in his
behalf, shall furnish satisfactory evidence
of the age of the child, which evidence
shall be a certified copy of the town
clerks record OF the birth Of said child,
or certified copy of his baptiSmal rec
ord, showing the date of his birth, or
passport showing the date of his birth,
or oil her document satisfactory to the
superintendent of schools or the person
authorized to issue such age and school
ing certificates; nor until such child has
demonstrated his ability to read at sight
and Write simple sentences III the Eng
lisil language, and perform simple arith-
metcal problems involving the funda-
mental processes of addition, subtraction
multiplication and division, such educa
tional test to be prepared and furnished
by the superintendent Of schools OF the
school committee of each city and town
in the state; or has furnished a certificate
70 that effect signed by any teacher in
any of the public schools of the city or
town in which such child resides, or by
the principal of any approved private
school, or ii certificate signed BY the
principal of any evening school in said
city or town, to the effect that said child
is Il regular attendant Of said evening
school
section G. Chapter forty of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by inserting
as section fifty-six' the following:
Section Sc. The form of the age and
schooling certificate provided for in Sec
ton ffty-three of this act shall be pre-
pared and furnished to the superintend-
ent of schools or the school committee of
the cities and towns by the attorney gen
cral, and shall be substantially as fol-
lows:
AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE.
Revised Statutes, Chapter forty, Section
tifty-three.
This certifieS that ! am the ,
father, mother guardian or custodian, of
name of child, and that he
was born at name of city or
town, in the state. or county, of
on The day OF IN the
year and that III, his or her. last
birthday, ne WAS years old.
City or town ana date.
Signature of parent,
guardian or custodian.
Then personally appeared before me the
above named. name Of person
signing. and having produced for my in
Spection the record passport of
said child, made oath that the foregoing
certificate by him or her, signed
is true to the best of his or her,
knowledge and belief.
Having no sufficient reason to doubt
that he is of the age therein GER
titled. l hereby approve the foregoing
certificate Of name of child
whose signature, written in my presence,
appears below; whose height is
feet and inches; complexion is
fair or dark: hair is color.
] hereby certify that he has salts
factoriy demonstrated his or her,
ability to read at sight and to write leg
ible simple sentences in the English Ian
guase, and to employ the fundamental
principles of arithmetic, according to the
test supplied by the local superintendent
OF public schools; that he has presented
us certificate to that effect signed by
the principal a teacher Of some public
school in said town, or that he has pre-
scented "A certificate signed by the princ-
pal of AN evening school in said town to
the effect that he, said child IS a regular
attendant in said evening school.
This certificate belongs to ,
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to him or her, whenever
he leaves the service of the employer
holding the same, but if not claimed by
said minor within thirty days from the
time when he leaves such employment,
it shall be returned to the superintendent
of schools, or To the person by whom it
is issued
Signature of child. Signature of person
authorized to issue
ana approve, with
official character or
City or town and date.
Whoever, being authorized to sign the
foregoing age and schooling certificate,
on whoever signing any certified copy of
a town clerks record of births. or certi-
fled copy of a child's baptislnal record.
shall knowingly certify to any false
statement therein, ana any parent or
guardian VINO presents. or who permits
on allows any child under his control to
present To any employer owner superin-
tendent, overseer or agent as required
under section fiftN-three. any certified
copy of birth or baptismal record, or
passport, or age and schooling certificate
containing any false statements as to
the date of birth or age of such child.
knowing them to he false. shall be pun
iShod by a fine of not less than twenty
five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for
each offense
Section !. Sections fifty-sevcn. fifty
eight. tifty-niue. sixty, siXty-onn and
siXtv-tWo of said chapter forty of the
revised statutes are hereby remembered
respectively as sections iify-eight, fifty
nine. sixty. siNty-one. siXtY-tWo and
SiNty-three. so that said section fifty
seven shah hereafter be numbered section
fft%-"iSht: said section ffty-cight shall
hereafter be numbered section ffty-niue:
said section fifty shall hereafter be
numbered section sixty: section sixty
shall hereafter be numbe red section sixty
one; section SiXty-onc shall hereafter be
numbered section siXty-tWo: and section
SiXty-two shall hereafter be numbered
section siXty-three: ana said chapter
forty is further amended by inserting as
section fiftY-SeVen the following:
Section 81. Nothing in the nine pre-
cctling sections shall apply to any manu-
featuring establishment or business, the
materials and products of which are
perishable and require immediate labor
thereon, to prevent decay thereof or
damage thereto. Provided. however, the
employment of children therein shall be
under the supervision of said inspector
who shall on complaint investigate the
sanitary conditions. hours Of labor and