which the certificate was issued; and provided that the applicant shall have performed such professional work as the county superintendent shall prescribe for the renewal of firstgrade certificates. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 14.) § 93. High School Credits; Examination. [9007] Applicants for first and second grade certificates may obtain the high-school credits provided for in section 13 and section 14 of this act either by resident attendance in a high school approved by the State Board of Education of by examination in subjects selected from the first two years of the high school course prescribed by the State Board of Education. Subjects comprising three units of high school credit shall be accepted as equivalent to one year of high school attendance and subjects comprising seven units of high school credit shall be accepted as equivalent to two years of high school attendance. In order to secure credit by resident attendance the applicant must present to the county superintendent a statement signed by the principal of the high school showing the grades secured in each subject; and said statement shall be presented on a form furnished by the superintendent of public instruction and shall be attached to the certificate when issued or recorded thereon and countersigned by the county superintendent. An examination of applicants for high school credits shall be held in each county of the state on the third Friday of May and the succeeding Saturday and first Friday of August and the succeeding Saturday of each year under such rules as the State Board of Education may prescribe. Notice of this examination shall be given by county superintendents and the examination shall be conducted by the board of county examiners, each of whom shall receive the compensation provided by law for holding county teachers' examinations. The questions shall be prepared by the State Board of Education and shall be forwarded to county superintendents by the state superintendent of public instruction. The package containing the questions shall not be opened except in the presence of a majority of the examining board on the day and hour for the examination. Immediately at the close of the examination the papers shall be securely wrapped and sealed and sent to the state superintendent of public instruction and said manuscripts shall be graded under the direction of the State Board of Education. Each applicant shall pay a fee of one dollar, one-half of which shall be turned into the normal institute fund of the county in which the examination is held, and one-half shall be forwarded to the state superintendent of public instruction and shall be used to pay for the grading of the examination papers. The grades shall be recorded in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction, and a statement of the same shall be sent to the applicant and a duplicate to the county superintendent of the county in which said applicant took the examination and said statement shall be attached to the certificate when issued or recorded thereon and countersigned by the county superintendent. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 15.) § 94. Renewal of First-grade Certificates; Exemption from Requirement of High-school Credits. [9008] All first-grade certificates in force at the time of the passage of this act shall be renewed at their expiration and the high school credits provided for in section 14 of this act shall not be required from the holders of said certificates, provided that all other requirements for renewal have been complied with; and all persons who at the time of the passage of this act shall have taught successfully in the public schools of Kansas for twenty-one school months shall be exempt from the requirements of high school credit, provided for in section 13 and section 14 of this act. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 16.) § 95. Temporary Certificates. [9047] That the county superintendent of any county in this state, upon request made in writing by such district board, is authorized to issue temporary teachers' certificates to any persons not under eighteen years of age applying therefor, when in the judgment of such county superintendent the applicant is a person of good moral character and possesses the necessary qualifications of a teacher; provided, however, that such applicant make affidavit that he has not failed in the last preceding examination for teachers' certificates in any county in this state; and provided further, that such temporary certificate, when issued, shall not be effective or in force from or after the next quarterly examination for teachers' certificates in the county wherein same was issued. (Laws 1907, ch. 342, sec. 1.) § 96. No Certificate Except by Examination. [9016] No certificate shall be issued by any county board or county superintendent except upon examination as provided in this act; provided, that county boards may renew professional certificates from year to year, as provided for in section 4 of this act.15 (Laws 1903, ch. 424, sec. 7.) § 97. Revocation. [9039] Any certificate issued by the State Board of Education, regents of the State Normal School, county board of examiners or city board of examiners may be revoked by the body issuing the same on the grounds of immorality, gross neglect of duty, annulling of written contracts with boards of education and district boards without the consent of a majority of the board which is a party to the contract, or for any cause that would have justified the withholding thereof when the same was granted. (Laws 1905, ch. 392, sec. 1.) 