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SEC. 7. The chief justice of the State of Delaware is hereby authorized and required within sixty days after the passage of spector. this act to appoint a female inspector, whose duty it shall be to visit from time to time all stores, mills, factories and other places of business where female labor is employed and to duly enforce the provisions of this act. Whenever said inspector shall ascertain that the provisions of this act or any of them are being violated by any employer in New Castle County, it shall be the duty of said inspector to serve upon such violator of the provisions of this act written notice that unless such employer shall conform to the requirements of this act, and wholly cease any violation thereof within ten days from the services of such notice, such employer will be prosecuted under the provisions of this act. And it shall further be the duty of said inspector in case of the neglect or failure of such employer, who has received such notice, to conform to the provisions of this act, and to cease all violations thereof within ten days from the said service of said notice, to institute the prosecution of such recalcitrant employer or employers under the provisions of this act, by swearing out before any justice of the peace in New Castle County resident in the hundred where said employer may have his, her or its place of business, or in an adjacent hundred, the necessary warrant or complaint and thereupon to assist and enforce the prosecution of the person or corporation so complained of to the full extent of her power, and it shall further be the duty of such inspector in case any prosecutions under the provisions of this act shall be begun or instituted by any other person than such inspector, to aid, further and assist such independent prosecution of such employer to the best of her power, and whenever such independent prosecution of any such employer shall be begun by any person other than said inspector it shall be the duty of the justice of the peace before whom such complaint shall be made to straightway notify by due course of mail the inspector appointed under this act, informing such inspector of the name of the complainant and defendant, of the names of the witnesses indorsed upon said complaint and of the day, hour and place fixed for the hearing of said cause.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of every employer of female labor in New Castle County, whether to the number of ten or upward or less, to permit said inspector to have full and free access at any time during the working noon hours of said employees to the place of business of such employer where such employees are employed, and in case any such employer shall refuse such inspector full and free access to his place of business as aforesaid, or shall in any way hinder or prevent the full performance of her duties of inspection under the provisions of this act, such employer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon every conviction of such interference with said inspector in the performance of her duties, shall pay a fine to New Castle County of ten dollars, which fine shall be collected in the same manner as the other fines and penalties heretofore provided for in this act.

Access to workrooms.

Law applies,

SEC. 9. *
The provisions of this act shall apply to and
be enforced only in duly incorporated towns and cities in New where.
Castle County.

ACTS OF 1905.

CHAPTER 123.-Employment of children.

SECTION 1. From and after the first day of July one thousand nine hundred and five, no child or minor under the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or establishment where the manufacture of any goods whatever is carried on.

Age limit.

School at

SEC. 2. From and after the first day of July one thousand nine hundred and five no child between the ages of fourteen and six- tendance. teen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or establishment where the manufacture of any kind of goods whatever is carried on, unless such child shall have attended, within twelve

Hours of labor.

Register.

Penalty.

Enforce

ment.

months immediately preceding such employment some public, day or night school, or some well recognized school; such attendance to be for five days or evenings every week during a period of at least twelve consecutive weeks which may be divided into two terms of six consecutive weeks, so far as the arrangement of school terms will permit, and unless such child, or his parents or guardians, shall have presented to the manufacturer or other employer seeking to employ such child a certificate giving the names of parents or guardian, the name and number of the school attended, and the number of weeks in attendance such certificate to be signed by the teacher or teachers of such child: Provided, That in case the age of the child be not known, such teacher shall certify that the age given is the true age, to the best of his or her knowledge or belief.

