1907, p. 6428. Children under twelve years of age prohibited from Aug. 9, working in factories, etc.-No child under twelve years of age 757, $1. shall be employed or permitted to work in or be in or about any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment in this state. 6429. Children between twelve and sixteen regulated and Iь. required to attend school.-One year after January 1, 1908, no child between the ages of twelve and sixteen years shall be employed or be permitted to work or detained in or about any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment in this state, unless such child shall attend school for eight weeks in every year of employment, six weeks of which shall be consecutive. 6430. Children under fourteen years limited to sixty hours Ib., § 2. per week.-No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed or detained in or be in or about any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment within this state for more than sixty hours in any one week. 6431. Children under sixteen not employed between 7 P. M. Ib., § 3. and 6 o'clock A. M.-No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed or detained in, or be in or about any mil, factory, or manufacturing establishment within this state between the hours of seven o'clock P. M. and six o'clock A. M., standard time. 6432. Children between sixteen and eighteen limited to m eight hours per night.-No child over sixteen and under eighteen years of age shall be so employed or detained between said hours for more than eight hours in any one night. 6433. Children under eighteen not employed without affi- Ib.. § 4. davit of parent or guardian, contents of affidavit.—It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to employ, or detain in, or permit to work in, or be in or about any mill, fac Aug. 9, 1907, p. 757, § 4. Ib., $5. Ib., § 6. Ib. Ib., § 7. tory, or manufacturing establishment any child under eighteen years of age, without first requiring said child to present on a blank furnished by the employer, the form of which shall be provided by the inspector, the affidavit of the parent or guardian or other person standing in parental relation to such child, stating the date and place of birth of said child. 6434. Affidavit filed and recorded in probate office. Such affidavit shall be filed by such employer within ten days after the employment of such child, in the office of the judge of probate of said county, and shall be numbered and labeled with the name of the child, and a complete index thereof made and preserved as other records in said office. For the services so rendered the judge of probate shall receive from the county treasury ten cents for each such affidavit. A copy of said affidavit shall be forwarded, within ten days after the employment of such child, to the inspector at Montgomery, Alabama. 6435. Violating or permitting child to violate child-labor law. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or who knowingly permits any child to be employed or detained in, or be in or about his, their, or its mills, factory, or manufacturing establishments, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 6436. Violating law or refusing to obey order of inspector, penalty for first and second convictions.-Any person, firm, or corporation, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or who employs any child, or knowingly permits any child to be employed, or to work in or about, or be detained in or be in or about any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment contrary to law, or who fails or refuses to obey promptly every lawful order or direction given by the inspector under this law, must on conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and upon a second conviction, for any violation of this law, must be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and if a natural person be sentenced to hard labor for not more than six months. 6437. False affidavit; perjury.—Any person, who knowingly makes any false affidavit, when an affidavit is required under this chapter, is guilty of perjury. 6438. Inspector of mills, factories, etc., duties of. The inspector of jails and almshouses is charged with the duty of inspecting all mills, factories, and manufacturing establishments wherein women and children work, and he must inspect every such mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment at least four times a year if practicable, without notice of his purpose to do so. He shall thoroughly inspect such manufacturing establishments, and ascertain their sanitary condition, and whether a good supply of fresh drinking water and fresh air aud suitable water closets for the women and girls are provided, separate and apart from those for the use of boys and men, and particularly the ages and conditions of the children employed, at work in, or detained therein; and shall carefully examine all affidavits filed in the probate office under this law and in connection therewith, the children named therein, and all other matters concerning the operation and condition of the manufacturing establishments in which children work or are detained, or make written orders requiring correction of any defects in or about the mill or manufacturing establishment. 6439. Inspector reports to governor.-The inspector shall Aug. 9, make written report to the governor of every examination of every manufacturing establishment inspected by him, and note every refusal or failure to comply with or observe the law, in any respect, which reports must be published annually. 1907, p. 757, § 7. 6440. Inspector removes child from mill, etc.