Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-01
Few Pine Bluff Establish ments Affected by the
 New Statute.
SOME CANNOT LABOR
Children Under IA Must Not Work for Wages-Law Also StipuIates Hours That Other Children May
 Be Employed.

'"poi ld", WHICH becomes CHeCtlVc to- day. and which is to be vigorously en- forced II efforts of the state labor de- partment officials are successful. The law prohibits the employment of children under IA years of age, and fixes the hours of labor of children between the ages of 16 and IS years, providing maximum of 4S hours as a weeks work and eight hours for a days labor. The law also stipulates that children shall not be compelled to labor before 6 o'clock in the morn ing nor after o'clock in the even- ing. Between the ages of 16 and IS, children can v'e employed for 54 hcurs of a siX-day week, but cannot work more than 10 hours in one day nor be compelled to labor before 6 in the morning nor after 10 at night
 Few Pine Bluff children are em- ployed in occupation termed as haZ- ardous, but the hours cf labor will effect employees at. conectionaries bakeries, dairies, drug stores, tele- graph offices. newspaper offices and some few other establishments. On ly few children will be involved, however, as the great majority of those employed at any of these places are aDOVe I6 years Of age.
 Workers Need Certificate. z Miss Julia Houston, scretary of the Associated Charities and probation of- ficer of the county. will represent the state labor department locally in en- fcrcing compliance with the child la- hor law. Miss Houston returned yes- terday afternoon from Little Rock, where she conferred with State Depu- ty~ Labor Commissioner M. J. McMa- hon concerning the provisions of the statute and methods of enforcement. Miss Houston will make inspections at regular intervals, under the direc- tion of, the state department, report ing on forms provided for the pur- pose Violations of the law will thus be brought to the attention of the proper authorities. Miss Houston says that children now employed or those expecting to seek employment should have their parents or guardi- ans certify immediately as to their age and that the child has, passed four yearly grades in school. These certificates must be issued here by Miss Houston or some other person duly authorized to issue employment certificates for children.
 Provisions of Law.
 Deputy Commissioner McMahon has issued letter, explaining the child labor laws sections. These provide:
 Section 1.-No child under IA shall be permitted to work in any remuner- ative occupation. except during school vacation, when children may be en- ployed by their parents or gurdians in occupations owned or controlled by them.
 Section 2.-No child under 16 shall be permitted to work in any danger Ous occupations, or occupations injur- ious to health or morals of the child; nor shall there be employed in any capacity 3 child who has not passed four yearly grades in the public school or the equivalent thereof
 Sections , and 6 relate to hours of employment of children under age of IS, as outlined at the beginning of this article.
 MT. McMahon states it will be the purpose of the department to have the law work as little hardship as possible on parents who may need the returns from child's employment forts will be made to find approv- ed employment fer children of needy persons now engaged in occupations prohibited to children,
 Would Protect Widows.
 Concerning the stipulation that children under 14 must not be em- ployed in remunerative occupations. MT. McMahnn answers a query ire uuently put to the advocates of the child, labor law: ,
 \ "Thc officers of this department" says the deputy labor commissioners "have been repeatedly requested to point cut a way whereby widow, who is totally dependent upon the in come of child under IA years of age. can be taken care of. Our reply to this is that we have no right to violate this section of the law or to encourage this violation by any per son or persons but we do believe that in enforcing this provision every pos sible effort shculd be made to pre- vent the widow so situated from suf fering as a result of the operation of this law"
 Any one may file complaint, charg- ing a violation of the law, but the act places the main responsibility for it's enforcement upon the labor de- partment officials. factory and mine inspectors probation officers and spe- cial inspectors. Violation of the law is made misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100, to be paid into the build ing fund of the school district in which it is collected. Employers and parents or guardians are amenable to the law.
 
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