3626 ARTICLE 100

An. Code, 1924, sec. 14. 1912, sec. 13. 1912, ch. 731, sec. 13. 1916, ch. 701. 1916, ch. 222,

sec. 13. 1918, ch. 495, sec. 13.

14. The person authorized to issue a general employment certificate
shall not issue such certificate until he has received, examined, approved
and made a record of the following papers, duly executed, viz:

(1) The school record of such child properly filled out and signed, as
provided in this sub-title, which school record shall be furnished without
charge to any child applying therefor by the superintendent or teacher in
charge of the school or schools attended by said child.

(2) A certificate signed by a physician appointed by the officer author-
ized to issue such permit stating that such child has been examined by him
and, in his opinion, has reached the normal physical development of a
child of its age, and is in sufficiently sound health and physically able to be
employed in the occupation or process for which a permit is applied for.

(3) Evidence of age showing that the child is fourteen years old or
upwards, which shall consist of one of the following proofs of age and shall
be required in the order herein designated, as follows:

(a) A duly attested transcript of the birth certificate filed according to
law with a register of vital statistics, or other officer charged with the duty
of recording births, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the
age of such child.

(b) A passport or a duly attested transcript of a certificate of baptism
showing the date of birth and place of baptism of such child.

(c) A bona fide contemporary record of the date and place of the child's
birth kept in the Bible in which the records of the births in the family of
the child are preserved, a passport showing the age of the child, a certifi-
cate of arrival in the United States issued by the United States immigra-
tion officers and showing the age of the child, or a life insurance policy;
provided that such other satisfactory documentary evidence has been in
existence at least one year prior to the time it is offered in evidence; and
provided further that a school record or a parent's, guardian's, or custodian's
affidavit, certificate, or other written statement of age shall not be accepted
except as specified in paragraph (d).

(d) In case none of the proofs required by sub-divisions (a), (b) or (c)
of this Section can be produced, the officer issuing said permit may issue a
temporary permit allowing said child to work for ten days, and shall accept
as full proof of age the sworn affidavit of the child's parent, guardian, legal
custodian or next friend, such affidavit containing the name of said child,
alleged age, place and date of birth and present residence and any other
matter that may assist in determining the age of the child, and the further
affidavit that the evidence of age required by sub-divisions (a) or (b) of
this Section cannot be produced by the applicant; and if upon investigation
by the officer no facts appear contradicting any of the material statements
of such application, the officer may, after 10 days, issue a regular permit
for such child; provided that the officer issuing permits shall not accept
the aforegoing affidavit unless said affidavit be accompanied by the written
certificate of the physician appointed by the officer authorized to issue such
permits, certifying that he has made a physical examination and inspection
of said child and verily believes said child to be of the full age of fourteen
years, and whenever practical all information required by sub-division (d)
and Paragraph 2 of this Section shall be embraced in one certificate.

The officer issuing the certificate shall require the evidence of age speci-
fied in sub-division (a) in preference to that specified in sub-division (b),