Child Labor in City StreetsClopper, Edward Nicholas
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Child Labor in City Streets
Clopper, Edward Nicholas
Child labor
SECTION 1728 za. Providing that no badge shall be issued for a boy
selling papers between the ages of twelve and sixteen years by the
state factory inspector, except upon certificate of the principal of
either public, parochial or other private school attended by said boy,
stating and setting forth that said boy is a regular attendant upon
said school. No boy under the age of sixteen years shall be permitted
by any newspaper publisher or printer or persons having for sale
newspapers or periodicals of any character, to loiter or remain around
any salesroom, assembly room, circulation room or office for the sale
of newspapers, between the hours of nine in the forenoon and three in
the afternoon, on days when school is in session. Any newspaper
publisher, printer, circulation agent or seller of newspapers shall
upon conviction for permitting newsboys to loiter or hang around any
assembly room, circulation room, salesroom or office where papers are
distributed or sold, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, or by commitment to
the county jail for not more than sixty days or less than ten days.
_London, England_
BY-LAWS ADOPTED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND PUT IN FORCE
ON JUNE 3, 1911
By-laws 1-9 concern the employment of children generally.
10. No girl under the age of 16 years shall be employed in or carry on
street trading.
11. No boy under the age of 14 years shall be employed in or carry on
street trading.
12. No boy under the age of 16 years shall be employed in or carry on
street trading before 6 in the morning or after 9 in the evening.
13. No boy under the age of 16 years shall at any time be employed in
or carry on street trading unless
(1) He is exempt from school attendance, and
(2) He first procures a badge from the London County Council, which he
shall wear whilst engaged in street trading on the upper part of the
right arm in such a manner as to be conspicuous.
The badge shall be deemed to be a license to trade, and may be
withheld or withdrawn for such period as the London County Council
think fit in any of the following cases--
(_a_) If the boy has, after the issue of the badge to him, been
convicted of any offense.
(_b_) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the London County Council
that the boy has used his badge for the purpose of begging or
receiving alms, or for any immoral purpose, or for the purpose of
imposition, or for any other improper purpose.
(_c_) If the boy fails to notify the London County Council within one
week of any change in his place of residence.
(_d_) If the boy commits a breach of any of the conditions under which
such badge is issued; such conditions to be stated on such badge or
delivered to the boy in writing.
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