Door

To be not larger than 2 ft. x 5 ft. of same construction as booth and arranged to close automatically either by means of a spring to be placed on the exterior and riveted to frame work, or by a metal rope and weight attachment. Two latches of steel to be provided and to be placed one 12 inches from top and the other 12 inches from bottom of door. Latch bars to be connected by metal rod, so that one operation opens both latches.

Orifice or Opening

(For operator's view or through which picture is thrown). To be not larger than 12 in. x 12 in. and provided with a gravity door of same construction as booth, held in position by fusible links placed in series with fine cord, so arranged that normally one of the links is suspended directly over the film when in slide of apparatus, or arranged so as to be normally closed and held open by pressure of the operator's foot.

Shelf

To be same construction as booth.

Ventilation

Booth to have an opening for ventilation which must be flanged to carry standard conductor pipe for exhausting the hot air generated in operating the machine. An exhaust fan should be placed at outer end of the conductor (or stove) pipe, unless connection is made with chimney.

NOTE-If possible, connection for ventilation should lead to chimney or outside of building in order to carry off exploisive gases formed by the incomplete combustion of the film.

Machines

To be equipped with feed and take up reels in metal receiving boxes, joints of same to be riveted or flanged. A shutter must be placed in front of the condenser arranged so as to be normally closed and held open by pressure of the foot.

Electric Wiring

Must be in accordance with N. E. code and all wire employed within the booth for whatever purpose must have an approved slow burning insulation and secured in place entirely on insulating supports. No portable cord will be permitted within booth, unless the same is pertinent to a proper connection to the lantern itself.

Extra Films

Must be kept in metal box with tight fitting covers.

Doors and Exits

In every theater, moving picture gallery or other place of amusement where combustible films over ten inches in length are used there shall be not less than one exit 3 ft. wide by 6 ft. 6 in. high, and where

the seating capacity shall be more than 200 there shall be two exits, which shall in all cases be located at the opposite end of the room from whence is operated the operating booth.

In every theater or other place of amusement above the first floor there shall be at least one outside exit of the size of not less than 3 feet in width and 6 ft. 6 in. in height, and for every 300 persons for which seating capacity is provided, on each floor of said building, there shall be one additional outside exit of above dimensions, all of said doors to open outward and to remain unlocked at all times during a performance or when there is more than twenty persons in said theater or place of amusement.

Permits

No fire escape shall be erected near an elevator or stairway, nor shall an automatic escape, fireproof stairway, chute or toboggan be erected until a permit has first been secured from the Deputy Commissioner of Labor. All theaters, moving picture booths or other places of amusement should secure a permit before making alterations which are subject to approval. All permits issued free of cost.

All exits to theaters and moving picture shows to be designated by a red light.

CHILD LABOR LAW

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Section 1. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, or in connection with, any theater, concert hall, or place of amusement, or any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or in any mercantile institution, store, office, hotel, laundry, manufacturing establishment, bowling alley, passenger freight elevator, factory or workshop, or as a messenger or driver therefor, within this state. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age in any business or service whatever during the hours when the public schools of the town, township, village or city in which the child resides are in session.

Section 2. No child between fourteen and sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any theater, concert hall or place of amusement, or in any mercantile institution, store, office, hotel, laundry, manufacturing establishment, bowling alley, passenger or frieght elevator, factory or workshop, or as a messenger or driver therefor within this state, unless the person or corporation employing him procures and keeps on file and accessible to the truant officers of the town or city, the State Commissioner of Labor and his deputies, and the members of the State Board of Inspection, an employment certificate as hereinafter prescribed, and keeps two complete lists of all such children employed therein, one on file and one conspicuously posted near the principal entrance of the building in which such children are employed. Upon the termination of the employment of a child SO registered, and whose certificate is so filed, such certificate shall be forthwith transmitted by the employer to the city or county superintendent of schools of the county in which the child resides, and shall be turned over to the child named therein upon demand. Any truant officer, the State Commissioner of Labor, or his deputies, or any member of the State Board of Inspection may make demand on any employer in whose place of business a child apparently under the age of sixteen years, is employed or permitted or suffered to work, and whose employment certificate is not then filed as required by this section that such employer shall either furnish him within ten days, evidence satisfactory to him that such child is in fact over sixteen years of age or shall cease to employ or permit or suffer such child to work in such place of business. The same evidence of the age of such child may be required on the issuance of an employment certificate as hereinafter provided; and the employer furnishing such evidence shall not be

