The log cabin Democrat., 1914-07-02

l Ages bv Regulating the Hour- and | Conditions Under Which Employmeh
 Certificates May Be Issued and Filed. FOR ACT No. 1.
 AGAINST ACT No. l.
 Be it enacted by the People of the State | of Arkansas:
 Section | No child under the age or l fourteen shall be employed or permitteh i to work in any remunerative occupatlot,, 1 in this State. except that during sctool l vacation children under fourteen years may be employed by their parents or l guard1s.ns in occupations owned or coll- | trolled by them.
 Sec 9 No child under sixteen years | shall be employed or permitted tH "rtn ",fa in any occupation dangerous to me IT | and limb, or injurious to the heaith anu 1 morals of such child; or in any Salooa,, .. | resort or bar where intoxicating HquoIs of any kind are sold or dtspenSed' nor | shall any child under the age of sixteen be employed upon the stage or any tbeater or concert hall or in connectloh with any theatrical performance or oeleI sI1eb exhibition or show. nor shall any suel child be employed who has not Passte four yearly grades in the puhnc Scho'i9 or equivalent thereof ,',, Sec 2 No child under Si%teeu Shai1 be employed or permitted co Work at any Of the following occupatlons VI Adjusting any belt to any machlneFN CD sewing or lacing machine oeltS m
 anv workshop or factory; (@) oluhS-
 wiping or cleaning machinery or aSs .st-
 Inc therein: (4 operating or asSlStlE-
 in operating any of the toiloWlrE it1a Ii1
 chimes: (a) Circular or band saws =
 wood shapers; fc1 wood iointers; ta
 n1aners. Gel eandpaper or wood po+}sh-
 ing machinery: tf) wood turning or
 boring machinery; (g) picker I .Iaft lle ab9
 or ,nachines used in picking wool tH1
 carding machines; fD job or cF Fll,Iu,.r
 printing presses operated by po"eI
 other than foot power; CD bofus VI
 drill presses: (k) stamping mach!' 'eS
 i,, al n
 manufacturing; Q) metal or paper cue @
 ting machines; (m) corner Stay It- +anp, n,1
 chimes in paper box factorles' lh .eI'ar s.e'l,.
 boilers. (o) dough brakes or cracker
 machinery of any description; lp) Wire
 or iron straiehteninC or drawing ma
 chinery: (q) rolling mill machinery; 1r2
 (s) laundering machinery; (5) or m
 proximity to any hazardous or uhSudiuU u- U
 ed belts machinery or gearing 'ol ol
 upon any railroad. whether steam eiec
 trjc or hydraulic.
 The State Board of Health may. from
 time to time. after hearing duIV 1iau
 determine what other occupat"hS dl
 sufficiently dangerous to the llfe or ilfnp
 or nutritious to the health or morals of children under sixteen years to 1ustlIy
 their exclusion therefrom: and no chlIo
 under sixteen years of age shall pc eIll- ploved or permitted to work Tn any DC cupation thus determined to be danser- ous or fnt1lriouS and provided that there shall he right of appeal to she State or
 County Court, from any such deterniiia-
 Sec {. No child under the age of six, teen shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any capaclty, (l ln' 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; CD nor Tn
 occupations causing dust in in1urious
 quantities; (D nor in scaffolding; s5)
 -or in heavy work in the building
 trades; (6) nor in any tunnel or exca,va-
 tton; CD nor in any mine coal prGakeiT' axe
 coke oven. or quarry; (S) nor Tn a bowl-
 ing alley or pool or billiard room; nor
 In any other occupation dangerous to
 the life and limb or in1urtous to the heqIth and morals of such child
 Sec 5 No child under the age of six
 teen years shall be employed. permitted or suffered t0 work for moro than six days in any week. nor more than forty eight hours in any week. nor more than nirht hours in any day or before the hours of six in the morning or after
 seven in the evening.
 Sec 6 No boy op cirl under the age of eighteen years shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any oc- cllratior for more than six days in any week nor more than fiftY-four hours in any week. nor more than ten hours in erv one dav nor before the hours of six in the morning or after the hour Of ten ! in the evening.
 tlor shall employ or permit any child i under sixteen years to work In or in ! connection with any establishment or l occupation. unless the person, ftrm or | corporation employing such child pro | cures and keeps on file and accessible l n the proper official, an emplovment
 certificate as hereiinafter provided T he !, 1 -,,-nlovCoent certificate shall he isSue' | only by the Superintendent or Principal | of the Public Schools or some person | authorized h.' him in V itT" VI thc | city town or township where such child resides or by the Commissioner of La l hor and Statistics or by some person 1 duly authorized by him.
 | Sec, s. The person authorized to issue an emplovment certificate shall not is ] sue such certificate until he has received, l examined. approved and filed the docu- | mentary evidence that the child Is of 1 inc age and educational standard repre- | sented: nor until he has personally examined the child who shall sign the ! certificate in the presence of the ofhce, | issuing the same. Each certificate shall | show the date of its issuance. the name | sex. date and place of birth and the l place of residence of the child, and shall | contain a statement of the proof of age | accepted and shall certify that the child amed in such certificate has appeared 1 before the officer issuing the same. Sec 9 No member of the School Board
 or other person shall have authority 1 child then in or about to enter such | nerson's own employment or the em-- l plovment of a firm or corporation Of
 which he is member. officer CT sm'
 Sec. 10 Upon the enactment of this
 law 1t shall become the duty of the
 State Superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
 ton to provide suitable blanks to be
 furnished to the .superintendent of
 Schools of each district within the State. on which may be recorded con-
 elusive evidence as to the age and edu- i catfonal standing of every child apply
 lng for an employment certificate.
 Sec II. The Commissioner of La
 bor and Statistics, inspectors of fac | tories or mines, probation officers, agents l of the Humane Society. truant officers. and other authorized inspectors, may
 within their respective districts or juris- | diction, visit and inspect at any time l any place where children are employed
 nd shall ascertain whether any minors 1 gre employed therein contrary to the | Drovfsions of this act; and they shall report to the school authorities any
 cases of children under sixteen years of i are discharged for illegal employment; and truant officers shall also report the 1 same to the Commissioner of Labor and l If shall be the duty of the Commits