The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among ThemBrace, Charles Loring
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The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them
Brace, Charles Loring
Child welfare -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions; Poor -- New York (State) -- New York
SEC. 5.--Every such employer mentioned in the last section shall keep a
register, in which shall be entered the certificates of schooling
produced by children in his employ; such certificate shall be signed by
the teacher, and shall be dated, and shall certify the dates between
which such scholar has attended school, and shall mention any absences
made therefrom during such term, and such certificates shall be numbered
in consecutive order, and such register shall also be kept open to
inspection of all public authorities, as provided in the last section;
and all violations of this section shall subject the offender to a
penalty of one hundred dollars.
SEC. 6.--Any teacher or other person giving a false certificate, for the
purpose of being used under the provisions of this act, shall be liable
to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor.
SEC. 7.--The parent or guardian of every child released from work under
the provisions of this act shall cause the said child to attend school
when so released, for three months, in accordance with the provisions of
section three of this act, under a penalty of five dollars for each week
of non-attendance.
SEC. 8.--All public officers and persons charged with the enforcement of
this law can, at all working-hours, enter upon any factory premises, and
any person refusing them admittance or hindering them shall be liable to
a penalty of one hundred dollars.
SEC. 9.--Every room in any factory in which operatives are employed
shall be thoroughly painted or whitewashed or cleaned at least once a
year, and shall be kept as well ventilated, lighted, and cleaned as the
character of the business will permit, under a penalty of ten dollars
for each week of neglect.
SEC. 10.--All trap-doors or elevators, and all shafting, belting,
wheels, and machinery running by steam, water, or other motive power, in
rooms or places in a factory in which operatives are employed, or
through which they have to pass, shall be protected by iron screens, or
by suitable partitions during all the time when such doors are open, and
while such machinery is in motion, under a penalty of fifty dollars, to
be paid by the owner of such machinery, or the employer of such
operatives, for each day during which the same shall be so unprotected.
SEC. 11.--This act shall be printed and kept hung in a conspicuous place
in every factory, by the owner, agent, overseer, or person occupying
such factory, under a penalty of ten dollars for each day's neglect.
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