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his office a statement that the child can read intelligently and
write legibly simple sentences in the English language.

Section 15. The person authorized to issue a vacation em-
ployment certificate shall not issue such certificate until the
child in question has personally appeared before said person
authorized to issue said certificates, and until said person so
authorized has received and approved the following papers
duly executed, viz:

(1) Evidence of age, showing that said child is twelve
years or upwards, which evidence of age, shall consist of A,
B or C, as set forth in section 13 above, or in lieu of said
evidence A, B or C, in case they cannot be presented, a state-
ment from a regular physician designated by said person au-
thorized to issue said certificate, certifying that he has ex-
amined said child and that in his opinion said child is of the
age of twelve years or upward, together with the affidavit of
the parent, guardian, legal custodian or next friend of such
child, that such child is above the age of twelve years.

(2) A statement from a regular physician designated as
above, certifying that he has examined said child, and that in
his opinion said child is physically able to undertake the work
for which said certificate is to be issued.

Section 16. All employment certificates shall be issued on
forms supplied by the Bureau of Statistics and Information.
All certificates issued in Baltimore City shall be in duplicate
and one copy shall be retained in the files of said Bureau for
the period of four years from the date of issue. All certifi-
cates issued in any of the counties of Maryland shall be made
out in duplicate and one copy shall be delivered by the person
issuing said certificate to the Bureau of Statistics and Infor-
mation and shall be preserved in the files of said Bureau 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 Bureau, and shall pre-
serve same for a period of four years from the date of applica-
tion. 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 per-
son refusing to issue said certificate to the county superintend-
ent 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