ARTICLE XII. Added, 1903, Chap. 151, in effect Sept. 1. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN STREET TRADES. SECTION 174. Prohibited employment of children in street trades. 175. Permit and badge for newsboys, how issued. 176. Contents of permit and badge. 177. Regulations concerning badge and permit. 179. Limit of hours. 179 a. Violation of this article, how punished. Prohibited Employment of Children in Street Trades.— SEC. 174. No male child under ten, and no girl under sixteen years of age shall in any city of the first class sell or expose or offer for sale news-papers in any street or public place. Permit and Badge for Newsboys, How Issued.— SEC. 175. No male child actually or apparently under fourteen years of age shall sell or expose or offer for sale said articles unless a permit and badge as hereinafter provided shall have been issued to him by the district superintendent of the board of education of the city and school district where said child resides, or by such other officer thereof as may be officially designated by such board for that purpose, on the application of the parent, guardian or other person having the custody of the child desiring such permit and badge, or in case said child has no parent, guardian or custodian then on the application of his next friend, being an adult. Such permit and badge shall not be issued until the officer issuing the same shall have received, examined, approved and placed on file in his office satisfactory proof that such male child is of the age of ten years or upwards. No permit or badge provided for herein shall be valid, for any purpose, except during the period in which such proof shall remain on file, nor shall such permit or badge be authority beyond the period fixed therein for its duration. After having received, examined, approved and placed on file such proof the officer shall issue to the child a permit and badge. Contents of Permit and Badge. SEC. 176. Such permit shall state the date and place of birth of the child, the name and address of its parent, guardian, custodian or next friend, as the case may be, and describe the color of hair and eyes, the height and weight and any distinguishing facial marks of such child, and shall further state that the proof required by the preceding section has been duly examined, approved and filed; and that the child named in such permit has appeared before the officer issuing the permit. The badge furnished by the officer issuing the permit shall bear on its face a number corresponding to the number of the permit, and the name of the child. Every such permit, and every such badge on its reverse side, shall be signed in the presence of the officer issuing the same by the child in whose name it is issued. Regulations concerning Badge and Permit. SEC. 177. The badge provided for herein shall be worn conspicuously at all times by such child while so working ; and such permit and badge shall expire at the end of one year from the date of their issue. No child to whom such permit and badge are issued shall transfer the same to any other person nor be engaged in any city of the first class as a newsboy, or shall sell or expose or offer for sale newspapers in any street or public place without having upon his person such badge, and he shall exhibit the same upon demand at any time to any police, or attendance officer. Badge and permit to be surrendered. SEC. 178. The parent, guardian, custodian or next friend, as the case may be, of every child to whom such permit and badge shall be issued shall surrender the same to the authority by which said permit and badge are issued at the expiration of the period provided therefor. Limit of Hours. SEC. 179. No child to whom a permit and badge are issued as provided for in the preceding sections shall sell or expose or offer for sale any newspapers after ten o'clock in the evening. Violation of this Article, how Punished.— SEC. 179a. Any child who shall work in any city of the first class in any street or public place as a newsboy or shall sell or expose for sale newspapers under circumstances forbidden by the provisions of this article, must be arrested and brought before a court or magistrate having jurisdiction to commit a child to an incorporated charitable reformatory or other institution and be dealt with according to law; and if any such child is committed to an institution, it shall, when practicable, be committed to an institution governed by persons of the same religious faith as the parents of such child. ARTICLE XIII. Amd. 1899, Ch. 558, in effect May 10. EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION OF HORSESHOERS. SECTION 180. Application of Article. 181. Board of examiners. 182. Examination of applicants. Application of Article. SEC. 180. This article applies to all cities of the state. Board of Examiners. SEC. 181. There shall continue to be a board of examiners of horseshoers consisting of one veterinarian, two master horseshoers and two journeymen horseshoers, all of whom shall be citizens and residents of the cities of the state. The examiners in office when this chapter takes effect shall continue therein until the thirty-first day of December following the date of the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively appointed, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed by the governor for a term of five years. Examination of Applicants.— SEC. 182. The board of examiners shall, as often as necessary, hold sessions in the several cities for the purpose of examining applicants, desiring to practice as master or journeyman horseshoers. A person is not qualified to take such examination unless he has served an apprenticeship at horseshoeing for at least three years. If the person examined is shown to be qualified to practice horseshoeing, the board shall issue to him a certificate stating his name and residence, the time when ex EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION OF HORSESHOERS. 61 amined, when and where his apprenticeship was served, and that he is qualified to practice as master or journeyman horseshoer. Before he is entitled to be examined, an applicant must file with the board a written application stating his name, place of residence, and when, where and with whom his apprenticeship has been served. The board shall receive as compensation a fee of five dollars from each person examined. Registration of Horseshoers.— SEC. 183. Each journeyman or master horseshoer shall present such certificate to the clerk of the county where he proposes to practice and such clerk shall cause his name, residence and place of business to be registered in a book to be known as the "master and journeyman horseshoers' register." For each name so registered, the clerk is entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents. No person shall practice horseshoeing as a master or journeyman horseshoer in any city of the state unless he is registered and has a certificate, as provided by this article. Practice without Examination.— SEC. 184. A person who has practiced as a master or journeyman horseshoer within the United States continuously for a period of three years may present to the board of examiners his affidavit, stating his name, age, place of residence and when and where he has practiced as such horseshoer. The board shall thereupon issue to him a certificate stating the facts set forth in such affidavit and that such person is entitled to practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer, as the case may be. The person to whom the certificate is issued shall present it to the county clerk of the county where he intends to practice, and his name shall be registered, as provided in the preceding section. Such person may thereafter practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer in such county without examination. The board is entitled to a fee of one dollar for each certificate issued under this section. |