SEC. 3. No child or children under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or establishment where the manufacture of any kind of goods is carried on for a longer period than nine hours a day or fifty-four hours a week: And further provided, That every such child so employed shall be entitled to not less than thirty minutes for mealtime at noon, and every employer shall post in a conspicuous place, where such minor children are employed a printed notice, stating that the maximum work hours required in any one week shall not exceed fifty-four hours. The governor shall immediately after the passage of this bill, appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate some suitable person, who shall be a resident and citizen of this State, who shall be designated and known by the official title of "Factory and workshop inspector," and who shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per year, payable in equal quarterly installments of two hundred and fifty dollars, and who shall hold office for the term of two years; the said inspector shall be empowered to visit and inspect at all reasonable hours and as often as practicable all factories, workshop's [workshops] and other establishments in this State, where the manufacture or sale of any kind of goods is carried on, and it shall be the duty of the said inspector to enforce the provisions of this act and to prosecute all violations of the same as hereinafter provided, and he shall have the power to demand a certificate of physical fitness from some regularly licensed physician of the State or county in which such establishment is located in the case of a child under sixteen years of age, who may seem physically unable to perform the labor at which such child may be employed, and the said inspector shall have power to prohibit the employment of any such child under the age of sixteen years, who shall be unable to obtain such certificate.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation employing a child or children under the provisions of this act to keep a register, in which shall be recorded the name, age, day of birth and place of residence of every child under the age of sixteen years so employed by such person or corporation, and it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to employ any minor under the age of sixteen years unless there is furnished to said person or corporation a sworn statement made by the parent or guardian of such minor, stating the name, date and place of birth of such minor.

SEC. 5. Every person, or the officer or officers of any corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offense.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of such factory or workshop inspector appointed under the provisions of this act to inspect the sanitary conditions of any factory workshop or other establishment, wherein minors are employed in accordance with the provisions of this act and to make report in writing of his findings to the governor, to the board of health of the city of Wilmington and the State board of health quarterly, or more frequently if he shall deem it necessary.

SEC. 7. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any person or corporation engaged in the canning or preserving of fruits, vegetables or provisions or in the carrying on of any agricultural business "or to any person or persons, firm or corporation, engaged in the manufacture of fruit and berry baskets."

SEC. 8. In every case where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the inspector appointed under the provisions of this act, that any child or children under the age of sixteen years is a means of support and maintenance of a widowed mother that in every such case, the inspector may in his discretion issue a certificate to such child or children authorizing their employment, any provisions of this act to the contrary notwithstanding.

DISTRICT OF ALASKA.

ACTS OF U. S. CONGRESS, 1898-99.

CHAPTER 429.-TITLE 2.--Employment of women and minors in

barrooms.

etc.

Canneries,

Widow's

child.

Employment *prohibited.

SECTION 478. No licensee under a barroom license shall employ, or permit to be employed, or allow any female or minor ** to sell, give, furnish, or distribute any intoxicating drinks or any admixture thereof, ale, wine, or beer to any person or persons.

ACTS OF U. S. CONGRESS, 1899-1900.

CHAPTER 786.-TITLE 2.-Earnings of married women.

SECTION 28. A wife may receive the wages of her personal labor, Earnings sepand maintain an action therefor in her own name and hold the arate property. same in her own right, and she may prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of her rights and property as if unmarried.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CODE.

[Approved March 3, 1901; amended January 31 and June 30, 1902.]

Certain employments of children forbidden.

Acrobatic and

OC

cupations.

SECTION 814. * Any person, having in his custody or control a child under the age of fourteen years, who shall in any mendicant way dispose of it with a view to its being employed as an acrobat, or a gymnast, or a contortionist, or a circus rider, or a ropewalker, or in any exhibition of like dangerous character, or as a beggar, or mendicant, or pauper, or street singer, or street musician; or any person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, use, exhibit, or have in custody any child of the age last named for any of the purposes last enumerated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, when convicted thereof, shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

Earnings of married women.

Earnings sep

SECTION 1151. All the property, real, personal, and mixed, belonging to a woman at the time of her marriage, and all such arate property. property which she may acquire or receive after her marriage from any person whomsoever or personal exertions *

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by her own skill, labor, shall be her own property as

absolutely as if she were unmarried, and shall be protected from the debts of the husband and shall not in any way be liable for the payment thereof:

Seats to be provided.

Penalty.

Water

vided.

ACTS OF U. S. CONGRESS, 1894-95.

CHAPTER 192.-Seats for female employees.

SECTION 1. All persons who employ females in stores, shops, offices, or manufactories as clerks, assistants, operatives, or helpers in any business, trade, or occupation carried on' or operated by them in the District of Columbia, shall be required to procure and provide proper and suitable seats for all such females and shall permit the use of such seats, rests, or stools, as may be necessary, and shall not make any rules, regulations, or orders preventing the use of such stools or seats when any such female employees are not actively employed in their work in such business or employment.

