Chapter 149

Section 87. An employment permit shall be issued only by the superintendent of schools or by a person authorized by him in writing, or, where there is no superintendent of schools, by a person authorized in writing by the school committee of the town where the child to whom it is…

Section 88. The school record required by section eighty-seven shall be filled out and signed by the principal or teacher in charge of the school which the child last attended, and shall be furnished only to a child who, after due examination and investigation, is found to be ent…

Section 89. The employment permit required under this chapter shall state the name, sex, date and place of birth and the place of residence of the child, and describe the color of his hair and eyes and any distinguishing facial marks. It shall certify that the child named in such…

Section 9. Any person affected by an order, rule or regulation of the department may appeal to the associate commissioners within such time as they by vote may fix, but not less than ten days after notice of the order or the taking effect of the rules or regulations. The associat…

Section 90. Whoever employs a child under sixteen, or whoever procures, or, having under his control a child under sixteen, permits him to be employed in violation of section eighty-six, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars or by imprisonme…

Section 91. The employer of any minor between fourteen and sixteen who is required by section twenty-two of chapter seventy-one to attend a continuation school or course of instruction shall cease forthwith to employ such minor when notified in writing by the superintendent of sc…

Section 92. Supervisors of attendance may visit the factories, workshops, manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments, theatres, and places of public exhibition in their several towns, and ascertain whether any children are employed therein contrary to this chapter, a…

Section 93. A supervisor of attendance shall apprehend and take to school, without a warrant, any minor employed in any factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or in any theatre or place of public exhibition contrary to this chapter; and such sup…

Section 94. Supervisors of attendance, representatives of the office of the attorney general, agents of the department of education or of the department of labor, or any authorized agent or inspector of either of those departments may require that the permit for employment and li…

Section 95. If a minor 16 years of age or older fails to meet the requirements for the completion of the sixth grade, a person shall not employ that minor while a public evening school is maintained in the town where the minor resides or in the town of employment if he is authori…

Section 95A. A school committee of any city, town or regional school district which accepts the provisions of this section may permit a minor over sixteen and under eighteen who is attending school to be employed in industry without the permit for employment required by section 8…

Section 96. Sections eighty-six to ninety-five, inclusive, shall not prevent children of any age from receiving manual training or industrial education in or in connection with any school in the commonwealth duly approved by the local school committee or by the department of educ…