XIX. COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND CHILD LABOR LAWS.
Statutory provisions relating to compulsory attendance and child labor.
Unlawful to employ children under 14
during school hours unless they have
complied with the school-attendance
law; under 16, unable to read and
write, unless attending day or night
school.
Children under 14 may not be employed
while school is in session. Children 14
to 16 can not leave school to be em-
ployed, unless their education is satis-
factory to the local or state school
board.
No child 14 to 16 may be so employed, un-
less he has attended day or night school
12 weeks the preceding year.
Children under 14 may not do any work
for wages during school hours; nor
under 16 in preceding employments,
unless can read and write, and attended,
school 130 days preceding year.
Not over $300 or imprisonment
not over 6 months, or both.
Full term, to be not less than $5 to $20 and costs, and stand 6 months.
$5 to $25, and, in discretion of court, imprisonment 2 to 90 days.
16 consecutive weeks; first and $3 to $20.
second class city boards may
require full term.
Children under 15 may not be em-
ployed more than 60 days without
consent of legal guardian.
10 years, in or about any manufactur-
ing establishment; 12 years after
Jan. 1, 1907, except for support of
self or parents in specified cases.
14 years, in any mine, factory, work-
shop,mercantile establishment,laun-
dry, hotel, etc., except over 12 dur-
ing vacations.
14 years, in any mercantile institution,
factory, office, theater, elevator, etc.,
or as messenger or driver; 16, in or
about any mine. No female may
work in or about a mine.
14 years, in any manufacturing or mer-
cantile establishment, mine, quarry,
laundry, renovating works, bakery,
or printing office. Ne temale may
work in a mine.
14 years, in any mine, factory, mill,
shop, laundry, packing house, ele-
vator, or store where more than 8
persons are employed.
14 years, in any factory, workshop,
theater, packing house, or in or
about any mine; 16, in any danger-
ous, etc., employment.
First, $5 to $20; subsequent, $10 14 years, in any mine, workshop, fac-
to $50.
tory, store, office, hotel, as messen-
ger, etc.
Not exceeding $25, or imprison-
ment not exceeding 30 days.
a To 16, if unable to read and write English.
Children 14 to 16 whose labor is necessary to their own or parents' support are excused.
Not applicable to children over 14 lawfully employed to labor at home or elsewhere.
d Except children over 14 who have completed eighth grade, or have to support them-
selves or parents, or have other good cause to be exempt.
14 years, in any manufacturing or mer-
cantile establishment, mine, laun-
dry, carrying messages, etc.
After Jan. 1, 1908, no child under 14 may
be employed as in preceding column
(with the exception there noted) unless
able to write and has attended school
12 weeks the preceding year; under 18,
unless so attended school.
No child under 14 may be employed in
any way during school hours.
No child 14 to 16 unable to read and write
may be employed unless attending an
evening school, if there is one. No child
under 14 may be employed at any work
for wages during the school term.
Children under 16 unable to read and
write English may not be employed in
foregoing employments except in vaca-
tion of public schools.
Under 14 may not be employed in any
way during school hours. No minor
under 16 may work in a coal mine un-
less he can read and write and has
attended school 3 months in the year.
Under 14 may not be employed in any
way during school term; nor from 14 to
16 in stated occupations unless can read
and write, and attended school 100 days
preceding year.
Children under 14 may not be employed
in foregoing employments, nor in cloth-
ing, dressmaking, or millinery estab-
lishments, unless they have attended
school 4 months in preceding year.
14 years, in any manufacturing or Children under 15 shall not be employed
mechanical establishment.
in any manufacturing or mechanical
establishment, except during vaca
tion, unless they have attended school
16 weeks during preceding year.
e Children 14 to 16 necessarily and lawfully employed are exempt.
ƒ Inclusive.
98 weeks for children over 14 who can read and write English and are at work to support themselves or others.
Statutory provisions relating to compulsory attendance and child labor-Continued.
Age under which specified employ-
ments are forbidden.
14 years, in mills and factories (except
canning establishments), unless self,
widowed mother, or invalid father
solely dependent upon such employ-
ment. 19 counties exempt from
14 years, in factories, workshops, or mercantile establishments.
14 years, in any manufacturing or mercantile establishment, workshop, laundry, store, office, hotel, messenger service, etc.
Educational restrictions on child labor.
No minor 12 to 16, unable to read and
write English, may be employed where
there is an evening school unless
attending that or another school.
Children under 14 may not be employed
at any work for wages during school
hours; from 14 to 16 may not be so
employed in any factory, workshop,
or mercantile establishment if unable
to read and write.d
Children 14 to 16 may not be employed
unless they have attended school 100
days preceding year, and can read and
write and know the elements of arith-
metic.
14 years, in factories, mills, workshops, Children under 14 years may not be emor mines.
12 years, in any mill, factory, or manu-
facturing establishment.
14 years, in any mine, manufacturing
or mercantile establishment, laundry, etc., in cities of over 10,000; no females in mines.
No child 8 to 14 may be employed in any
way in school hours unless he has com-
plied with the attendance law. No
boy under 16 may work in a mine un-
less he can read and write.
16 years, in mines or underground Children under 14 not to be employed works.
14 years, in any manufacturing or mercantile establishment, office, hotel, etc.
First $50 to $100; subsequent,
$100 to $200; with costs. First, $10; subsequent, $20.
12 years, in any manufacturing estab- No child under 14 may be employed durlishment.
"Punishable as a disorderly 14 years. in factories, workshops,
mills, or manufacturing establishments; also mines.
14 years, in factories; if 14 to 16, the
child must have attended school 130
days the preceding year, and be able
to read and write English, and ci-
pher. Similar provisions apply, in
places of over 3,000 population, to
work in mercantile establishments,
business offices, restaurants, hotels,
express or messenger service, ex-
cept for children over 12 in small
places during vacation. For work
in or about mines 16 years is the
minimum. No female may work
in a mine.
12 years, in any factory or manufac-
turing establishment (does not ap-
ply to oyster canning and packing);
12 years, in mines employing over
10 men (boys); children 12 to 13
may be employed in factories only
as apprentices.
14 years, in mines, factories, workshops, mercantile establishments,
ing school sessions, nor under 16 if un-
able to read and write English. No
minor unable to read and write Eng-
lish may be employed unless attend-
ing day or evening school, if any is
held.
Children under 15 must have attended
school 12 weeks the preceding year as
a condition of employment.
a The provisions tabulated for Maryland (except in fifth column) are those of the act of 1902, whose operation is limited to Baltimore City and Allegany County. To 16 unless regularly employed to labor at home or elsewhere.
To 16 if wandering about public places without lawful occupation, or if unable to read and write.
d Must be able to so read and write as is required to enter the second grade in 1906, third in 1907, and fourth in 1908 and after.
e 8-18 in cities of the first class. Children who have completed studies of eighth grade exempt.
1 To 16 years for children not lawfully, regularly, and usefully employed.
Inclusive. Does not apply to children over 15 who have finished grammar-school course and are regularly employed; otherwise must attend grammar, or high, or manual training school. Children over 14 may be employed in cases of necessity.
1 Law does not take effect in any county until voted by the county; does not apply to children over 12 lawfully employed at home or elsewhere.
Statutory provisions relating to compulsory attendance and child labor-Continued.
No child under 16 who has not completed the 9-year school course may be employed in any railroad, factory, mine, or quarry work, or in delivering messages, except out of school hours.
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