The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-16
THE CHILD LABOR law
Permission of Parents Must be Sc
cured by Employees.

mas received from state Superlntend-
ent A. M. DeYoe, copy of the Child
Labor Laws, as amended by the Thir.
ty-Sixth General Assembly; and
which took effect on the 4th day of
July, 1915. The copy of the law con.
tains an abundance of information
which will be of assistance - to the
merchants and employers about the
city in hiring their help who come I'M
der the new laws. There. are
number of children who are not in
school, and who are employed in var
ious occupations who will come under
the new laws; however, this is not a
matter which will come up between
the child and the school officer but
will be matter to be settled be-
tween the parents, the employer, and
the school officer. The child alone
cannot obtain labor permit. They
/ must be obtained by the employer or
the parent. The law says:
Section 2477-No person under
fourteen years OF age shall be EN-.
ployed with or without wages or com
pensation in any mine, manufactur-
ing establishment, factory, mill, shop,
laundry, slaughterhouse, packing
house, or in any store or mercantile
0SldbllSlu6HJ WH6f6 IlOEG lHdH eight
persons are employed or in the oper-
alton of any freight or passenger ele-
/ vator, or livery stable or garage, place
! of amusement, or in the distribution
, or transmission of merchandise or
messages. Provided that nothing in
/ this section shall be construed as pro-
hibiting a child from working in any
of the above establishments or occu-
xrthn
operated by their own parents"
| Section 2477-No child under six
II teen years of age shall be employed.
permitted, or suffered to work in or
! in connection with any of the estab-
; lishments mentioned unless the per
son, firm or corporation employing
! such child prOcures and keeps on file,
! accessible to any officer charged with
& the enforcement of this act, a work
permit issued as hereinafter provided
and keeps. two complete lists of the
names and ages of all such children,
under sixteen years Of age, employed
/ in or for such establishment or in
such occupations, one on file in the
office and one ConNpIcuOus.y posted
near the principal entrance of the
place or estab. ishment in which such
children are employed. On termina-
ton of the employment of child
whose permit is on file, such permit
shall be returned by the employer
within two days to the officer who is
sued it with a statement of the reas-
ons for the termination of such EN-
I ployment. A work permit shall be
issued only by the superintendent of
schools or by a person authorized by
him in writing, or where there is no
superintendent of schOals, by per
son authorized in writing by the local
school board in the community where
such child resides, upon the applica-
ton of the parent, guardian or custo-
dian of the child desiring the permit.
The person authorized to issue work
permits shall not issue any such per-
NIT until he has received, examined,
and approved and filed the following
papers, duly executed, namely:
"A written agreement from the per-
son, firm or corporation into whose
service the child under sixteen years
of age Is about to enter, promising to
give such child employment describ-
ing the work to be performed and
agreeing to return the work permit of
such child to the Office from which 1t
was issued within two days after the
/ termination of the employment of
such child. A duplicate of every work
permit issued shall be filled out and
forwarded to the commissioner of la.
Dor between the first and the tenth
day of the month following the month
. in which it was issued. The blank
forms for the work permits, the EN-
ployer's agreement the school record
and the physicians certificate shall
be formulated by the state superin-
tendent of public instruction and fur.
nished by him to the local school tu-
thorities. The work permit shall in
no case be issued to the applicant or
its parent, guardian or custodian, but
shall In every case be forwarded to
the prospective employer or such APP
| plicant Every such work permit
shall give the name. sex, the date and
place of birth, and the residence of
! the child in whose name il is issued,
describe the color of the hair and
eyes, give his height and weight and
shall contain statement OF the proof
of age accepted, the school grade CON-
pleted, the name and address of the
establishment where the child is to be
employed and shall further certify
that the papers required for its issu.
ance have been duly examined, ap.
proved and filed and that the person
named therein has personally appear r.
ed before the officer issuing the per.
4 init and has been examined A work
permit shall be issued for every posi-.
( tion obtained by child between the
ages OF fourteen and sixteen years"
Miss Hollyce d. Brown who Is at
present School Attendance Officer in
Oskaloosa, has been delegated by
. Superintendent o. p. slower TO take
care OF the labor permits. and all ap-
pilcations must be made to Miss
Brown The blanks are already In
the Office Of Miss Brown, and II will
be her special duty to enforce the
Child Iabor Law