Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

CHAPTER 5S4, LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To amend subsection l of
section 1728c, subsection / Of section
172Sc-1, subsection l of section
1920 and subdivision CD Of section
2394-52 of the statutes, relating to
child labor.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, 40
enact as follows:
Section /. Subsection ! Of section
1890, subsection l Of section 1728c-1,
subsection l of section 1920 and sub
division CD OF section 2394-52 of the
statutes are amended to read: (Section
1728c) 1. No child under the age of
sixteen years shall be employed, re-
CURED, permitted or suffered to work
at any gainful occupation other than
domestic service or farm labor for
more than forty eight hours in any ore
week, nor more than eight hours in
any one day, or before the hour of
seven o'clock in the morning or after
the hour Of six o'clock in the evening,
nor more than six days IN any cne
week. Provided that employment not
to exceed eight hours and thirty min
utes in any one day may be permitted
to children on condition that the child
rem so employed shall be free from
labor after twelve O'Clock noon on
so employed shall be permitted
to work more than forty eight
hours in any one week, includ-
ing at least four hours of attendance
six o'clock in the evening and seven
o'clock in the morning. A
dinner period of not less than thirty
minutes shall be allowed during each
day. During such dinner period the
power shall be shut off from machin-
cry operated by children, and no work
shall be permitted. Provided, moth
ing in sections 1928 to 1925, inclusive,
employment of children as provided in
sections 172Sa-1 and 1728u of the
statutes.
(Section 172Sc-D 1. Whenever any
day continuation classes, in
dustrial school or commercial school
shall be established in any town, will
age or city in this state for minors be-
tween the ages of fourteen and six
teen, working under permit as now
provided by law, every such child, re-
siding within any town, village or city
in which any such school Is estab-
lished, shall attend such school in the
daytime not less than five hours per
week for six months in each year, I'M
til such child becomes sixteen years of
age, or four hours per week for eight
months, as may be determined by the
every employer shall allow all minor
employees over fourteen and under six
teen years of age a reduction in hours
of work of not less than the number
of hours the minor is by this section
required to attend school
duty of the Industrial COM
mission to enforce all the provisions of
the statutes regulating or relative to
child labor, and to prosecute viola
lions of the same before any justice of
the peace or other court Of competent
jurisdiction in this state. 1t shall be
the duty of the said indus
trial commission and truant officers,
and they are hereby authorized and
empowered to visit and inspect, at all
reasonable times, and as often as pos
sible, all places covered by section
1728a to 1728j inclusive. The
industrial commission, for the pur-
pose Of the enforcement of sections
172Sa to 1925, inclusive, shall have the
power of truant officers to enforce all
legal requirements relating to school
attendance.
(section 2S94-52) CD To administer
provided fer in the statutes, the laws
relating to child labor, laundries,
stores, employment Of females, Ii
censed occupations, school attendance,
bakeries, employment offices, intelIi-
gence Offices and bureaus, manufacture
of cigars, sweatshOpS, corn ShredderS,
Wood-sawing machines, fire escapes
and means OF egresS from buildings,
scaffoldS, hoists, ladders and other
matters relating to the erection, repair,
alteration or painting of buildings and
ing the life, health, safety and well
fare of employees in employments and
places of employment and frequenters
of places of employment.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's
passage and publication.
Approved June 25, 1913. Copy Law.