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 422 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1-r. 209. 1908. of this Act shall be fined not more than twgztly dollars. Every person authorized to sign the certificate prescri by section five of this Act who knowingly_ certifies to ang materially false statement therein shall be (ined not more than fifty ollars. I"'|’°°“°"· Sec. 7. That the inspectors authorized by this Act and the truant omcers of the District of Columbia shall visit the establishments named ` in section one and ascertain whether any minors are employed therein contrary to the provisions of this Act, and they shall report any cases of such illegal employment to the superintendent of pub ic schools and the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia. The insgectors authorized by this Act and the truant officers of the District of olumbia shall require that the age and schooling certificates and lists pro- _ vided for in this Act of minors employed in the establishments named · in section one shall be produced for their inspection. “¢""‘°“"“"'**· Sec. 8. That no minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any of the esta lishments named in section one more than eight hours in any one day, or before the hour , of six o’clock antemeridran, or after the hour of seven o’clock postmeridian, and in no case shall the number of hours exceed forty-eight in a week. £‘°¤ P'i“*°d Sec. 9. That every employer shall post in a conspicuous place in every room where such persons are employed a printed notice, stating the number of hours required of them on each day of the week, the hours of commencin and stopping work, and the hours when the _ time or times allowed for dinner or for other meals begin and end. 1*¤¤¤. The printed form of such notice shall be furnished by the inspectors authorized by this Act and the truant officers of the District of Columbia, and the employment of any such' person for a longer time . in any day than that so stated shall be deemed a violation of this section. - Appommsnzor m- Sec. 10. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are mm"' hereby authorized to appoint two inspectors to carry out the purposes Oompenntion. of this Act, at a compensation not exceeding one thousand two hun- » dred dollars each per annum. b,jc¤{=,{L{,*§:gc*’ *>°°*· Sec. 11. That no male child under ten, and no girl under sixteen ’years of e shall exercise the trade of bootblacking, or sell or expose or offer ilbr sale any newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or goods, wares, or merchandise of any descrigtion whatsoever, upon the streets, (rpjds, pr highways, or in any pu lic place within the District of o um ra. LQ •¤° **8** Sec. 12. That from and after July first, nineteen hundred and eight, no male cliild under sixteen yéaarsfs all {exercise the trade of bootblacking or se or e or o er or sa e any news a .rs, ma zines periodicals or g are or merchandise of any desldiiiption dvehatsoz ever upon the streets, roads, or highways, or in any public place within the District of Columbia unless a permit and badge as hereinafter provided shall have been issued to him by the superintendent of public schools of the District of Columbia, or by a person authorized by him in writing for that purpose upon the a plication of the parent, guardian, or other person having the custody of the child desiring such a 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. k;¤¤’¤¤l¤· ¤*¢·· mm Sec. 13. That such permit and badge shall be issued free of charge ` to the applicant, but shall not be issued until an a and schooling certificate shall have been issued as provided in this Edt. °<•¤*¤¤¤°* P¤=¤·**- Sec. 14. 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 eves, the height and weight, and any distinguishing facial mark of such child, and shall further state that the age and schooling certificate has been