The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
New Law Effective July 1st Involves
 4,OOO Workers Here
Employees Between Ages of l6 and 21 Years; Sub- sttute Bill Restricts Youngsters

Registration of all employees be- tween the ages of 16 and q years by their employers must be made with the state board of education under an act effective July. 1, it was anno1nced today at the local office of the state board, with specified exceptions in special forms of em- ployment.
 This act, substitute for Senate Bill GA concerning employment of minors. was signed by Governor Cross last week and will effect an estimated 10 per cent of all em- ployes of Connecticut's industries. Tn Waterbury, it was estimated to- day, approximately 4,000 to 5000 persons between the specified ages, must obtain certificates from the state board.
 Reasonable Time
 At the local office of the state board, H. w. Cleaveland, chief of this branch of the field service, sent out copies of the act to all local factories. They will be given reason able time, he said, to comply with the new law.
 Already the Waterbury Clock company and the Scovill Manufac- turing company officials have ob- tained certificates which will be filled out by employees affected by the measure and will be returned to the state board office within few days.
 The new act provides that the completed certificates shall be kept on file at the places of employment and shall be available at all times to inspectors of the department of labor and factory inspection. Viola tion of the acts provides a fine of mot more than one hundred dol- lars"
 Laws Unaffected
 The act does not affect previous laws relating to employment of minors under sixteen nor does it change the law providing that no minors under eighteen shall be permitted to work in any occupa- Ition. pronounced hazardous to health" by the department of health. It does not affect laws re- lating, to employment of minors in farm or domestic work.
 MT. Cleaveland remarked that some factories would have to reg ister or re-register about two- thirds of their employees in certain districts where youthful labor is sought. A similar certification has been in force for some time at fac- tories engaged in filling government contracts, he said.
 Official Act The complete act is as follows: Substitute for Senate Bill GA AN ACT CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS Sec. l. No minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any man. ufacturing, mechanical, mercan- tile or theatrical industry, res taurant or public dining room, or in any bowling alley, Shoe-shin@ ing establishment or barber shop.
 Sec. 2. No minor under the age of eighteen years shall be em- ployed or permitted to work in any occupation which has been or
 shall be pronounced hazardous to health by the state department
 of health or pronounced hazard
 ous in other respects by the de- partment of labor and factory in- spection. This section shall not
 apply to the employment or en-
 rollment of minors sixteen years
 of age or over as apprentices in
 bona f1de apprenticeship courses in manufacturing or mechanical
 establishments, trade schools or public schools. No provision of
 this section shall apply to agri-
 cultural employment, domestic
 service, street trades or to the dis
 tribution of newspapers. Sec. 3. Each person who shall
 employ minor shall obtain &
 certificate from the state board
 of education stating the age of
 such minor as provided in sec
 tion 254c of the 1885 supplement
 to the general statutes. Such cer-
 tificate shall be kept on file at the place of employment and shall
 be available at all times during
 business hours to the inspectors
 of the department of labor and factory inspection.
 | Sec. 4. Any person, whether act-