15. Professional certificates are no longer issued. First-grade certificates may be renewed as provided in section 92. § 98. Examination in Physiology and Hygiene. [9034] No certificate shall be granted to any person to teach in any of the public schools of this state after the 1st day of January, 1886, who has not passed a satisfactory examination in the elements of physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcohol stimulants and narcotics upon the human system; and provision shall be made by the proper officers, committees and boards for instructing all pupils in each public school supported by public money and under state control upon the aforesaid topics. (Laws 1885, ch. 169, sec. 1.) CHAPTER IV.-Child Labor. $99. Employment of children under fourteen. 100. Employment of children under sixteen. 101. Hours of employment. 102. Work permits to be kept on file. 103. Public notice. 104. Work permits, when issued. $105. Identification; papers verified. § 99. Employment of Children under Fourteen. That no child under fourteen years of age shall be at any time employed, permitted, or suffered to work in or in connection with any factory, workshop, theater, mill, cannery, packing house, or operating elevators; nor shall such child be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any business or service whatever during the hours in which the public school is in session in the district in which said child resides. (Laws 1917, ch. 227, sec. 1.) § 100. Employment of Children under Sixteen. That no child under sixteen years of age shall be at any time employed, permitted, or suffered to work in or about any mine or quarry; or at any occupation at any place dangerous or injurious to life, limb, health or morals. (Laws 1917, ch. 227, sec. 2.) § 101. Hours of Employment. That no child under sixteen years of age, who is employed in the several vocations mentioned in this act, or in the transmission of merchandise or messages, or any hotel, restaurant or mercantile establishment, shall be employed before seven a. m., or after six p. m., nor more than eight hours in any one calendar day, nor more than forty-eight hours in any one week. (Laws 1917, ch. 227, sec. 3.) § 102. Work Permit to be Kept on File. That all persons, firms, or corporations employing children under sixteen years of age in any of the vocations mentioned in this act, shall be. required to first obtain and keep on file and accessible to any inspector or officer charged with the enforcement of this act, the work permit as hereinafter provided for. (Laws 1917, ch. 227, sec. 4.) § 103. Public Notice. That every employer shall keep posted in a conspicuous place near the principal entrance, in any establishment where children under sixteen years of age are employed, permitted or suffered to work, a notice stating the maximum number of hours such child may be required, or permitted to work, on each day of the week, the hours of commencing and stopping work and the hours allowed for dinner or other meals. The form for such notice shall be furnished by the commissioner of labor, and the employment of any child for a longer time in any day than so stated, or at any time other than as stated in said notice, shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of this act. (Laws 1917, ch. 227, sec. 5.) § 104. Work Permits, When Issued. That the superintendent of schools or his duly authorized representative, or the judge of the juvenile court, shall issue a work permit only after he has received, examined, approved, and filed the following papers duly executed, namely: First. A written statement signed by the person for whom the child expects to work, or by some one duly authorized by such person, stating the occupation at which he intends to employ such child. Second. The school record of such child properly filled out and signed by the principal of the school last attended, setting forth that such child has completed the course of study prescribed for elementary schools by the State Board of Education. In case such school record is not available then the official issuing the permit shall cause such child to be examined to determine whether or not such child has the educational qualifications equivalent to a completion of the elementary course of study prescribed by the State Board of Education, and shall file in the office a statement setting forth the result of such examination; provided, that a permit may be issued to allow a child who has not completed the course of study provided for herein to work when school is not in session in the district in which such child resides, subject to all the other limitations of this act. Third. Evidence of age of the child, showing that the child is fourteen years of age; and that the state commissioner of labor shall be, and hereby is authorized, empowered, and directed to make and prescribe, and from time to time to change and amend such rules and regulations, not in conflict with this act, as he may deem necessary and proper to secure satisfactory evidence of the age of the child applying for a work permit; provided, however, that the evidence of age, and the manner of preparing and producing such evidence, required under such rules and regulations, shall comply substantially with the requirements as to proof of age prescribed by any rules and regulations made pursuant to the act of Congress entitled, "An act to prevent interstate commerce in the products of child labor, and for other purposes, approved September 1, 1916," and any amendments thereto hereafter made. (Laws 1917, ch. 227, sec. 6.) § 105. Identification; Papers; Verified. That every work permit shall state the name, sex, the date and place of birth, and the place of residence, and describe the color of the hair and eyes, and the height and weight of such child, and shall contain a statement of the proof of age accepted and shall verify that the papers required by the preceding sections have been duly examined, approved, and filed, and that the child named in such permit has appeared before the official issuing the permit and has been examined. Every such permit shall be |