The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Conditions finder Which Employment
 Certificates May Be Issued and Filed.
 FOR ACT No l.
 AGAINST ACT No. 1.
 Be 1t enacted by the People of the state
 of Arkansas:
 Section i No child under the age of fourteen shall be employed or permitted 10 work in any remuncrative occuPatlu TOT, in this State. except that during sch"oI vacation children under fourteen year s may be employed by their parents or guardians in occupations owned or 'o"- trolled by them.
 Sec. 9 No child under sixteen years shall be employed or permitted t1 wDrk fin any occupation dangerous to me liir and limb. or injurious to the health ana morals of such child; or in any saloon, resort or bar where intoxicating liquors Of any kind are sold or dispensed; nor shall any child under the age or sixteen be employed upon the stage or any theater or concert hall or in connectloh with any theatrical performance or other exhibition or show. nor shall any such child be employed who has not passed four yearly grades in the public Schoois or equivalent thereof.
 Sec g. No child under sixteen shall be employed or permitted to wofk at any of the following occupations; dl Adjusting any belt to any machinerYi (2) sewing or lacing machine belts in sny workshop or factory: CS) oiltng wiping or cleaning machinery or assist- ing therein (D oRerating or asslstlns .,s,l las
 
 chimes: Gal Circular or band saws; (p) wood shapers: Co wood iointers; (d) planers; Gel sandpaper or wood pollsh- ing machinery; (f) wood turning or boring machinery; (g) picker machines or machines used in picking wool; Ih) carding machines: CD job or cylinder printing presses operated by power other than foot power; () boring CT drill presses (k) stamping machines used fin metal or in paper or leather manufacturing: CD metal or paper cut ting machines (m) corner stayfs ma chimes In paper box factories; (n) steam boilers: (o) dough brakes or cracker machinery of any description; (p) wire or iron straightening or drawing ma washing. grinding or mixing machinery; ts) laundering machinery; (5) or In proximity to any hazardous or unguard- ed belts, machinery or gearing co or upon any railroad, whether steam, cleo tric or hydraulic.
 The State Board of Health may from time to time. after hearing duly had determine what other occupations are sufficiently dangerous to the life or limb or injurious to the health or morals of children under sixteen years to justify their exclusion therefrom: and no child under sixteen years of age shall be cm- ployed or permitted to work in any oc- cupation thus determined to be danger ous or injurious: and provided that there shall he right of appeal to the State or County Court, from any such determina- tion.
 Sec. {. No child under the age of six teen shall be employed permitted or suffered to work in any capacity; CD In, about or in connection with any pro cesses in which dangerous or poisonous acids or gases or other chemicals are used: CD nor in soldering (3) nor in occupations causing dust in injurious quantities.: CD nor in scaffolding; (5) nor in heavy work in the building trades; (6) nor In any tunnel or eScava- ton: CD nor in any mine. coal breaker, coke oven or quarry: (S) nor In 2 bowl ing alley or pool or billiard room; nor in any other occupation dangerous to the life and limb, or injurious to the health and morals of such child
 Sec. 5. No child under the age of six teen years shall be employed. permitted or suffered to work for more than six days in any week. nor more than forty eight hours in any week nor more than eight hours in any day; or before the hours of six in the morning or after seven in the evening.
 Sec. G. No boy or girl under the age of eighteen years shall be employed. permitted or suffered to work in any oc- cupation for more than six days in any week nor more than fifty-four hours m any week nor more than ten hours in any one day, nor before the hours of six in the morning or after the hour of ten in the evening.
 Sec 2. No person. firm or corpora ton shall employ or permit any child under sixteen years to work in or in connection with any establishment or
 
 corporation employing such child pro cures and keeps on file and accessible so the proper official. an employment certificate as hereinafter provided The employment certificate shall be issued oniy by the Superintendent or Principal of the Public Schools, or some person authorized by him in writing Tn the city town or township where such child resides. or by the Commissioner of La Dor and Statistics or by some person duly authorized by him.
 FVNt.o rtraH ta teen "a an employment certificate shall not is- sue such certificate until he has received. examined, approved and filed She docu- nentary evidence that the child is of ne age and educational standard repre- sented: nor until he has personally examined the child who shall sign the certificate in the presence or tn" onic@ issuing the same. Each certificate shal! show the date of it's issuance. the name. sex, date and place of birth and the place of residence Ot the child and shall contain a statement of the proof of age accepted and shall ce"tfy that the child named in such certificate has appeared before the officer issuing the same
 Sec 9 No member of the School Board or other person shall have authority tu issue employment certificate to any child then in or about Co enter such persons own employment or the em- pioyment of firm or corporation of whjh he is a member. officer or em-
 se.s 10. Upon the enactment of this II small become tilt NuiN bl tue State Superintendent of Public Tostruc- tic to provide suitable blanks to be fu,n. shed to the Superintendent of Sc',opls of each district within the Stat, on which may be recorded con pl,tv,,a evidence as to the age and edu- catiar al standing of every child apply ing for an employment certificate.
 rce H. The Commissioner of La nor and Statistics inspectors of fac tors or mines. probation officers. agent' of the Humane Society. truaut officers and other authorized inspectors, may with'r their respective districts or juris aietior. visit and inspect at any time any nlace where children are employed ara shall ascertain whether any minors ars en ployed therein contrary to tn, r,ra, isions of this act and they shal r~ -t to the school authorities any eases of children under sixteen years O, ara discharged for illegal employment ana trannt officers shall also report th' same to the Commissioner of Labor ane Statistics.
 It shall be the duty of. the Commis sioner of Labor and Statistics. Fsctory trspectors. mine inspectors, agents O tAe Hurlane Society, probation officers