-It shall be the Ib., § 8. duty of the inspector to remove from any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment, any child found working or detained therein contrary to law, and to remove therefrom any child who is afflicted with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease. The judgment of the inspector as to the removal of any child shall be final and conclusive. 6441. Prosecutions instituted against owners of mills, fac-b.. $9. tories, etc.—It shall be the duty of the inspector to institute prosecutions against the owners, operators, managers, and superintendents of any such mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment for every violation of law that they may discover, and to furnish to the solicitor of the circuit or county the names and addresses of all necessary witnesses. 6442. Inspector shall have access to mills, factories, etc.- Ib.. § 10. The inspector shall have free access at any time, to any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment wherein women and children work, or are detained, and no person shall refuse to allow the inspector to have free access to a manufacturing establishment and every part thereof. 6443. Hindering, obstructing, or misleading inspector.—No Ib. person shall hinder or obstruct the inspector in inspection, or make any false or misleading statement to the inspector about the establishment, its operation, or condition, or about any person working or detained therein. 6444. Copy of law posted at office of mill, factory, etc.—All Iь. persons must have a plainly printed copy of the child-labor Aug. 9, 1907, p. law posted up in the office and in every room in which any person works in the mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment. 6445. Penalty for violating three preceding sections.—Any 757, 10. person violating the three preceding sections, must, on conviction, be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and on subsequent conviction be fined not less than five hundred dollars, and may be sentenced to hard labor for not more than one year. Ib., § 11. Ib., $ 12. Ib., § 13. Ib., § 14. 6446. Disobeying orders as to removal of children.-Any owner or manager of a mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment who disobeys any order of the inspector, removing a child from the mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment; or who permits any child who has been removed by the inspector to return to work therein, or to be in or about the mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment without the written permission of the inspector, must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. 6447. Clerk of inspector; salary of.-The inspector of jails and almshouses is authorized to employ a competent clerk, with the approval of the governor, who shall be authorized to perform the same duties as by law the inspector is authorized to perform, and shall have and exercise the same powers under the direction of the inspector as the inspector has by law. The annual salary of the clerk of the inspector shall be eighteen hundred dollars, payable monthly out of the state treasury as clerks in the other departments are paid. 6448. Limitation of law to certain manufactories.-This chapter shall apply only to manufacturing establishments engaged in manufacturing or working in cotton, wool, clothing, tobacco, printing and binding, glass, or other kind of work that is injurious to health when carried on indoors. 6449. Traveling expenses of inspector and clerk; reimbursement of. The inspector and the clerk of the inspector, when traveling in the performance of their duties hereunder, shall be reimbursed their actual traveling expenses when approved by the Governor, to be paid on the warrant of the state auditor. CROSS REFERENCES. CHILD LABOR (Criminal Code) .6428-6449 .2896-2907, 5199-5202, 3767-3777, 4505-4511 6450. Juvenile delinquent children defined.-Any child under fourteen years of age who violates any law of this state, or ordinance of any municipality of this state; or who is incorrigible; or who knowingly associates with thieves, gamblers, whores, or vicious or immoral persons; or who is growing up in idleness or crime; or knowingly visits or enters a house of ill-fame; or who knowingly visits or patronizes any policy shop, bucket shop, pool room, billiard room, bar room, or club room, where liquors are sold; or where any gaming table, or device for gambling is or is operated, or who loiters about any such places; or who habitually smokes cigarettes; or who wanders about the streets at night without being on any lawful business; or who habitually wanders about any railroad yard or tracks; or jumps or hooks on to any moving engine or car; or unlawfully enters any engine or car, or habitually uses vile, obscene, profane, or indecent language, or is found in possession of any indecent or lascivious book, picture, print, card, or paper; or in possession of any pistol, dirk, bowie knife, or knife of like kind, or of brass knucks; or is guilty of immoral conduct in any public place or in or about any schoolhouse, shall be deemed a juvenile delinquent person, and shall be proceeded against as such, in the manner hereinafter provided.* No. 28.) AN ACT. (H. 11. *To repeal an Act entitled "An Act to define who are delinquent children and to provide for their arrest, care and reformation, approved March 12, 1907," and all acts amendatory thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama: That an Act entitled an Act to define who are delinquent children, and to provide for their arrest, care and reformation, approved March 12, 1907, and all acts amendatory thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved November 23, 1907. Official: FRANK N. JULIAN, Mar. 3, 1907, p. 390, $1. 9 and 10. 6451. Courts having jurisdiction of juvenile delinquents. Ib., § § 2, The chancery court or any court having equity powers and |