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An. Code, sec. 240. 1904, sec. 226. 1890, ch. 317, sec. 4B. 1916, ch. 407.

272. Any person who shall so employ a child or suffer or permit such
employment shall he guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall
be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars; one-half of which shall he
paid to the State Board of Labor and Statistics, which is hereby invested
with the general duty and power of enforcing this law.

An. Code, sec. 241. 1904, sec. 227. 1888, art. 27, sec. 141. 1892, ch. 443.

273.. The word " suffer or permit," includes every act or omission
whereby it becomes possible for the child to engage in such labor.

Health—Hours of Labor of Street Car Employes.

An. Code, sec. 242. 1904, sec. 228. 1888, sec. 142. 1886, ch. 163, sec. 1.

274. No horse railway company, incorporated under the laws of this
State, and no officer, agent or servant of such corporation, and no person or
firm owning or operating any line or lines of horse railways within the
limits of this State, and no agent or servant of such firm or firms shall
require, permit or suffer its, his or their conductors or drivers, or any of
them, or any employes in its, his or their service, or under his, its or their
control, to work more than twelve hours during each or any day of twenty-
four hours, and shall make no contract or agreement with such employes, or
any of them, providing that they or he shall work for more than twelve
hours during each or any day of twenty-four hours.

An. Code, sec. 243. 1904, sec. 229. 1888, sec. 143. 1886, ch. 163, sec. 2.

275. Any corporation which shall in any manner violate any of the
provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed to have misused or
abused its corporate powers and franchises, and the attorney-general of the
State, upon application in writing made by any citizen of this State, accom-
panied by sufficient proof of such violation, shall forthwith, without further
authorization, institute proceedings for the forfeiture of the charter of such
corporation by petition in the name of the State, in the manner provided by
the laws of this State for the enforcement of the forfeiture of the charter of
any corporation which has abused or misused its corporate powers or
franchises.

An. Code, sec. 244. 1904, sec. 230. 1888, sec. 144. 1886, ch. 163, sec. 3.

276. If any corporation, or an officer, agent or servant of such corpora-
tion, or any person or any firm managing or conducting any horse railway
in this State, or any agent or servant of such person or firm, shall do any act
in violation of the provisions of section 274, it, he or they shall be deemed
to have been guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof in a
court of competent jurisdiction, be fined one hundred dollars for each
offense so committed, together with the costs of such prosecution.
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