SEC. 2. If any employer of female help in the District of Columbia, shall neglect or refuse to provide seats, as provided in this act, or shall make any rules, orders, or regulations in his shop, store, or other place of business, requiring females to remain standing when not necessarily employed in service or labor therein, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be liable to a fine therefor in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars, with costs, in the discretion of the court.

ACTS OF U. S. CONGRESS, 1897-98.

CHAPTER 8.-Factories and workshops-Water-closets.

clos- SECTION 9. Every building in said District

where perets to be pro- sons are employed or intended to be employed in any trade or business, shall be provided with sufficient and suitable privy accommodations, having regard to the number of persons employed in or in attendance at such building; and also where persons of both sexes are employed or intended to be employed, or in attendance, with sufficient, suitable, and separate privy accommodations for persons of each sex. It shall be unlawful for any owner or agent to put any person or persons in possession of any building, or any part thereof, not provided with privy accommodations as aforesaid, except a watchman for the purpose of guarding such building or part thereof.

School at. tendance

quired.

ACTS OF U. S. CONGRESS, 1905-1906.

CHAPTER 3054.—Employment of children-School attendance.

SECTION 1. Every parent, guardian, or other person residing in re the District of Columbia having charge and control of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to be regularly instructed in the elementary branches of knowledge, including reading, writing, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic, and pursuant to this end every such parent, guardian, or other person aforesaid shall cause any child under the charge and control of such person to attend some public, private, or parochial school during the period of each year the public schools in the District are in session, on the customary days and during the customary hours of the school term. No child shall be credited with attendance upon a private or parochial school unless the attendance officer hereinafter provided for receives a certificate of attendance signed by the person in charge of such school. A child between the ages aforesaid may be excused from school attendance or instruction upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to the superintendent of schools that such child is being or has been within said year instructed a like period of time in the branches taught in the public schools, or that such child has acquired these branches of learning, or that the physical or mental condition of such child is such as to render such attendance or instruction inexpedient or impracticable.

SEC. 5. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to be absent unlawfully from school, or who knowingly employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent unlawfully from school, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

SEC. 6. The officers empowered under this act shall visit any place or establishment where minor children are employed to ascertain whether the provisions of this law are duly complied with, and shall as often as twice a year demand from all employers of such children a list of children employed, with their names and ages.

FLORIDA.

GENERAL STATUTES OF 1906.

Earnings of married women.

SECTION 2593. A married woman's wages and earnings acquired by her in any employment separate from her husband shall be her separate property and subject to her own disposal, and she shall be entitled to sue for and recover the same as though she were a single woman.

Seats for employees in stores, etc.

Penalty.

Enforce

ment.

Earnings separate property.

SECTION 3235. If any merchant, storekeeper, employer of male Seats to be or female clerks, salesmen, cash boys or cash girls, or other as- provided. sistants, in mercantile or other business pursuits, requiring such employees to stand or walk during their active duties, neglect to furnish at their own cost or expense suitable chairs, stools or sliding seats attached to the counters or walls, for the use of such employees when not engaged in their active work, and not required to be on their feet in the proper performance of their several duties; or refuse to permit their said employees to make reasonable use of said seats during business hours, for purposes of necessary rest, and when such use will not interfere with humane or reasonable requirements of their employment, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days.

Certain employments of children forbidden.

occupations.

SECTION 3237. Whoever takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, Acrobatic, exhibits or in any manner or under any pretense sells, appren- mendicant,etc., tices, gives away, lets out or otherwise disposes of to any person any child under the age of fourteen years for or in the vocation, occupation, service or purpose of singing, playing on musical instruments, rope or wire walking, dancing, begging or peddling, or as a contortionist, rider, acrobat, or for or in any obscene, indecent or immoral purpose, exhibition or practice, or for or in any business, exhibition or vocation injurious to the health or dangerous to the life or limbs of such child, or causes or procures, or encourages any such child to engage therein, ** or has in custody any such child for any of the purposes aforesaid, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months. Nothing contained in this section shall apply to or affect the employment or use of any such child as a singer or musician in any church, school or academy, or at any amateur concert or entertainment, or in learning the science or practice of music and social dancing.

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Employment of children.

SECTION 3728. Whoever hires or employs or causes to be hired Consent of or employed any minor, knowing such minor to be under the age parents required. of fifteen years and under the legal control of another, without the consent of those having such legal control, for more than sixty days, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days or by fine not exceeding twenty dollars.

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