ART. 77] SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. 1759

1904, art. 77, sec. 159. 1902, ch. 2G9, sec. 132.

161. No proprietor or owner of any mill or factory in Allegany
county or the city of Baltimore, other than establishments for manu-
facturing canned goods, or manager, agent, foreman or other person
in charge thereof, shall employ or retain in employment in any such
mill or factory any person or persons under sixteen years of age, unless
he procures at the time of such employment or retention in employ-
ment, and keeps on file and accessible to the attendance officers of said
city or county where such minor is employed, a certificate of the prin-
cipal or head teacher of the school which such child last attended, stat-
ing that such child is more than twelve years of age, and a like certifi-
cate of the parent or guardian, or other person having control of such
child; but the first named certificate need not be procured if such child
has not attended school in this State. He shall require such certificates,
shall keep them in his place of business during the time the child is in
his employment, and shall show the same during his business hours
to any attendance officer who may demand to see them, or either of
them; and for each failure to comply with any of the provisions of this
section he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not
exceeding one hundred dollars. Whoever continues to employ any such
child under sixteen years of age, in violation of this section, after being
notified of such violation by an attendance officer, shall for every day
thereafter that such unlawful employment continues be fined not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars, in addition to other penalties
prescribed by this section for such offenses. A failure to produce on
demand to an attendance officer any certificate required by this sec-
tion shall be prima facie evidence that the child, who is or should have
been mentioned in the said certificate, is thus unlawfully employed.
See art. 100, sec. 4.

Ibid. sec. 160. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 133.

162. It shall be the duty of every parent, guardian or other person
having control of a child under sixteen years of age, and of every prin-
cipal or head teacher of said school where such child last attended, to
furnish every employer of such child the certificates required by the
preceding section. Such certificates, if in substantial conformity with
the requirements of that section, shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts required to be certified to as therein provided.

Ibid. sec. 161. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 134.

163. Any parent or guardian or other person having control of a
child, or principal or head teacher who shall make any wilfully false
statement respecting any of the facts required to be certified to as pro-
vided in sections 161 and 162 of this sub-title, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or be
imprisoned not more than thirty days, or suffer both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court.