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Sec. 1044. A child under sixteen
years of age, who has not completed
the course of study prepared for the
elementary schools by the superin-
tendent of education, shall not be en-
ployed in work connected with rail
reading, mining, manufacturing or
quarrying, or be employed in a hotel
or bowling alley, or in delivering mes
sages, except during vacation and be-
fore and after school No child shall
be employed in any of the occupations
or industries herein enumerated un-
less such child deposits with his EN-
ployer Il certificate from the town or
union superintendent to the effect that
he is eligible to employment in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
chapter; and no child under sixteen
years of age shall be employed for
more than nine hours each day, or
more than fifty hours in any one
week or earlier than seven O'Clock in
the morning, or after eight o'clock
at night in any OF the occupations or
industries herein enumerated. In
case such child has been in attend
anee upon private or parochial
school, said superintendent may eX-
anime such child for the purpose of
determining his eligibility to employ
ment in accordance with this section
Sec. II. Section 1045 of the Public
Statutes, as amended by section of
No. 90 of the acts of 1910, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1045. The town or union SUI
perintendent or truant officer may in
quire of the owner or superintendent
of mill, factory, quarry, workshop
hotel, bowling alley, or railroad Of
| flee, shop or yards. as to the employ
ment of children therein, may call for
the production of certificates deposit
ed with such owner or superintendent,
and satisfy himself that the require
ments of law have been complied
with Said superintendent shall at
least three times, during any school
year, inquire and investigate concern
ing the employment of childrens in
any of the occupations enumerated in
this act and shall require the proyi-
sions of the law to be carried unto eff
feet.
Sec. r. Section 1916 of the Public
| Statutes, as amended by section l Of
| No. 70 of the acts of 1910 is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1046. No child under fourteen
years of age shall be employed, per-
mitted or suffered to work for or in
or about or in connection with any
mill, factory quarry or workshop,
| wherein are employed more than ten
persons.
Sec. 10. A town or union superin.
tendent or a school director. on re-
| quest of and in the presence Of the
| teacher of school. or said teacher
or principal of such school may re-
! sort to any reasonable form of punish
ment, including corporal punishment.
/ and TO any reasonable degree, for the
/ purpose of securing obedience on the
/ part Of or for the correction of a
! child, and for the purpose of secur-
ing or maintaining order in and con.
! troll of the school
Sec. IA. Section 1850 OF the Public
Statutes is hereby amended 50 as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1850. A complaint for viola
ton of the third preceding section
shall be sufficient if it states that the
person having child under his con.
/ troll has allowed said child to be EN-.
ployed contrary to law.
Sec. Is. All acts or parts Of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed
Sec. l6, This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February IS, 1919.