missioner of the bureau of labor statistics and providing penalties for the violation hereof.

[Approved February 20, 1905. Stats. 1905, p. 11.]

Section 1. No minor under the age of eighteen shall be employed in laboring in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or other place of labor, more than nine hours in one day, except when it is necessary to make repairs to prevent the interruption of the ordinary running of the machinery, or when a different apportionment of the hours of labor is made for the sole purpose of making a shorter day's work for one day of the week; and in no case shall the hours of labor exceed fifty-four hours in a week.

Sec. 2. No minor under the age of sixteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any mercantile institution, office, laundry, manufacturing establishment, or workshop, between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning.

No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in any mercantile institution, office, laundry, manufacturing establishment, workshop, restaurant, hotel, apartment house, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages.

Provided, that the judge of the juvenile court of the county, or city and county, or in any county or city and county in which there is no juvenile count, then any judge of the superior court of the county, or city and county in which such child resides, shall have authority to issue a permit to work to any such child over the age of twelve years, upon a sworn statement being made to him by the parent of such child that such child is past the age of twelve years, that the parents or parent of such child are incapacitated for labor, through illness, and after investigation by a probation officer or truant officer of the city, or city and county, in which such child resides, or in cities and counties where there are no probation or truant officers, then by such other competent persons as the judge may designate for this purpose. The permit so issued shall specify the kind of labor and the time for which it is issued, and shall in no case be issued for a longer period than shall seem necessary to the judge issuing such permit. Such permit shall be kept on file by the person, firm or corporation employing the child therein designated, during the term of said employment, and shall be given up to said child upon his quitting such employment. Such certificate shall be always open to the inspection of the truant and probation officers of the city and county, city or county, in

which the place of employment is situated or of the officers of the state bureau of labor statistics.

And provided that any such child, over the age of twelve years, may be employed at any of the occupations mentioned in this act during the regular vacation of the public schools of the city, county, or city and county in which the place of employment is situated, upon the production of a permit signed by the principal of the school which such child has attended during the term next preceding any such vacation. Such permit shall contain the name and age of the child to whom it is issued, and the date of the termination of the vacation for which it is issued, and shall be kept on file by the employer during the period of employment, and at the termination of such employment shall be returned to the child to whom it was issued.

No minor who is under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any gainful occupation during the hours that the public schools of the city, town or school district in which his place of employment is situated are in session, unless he or she can read English at sight and can write legibly and correctly simple English sentences, or unless he or she is a regular attendant for the then current term at a regularly conducted night school, A certificate of the principal of such school shall be held to be sufficient evidence of such attendance.

Sec. 3. Every person, firm, or corporation employing minors under eighteen years of age, in any manufacturing establishment, shall post, and keep posted, in a conspicuous place in every room where such help is employed, a written or printed notice stating the number of hours per day for each day of the week required of such persons.

Every person, firm, corporation, agent or officer of a firm or corporation employing or permitting minors under sixteen years and over fourteen years of age to work in any mercantile institution, office, laundry, manufacturing establishment, workshop, restaurant, hotel, apartment house, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages, shall keep a record of the names, ages, and places of residence of such minors, and shall have on file a certificate of age and schooling, as provided in this act, for every such minor so employed, said record and certificate to be open at all times to the inspection of those whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of the act.

An age and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the superintendent of schools of the city or city and county,

or by a person authorized by him, in writing, or where there is no city or city and county superintendent of schools, by a person authorized by the local school trustees; provided, that the superintendent or principal of any school of recognized standing shall have the right to approve an age and schooling certificate, and shall have the same rights and powers as the superintendent of public schools to issue the certificate herein provided, for children attending such schools. The persons authorized to issue age and schooling certificates shall have the authority to administer the oaths necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act, but no fee shall be charged for issuing such certificates.

An age and schooling certificate shall not be approved unless satisfactory evidence is furnished by the last school census, the certificate of birth or baptism of such child, the public register of birth of such child, or in some other manner, that such child is of the age stated in the certificate.

