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the files of said Commissioner for the period of four years from the date
of said issue; and the person issuing said certificate in any of the said
counties, shall also make a record of each application for any employment
certificate upon blanks furnished by said Commissioner, and shall preserve
same for a period of four years from the date of application. Whenever a
certificate shall be refused to any child, a statement of the name and address
of said child, together with the reasons for the refusal of said certificate and
the school which said child should attend, shall be forwarded by the person
refusing to issue said certificate to the county superintendent of schools of
the county in which said child resides, if the child resides in one of the
counties of this State, and to the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, and
said statements shall be placed on file and preserved until such time as such
child, if living, shall have reached the full age of sixteen years. All employ-
ment certificates shall also contain the name and address of the prospective
employer and the nature of the occupation in which said child is to be
engaged, and no certificates shall be valid excepting in the hands of the
employer so named and for the occupation so described.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 18. 1912, sec. 17. 1912, ch. 731, sec. 17. 1929, ch. 491.

18. The school record required by this sub-title shall be filled out and
signed by the principal or chief executive officer of the school which such
child has last attended and shall be furnished to a child who after due
examination and investigation may be entitled thereto; it shall contain a
statement certifying that the child has regularly attended the public schools
or private or parochial schools for not less than such a minimum period
of attendance as is now or may hereafter be prescribed by law during any
period of twelve months after such child shall have arrived at the age of
thirteen years and that such child has completed the course prescribed for
elementary schools in the city or county in which said child resides. Such
school record shall give the name, date of birth and residence of the child
as shown on the records of the school and the name of the parent or guardian
or custodian.

The provisions of this section relating to school attendance shall not be
enforced against any child who has been granted a permit under the pro-
visions of Chapter 192 of the Act of 1906; provided, however, that such
child is able otherwise to meet the educational requirements of this section.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 19. 1912, sec. 18. 1912, ch. 731, sec. 18.

19. Certificates and other papers required in the issue of employment
certificates shall be formulated by the Commissioner of Labor and Sta-
tistics and furnished by him to the superintendents of schools of the various
counties of this State, provided that the preliminary papers required under
sections 14 and 16 of this article shall be sufficient if they state fully the
facts called for by said sections, and shall not be rejected because they are
not upon the forms furnished by the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics.

An; Code, 1924, sec. 20. 1912, sec. 19. 1912, ch. 731, sec. 19.

20. An inspector of factories, or attendance officer or other officers
charged with the enforcement of this sub-title may make demand on any
employer in or about whose place or establishment a child apparently under
the age of sixteen years is employed or permitted or suffered to work, and
whose employment certificate is not filed as required by this sub-title, that