Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
CHILD LABOR MEASURE
AS IT FINALLY PASSED
kote sa strong AS Made Out Original
~ But Thought To BE eood
Measure.

Dor Bib, was aiming the measures
that was passsd by the present leg
iefature As enacted. it has been
modified somewhat from the original
text, not being quite so drastic in its
provisions as Originally drawn. The
bill amends and re-enacts Sections 1,
2, 3 and 4 of Chapter rs of the acts
Of the legislature of 1905. being Sc
rial sections 455, 456. 457 and 45S
q the Csda OF West Virginia Of
1906, and, as amended and re-enact-
ed reads as follows:
Sec. 1. No child under the age
OF fourteen years shall be employed,
permitted or suffered to work in,
about or in connection with any fac
tory, mill, workshop or manufacture
iIg establishment 1t shall be I'M
aarwdul for any person, firm or cor
poratcn without written permission
from the STATE Commissioner of La
Dor or County Superintendent ef
Free Schools to employ any child I'M
der fourteen years cf age in any bus
mess or service whatever during the
hours when the public schools of the
district in which the said child re-
ides are actually in session.
Sec. 2. No child under the age ct
sixteen shall be employed, permitted
or suffered to work in. about or in
connection with any Of the estab-
,]ishments or occupations named in
section / of this act, unless the per-
son, firm or corporation employing
such child procures and keeps on file.
accessible to any truant officer, in
spector of factories or authorized
agent of the Humane Society an en-
plOyment certificate as hereinafter
prescribed. On termination of en-
Ib0yment If a child whose employ
ment certificate is on file, such certi-
cats shall be forthwith returned by
the employers to the person who is
sued the same The employment
certificate shall be issued only by the
superintendent Of schools. or by per-
sons authorized by him in writing, or
lNhere there is no superintendent Of
schools, then by person authorized
by the local school beard; provided.
that no member of a school board or
other perscn authorized, as afore-
said. shall hava authority to Issue
such certificate to any child then in
or about to enter such persoa's own
employment Ct the employment of a
firm or corpration of which he is a
member. officer or employee. The
person authorized 10 issue an employ
ment certificate shall not issue such
certificate until he has received, ex-
smined and approved and flied the
following papers duly executed;
81. The school record of such
child properly fillsd out and signed.
"2. A passport or duly attested
transcript of the school census rec
ord, showing the date and place OF
birth of such child
SO. Ths affidavit of the parent CT
guardian or custodian of such child
(Which shall be required, however,
only in case no one of the above
mentioned proofs of age is obtaina-
ble), showing the date and place OF
birth of such child. Such affidavit
must be taken before the officer is
suing the employment certificate,
who is hereby authorized and re
CURED to administer such oath with
rat demanding or receiving any fee
therefor. No employment certifi-
cars shall be issued until the child
II question has personally appeared
b fore the officer issuing the certi-
r." t., nor until such officer has sat
i~ied himself that the child can
read and write legibly. simple sen
tencSs in the English language, and
that the child is fourteen years Of
age or upwards and has reached the
normal developmnt of child of its
age, and is in sufficiently sound
health and physically able to per-
form the work it intends 10 do which
sl"0 he stated In all eases of doubt,
such development, health and physical
sitness, the officer Of the depart
merit OF h alth, or by physician ap-
pointed by the school beard Every
such employment certificate shall
state the r2ce, resid nee, sex and the
date and place Of birth of the child.
and that the papers required by the
preceding sections have been duly ex-
anined. approved and filed. Every
such certificate shall be signed in the
presence of the officer issuing the
same by the child in whose name it
is issued, and it shall show the date
of its issue The school record re-
quired by the act hall be signed by
ths principal or other chief executive
riiicer of the school which such child
mas attended and shall be furnished
On demand to a child entitled there
TO. 1t shall contain statement GER
Trying that the child is able TO read
and legibly write simple sentences
IN the English language, and has re-
ceived instruction equivalent to that
gwen in the first four grades of the
common schools. Such school rec
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