A duplicate copy of each age and schooling certificate granted under the provisions of this act shall be kept by the person issuing such certificate, such copy to be filed with the county superintendent of schools in the county where the certificate was issued, provided, that all such copies of certificates issued between June 25th and December 25th of any year shall be filed not later than December 31st of such year, and those issued between December 25th and June 25th of the ensuing year shall be filed not later than June 30th of each year. Such certificate shall be substantially in the following form, to wit:

Age and Schooling Certificate.

This certifies that I am the (father, mother, or guardian) of (name of child), and that (he or she) was born at (name of town or city), in the county of (name of county) (if known) and state (or country) of (name), on the (day and year of birth), and is now (number of years and of months) old. Signature as provided in this act.

Town or city, and date.

There personally appeared before me the above-named (name of person signing) and made oath that the foregoing certificate by (him or her) signed is true to the best of (his or her) knowledge and belief.

I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of (name of child), height (feet and inches), complexion (fair or dark), hair (color), having no sufficient reason to doubt that (he or she) is of the age therein certified, and I hereby certify that (he or

she) can or cannot read English at sight, and can or cannot write legibly simple sentences in the English language.

Signature of the person authorized to sign, with his official character and authority.

Town or city, and date.

This certificate belongs to the person in whose behalf it is drawn, and it shall be surrendered to (him or her) whenever (he or she) leaves the services of the person, firm, or corporation holding the same.

The certificate as to the birthplace and age of the minor under sixteen and over fourteen years of age shall be signed by his father, his mother, his guardian; if a child has no father, mother, or guardian living in the same city or town, his own signature to the certificate may be accepted by the person authorized to approve the same.

Every person authorized to sign the certificate prescribed by this act, who knowingly certifies to any false statement therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 4. Any person, firm, corporation, agent, or officer of a firm or corporation that violates or omits to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this act, or that employs, or suffers, or permits any minor to be employed in violation thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each and every offense. A failure to produce any age and schooling certificate or permit, or to post any notice required by this act, shall be prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any person whose age and schooling certificate or permit is not produced, or whose name is not so posted. Any fine collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the school funds of the county, or city and county, in which the offense occurred.

Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the employment of minors at agricultural, horticultural, viticultural or domestic labor, during the time the public schools are not in session, or during other than school hours.

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics to enforce the provisions of this act.

But any person may lay an information before a magistrate of the commission of any public offense defined in this act. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect sixty days after its pas

sage.

ACT 1612.

To prevent sale of intoxicating drinks to. [Stats. 1871-2, p. 231.]

Superseded 1891, 91.

ACT 1613.

To prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors to. [Stats. 1891,

p. 91.]

Superseded by act of 1903, 319.

ACT 1614.

To prevent the selling, giving or delivering intoxicating liquors to minor children, and to prevent minor children visiting saloons or public houses where intoxicating liquors are sold. [Approved March 20, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 319.] This act appears in full in the Appendix to the Penal Code, p. 620.

ACT 1615.

To protect female children under the age of seventeen.

1860, p. 86.]

[Stats.

This act prohibited the exhibition of female children under seventeen in any public place. Superseded by Penal Code.

ACT 1616.

For the protection of children, and to prevent and punish certain wrongs to children. [Stats. 1877-8, p. 812.]

Codified by amendments to both the Civil and Penal Codes, 1905.

See notes to § 607, Civil Code, and § 272, Penal Code.

This act prevented minors under sixteen from entering saloons and prevented anyone from using children for purposes of beggary. It appears in full in the Appendix to the Penal Code, p. 617.

ACT 1617.

Relating to children. [Stats. 1877-8, p. 813.]

Codified by amendments to both the Civil and Penal Codes, 1905. See notes to § 607, Civil Code, and § 272, Penal Code.

This act prevented the selling or apprenticing of children for immoral purposes. It appears in full in the Appendix to the Penal Code, p. 614.

ACT 1618.

For the incorporation of societies for the prevention of cruelty [Approved April 3, 1876. Stats. 1875-6, p.

to children.