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required to furnish any further evidence of the age of the child. case such employer shall fail to produce and deliver to the truant officer, the State Commissioner of Labor, or Deputy State Commissioner of Labor, or member of the State Board of Inspection, within ten days after demand for the same, such evidence of the age of any child as may be required of him under the provisions of this Act, and shall thereafter continue to employ such child or permit or suffer such child to work in such place of business, proof of the giving of such notice and of such failure to produce and file such evidence shall be prima facie evidence, in prosecution brought for a violation of this section, that such child is under sixteen years of age and is unlawfully employed. Section 3. An employment certificate shall be approved only by the superintendent of schools of the school corporation in which the child resides, or by a person authorized by him in writing, or where there is no superintendent of schools, by a person authorized by the school district officers; provided that no school district officer or other person authorized as aforsaid shall have authority to approve such certificate for any child then in or about to enter, his own employment, or the employment of a firm or corporation of which he is a member, officer or employee, or in whose business he is interested. The officer or person approving such certificate shall have authority to administer the oath provided for herein or in any investigation or examination necessary for the approval thereof. No fee shall be charged for approving any such certificate nor for administering any oath or rendering any service therein in respect thereto. The board of directors of each school corporation shall establish and maintain proper records where copies of all such certificates and all documents connected therewith shall be filed and preserved and shall provide the necessary clerical service for carrying out the provisions of this act.

Section 4. The person authorized to issue an employment certificate shall not issue such certificate until he has received, examined, approved and filed the following papers duly executed: (1) The school record of such child, properly filled out and signed as provided in this Act, showing that the child has completed the work of the Eighth Grade of the public schools, or its equivalent, or is regularly attending night school in compliance with Section (8) of this Act. (2) A Passport, or duly attested transcript of the certificate of birth or baptism, or other religious or official record, showing the date and place of birth of such child. A duly attested transcript of the birth certificate filed according to law with a registrar of vital statistics, or other officer charged with the duty of recording births, shall be conclusive evidence of the age of such child. (3) The affidavit of the parent, or guardian, or custodian of a child, which shall be required, however, only in case none of the documents mentioned in clause two (2) of this section can be produced and filed, showing the place and date of birth of such child; which affidavit must be taken before the officer issuing the employment cer

tificate. Such employment certificate shall not be issued until such child has personally appeared before, and been examined by, the officer issuing the certificate and until such officer shall, after making such examination, sign and file in his office a statement that the child can read and legibly write simple sentences in the English language and that, in his opinion, the child is fourteen years of age, or upwards, and has reached the normal development of a child of its age, and is in sound health and is physically able to perform the work which it intends to do. In doubtful cases such physical fitness shall be determined by a medical officer of the board or department of health, or by a physician provided by the State Board of Inspection. Whenever the person authorized to issue the employment certificate is in doubt about the age of a child, he may require the party or parties making application for the certificate to appear before the judge of the juvenile court, or county judge, where the question of the age of the child shall be determined and the judgment of the court shall be final and binding upon the person issuing the certificate. Notice of the hearing before the court shall be given to some one of the persons mentioned in section two authorized to demand inspection of employment certificates. Every employment certificate shall be signed in the presence of the officer issuing the same by the child in whose name it is issued.

Section 5. Such certificate shall state the date and place of birth of such child and describe the color of the hair and eyes, the height and weight and any distinguishing facial marks of such child and that the papers required by the preceding section have been duly examined, approved and filed and that the child named in such certificate has appeared before the officer signing said certificate and been examined.

Section 6 The school record required by section four shall be signed by the teacher and principal of the school which such child has attended and shall be furnished, on demand to the child entitled thereto. It shall contain a statement certifying that the child has regularly attended the public schools, or schools equivalent thereto, or parochial schools for not less than three-fourths of the school year previous to his arriving at the age of fourteen years, or uring the year previous to applying for such school record, and is able to read and write simple sentences in the English language. It shall also state the amount of work completed by such child, measured by the grade of the public day schools in the city or county. Such school record shall also give the age and residence of the child as shown on the records of the school and the name of its parents, or guardian, or custodian.

Section 7. The superintendent of schools, or the school directors of any village, town, or county, shall transmit between the first and tenth day of each month to the office of the State Commissioner of Labor a list of the names of the children to whom certificates have been issued.

Section 8. Regular attendance of a child at any public evening