Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-22
RULINGS

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August 9Th, 1919, made the fol
lowing rulings which have tn
force of law.
l. No child of any age undeI
l6 years shall be permitted Il
work in any of the occupations
mentioned in section 5, before
o'clock in the morning or aftel
9 o'clock at night. This rulini
is made mandatory by section
and the law gives no discretion
to the commission to modify thu
same.
2. No girl under IA years Of
age shall be permitted to work II
any of the occupations mentioned
in section 5. The reason for thi:
is that if the womanhood Of the
State is to be properly conserved
in the future, girls of tender age
certainly should not be allowed te
run the dangers of association in
herent in employment in public
places.
3. No child under IA years OF
age shall be employed in any OF
the occupations mentioned in
section 5, for more than eight
hours in any one day.
4. Boys between IL and ID
years of age may be en-
ployed in the enumerated occu'
pations when the public school is
not in session when it is shown
to the County Superintendent OF
Public Welfare that the proposed
employment is not to the injury
of the health or morals of the
child. But in no case shall the
employment be legal until a GER
tificate has been issued by the
County Superintendent of Public
Welfare on blanks furnished by
the State Commission. Before
determining the question the
County Superintendent of Public
Welfare may. if he deem it neces'
sary, require a physical exami.
nation of the child by the public
health officer or other practicing
physician.
5. During the time that the
public school is in session boys
between IL and IA years of age
may be employed on Saturday
and out of school hours on the
same conditions as above, pro-
vided that such employment does
not interfere with their schooI
work. Where school officials
have provided for what is known
as continuation schools, and
where arrangements have been
made to make the outside EN-.
ployment a unit of the schoo
work, boys of this age may be
in specific cases, allowed to bt
occupied in employment during
school hours for a limited time,
at the discretion of the superin'
tendent of the school.
EMPLoYMENTs NOT PROHIBITED
1t is noted that the law does
not prohibit the employment Of
children in occupation other thar
those enumerated in section s
such as farming and domestic
employment. 1t is assumed, also
that it does not affect children
who are kept by their parents
under their direct personal con
troll in or about places owned anC
operated by the parents them
selves, except in prohibited hours
The reason for thisis that parents
are supposed to control and carr
for their own children wherevel
they may be with them.
GENERAL PURPOSES :
The Commission feels that i
should call the attention of par
ents, public officers, ministers
educators, social workers ant
thinkers, and the public gener
ally to the fact that the Legis
lature intended this act to be
measure for child welfare, ant
to solicit the aid and cooperation
of all in securing the benefcien
purpose intended. To this ent
it is necessary to make ever!
possible effort to provide whole
some conditions of environment
for children, while not in schoo
or employed. Such environment
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