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officer any certificate required by this section shall be prima
facie evidence that the child, who is or should have been men-
tioned in the said certificate, is thus unlawfully employed.

1902, ch. 269, sec. 133.

160. It shall be the duty of every parent, guardian or other
person having control of a child under sixteeen years of age,
and of every principal 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. 134.

161. 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 provided in sections 159 and 160 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 imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.

Ibid. sec. 135.

162. No person shall employ any minor over twelve and
less than sixteen years of age, and no parent, guardian or
other person having control of a child shall permit to be
employed or retained in employment any such minor under
his control, if the said minor cannot read at sight and write
legibly simple sentences in the English language while a public
evening school is maintained in the city or election district or
precinct in which such minor resides, unless such minor is a
regular attendant at an evening or other school; provided,
that upon presentation by such minor of a certificate signed
by a regular practising physician, and satisfactory to such
officer or officers as the school commissioners for such county
or city may designate, showing that the physical condition of
such minor would render such attendance, in addition to daily
labor, prejudical to health, said officer or officers so desig-
nated may issue a permit authorizing the employment of such
minor for such period and upon such conditions as said officer
or officers so designated as aforesaid may determine. Any
person who employs or retains in employment a minor in