...refuse to approve a private school on account of the religious teaching therein. No child under 10 years of age shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, or by any telegraph or telephone company in this State, during the time that the public schools of...

...age and unable to read and write is to be permitted to be employed in any mechanical, manufacturing, or mercantile establishment, while the public schools in the city or town in which such child resides are in session. Official Recommendations. — Special emphasis is given,...

...forty-eight of the Public Statutes is hereby amended so as to read: ''Section 1. No child under ten years of age shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment in this Commonwealth ; and no child under twelve years of age shall be so employed during the hours...

...forty-eight of the Public Statutes is hereby amended so as to read, "Section 1. No child under ten years of age shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment in this Commonwealth; and no child under twelve years of age shall be so employed during the hours...

...lab^> r ofchildren employed in manufacturing and other establishments. Section 1. No child under ten years of age shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment in this commonwealth; and any parent or gnardian who permits such employment shall for such ofi'ence...

...under their charge? We question whether the stringent law (Pub. Stats., chap. 48) which prescribes that no child under fourteen years of age shall be employed..."manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment" unless he shall have attended school for at least twenty weeks preceding such employment, be not too...

...not to be employed in manufacturing, etc., establishments — Penalty. SECTION 1. No child under ten years of age shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment in this Commonwealth ; and any parent or guardian who permits such employment shall for such offense...

...preceding such employment he has attended school for at least twenty weeks as required by law. SECT. 2. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in any manner before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or after the hour of seven o'clock in the evening....

...subjects, it is made plain that this is an absolute and general prohibition. The language there Is: "No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in any manner before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or after seven o'clock in the evening." The provision...

...indifference, and wisely provides that a child under fourteen years of age who cannot read and write shall not be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment while the public schools of the town or city where the child lives are in session. From personal observation, and from the reports...