Chap. 50.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13 of Chapter 489 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1922, approved March 27, 1922, as heretofore
amended, relative to the employment of children. [H B 53]

Approved February 21, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirteen of chapter four hundred and eighty-nine of the Acts of the
General Assembly of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, approved March
twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted as follows:

Section 13. No child under eighteen years of age shall be em-
ployed, permitted or suffered to work in any mine, tunnel, scaffolding
work or handling explosives ; nor shall they operate or assist in operating
any dangerous machinery or passenger or freight elevator; oil, assist in
oiling, wiping or cleaning any such machinery; nor shall they be em-
ployed in any capacity in preparing any composition in which dangerous
or poisonous chemicals are used; and they shall not be employed in any
capacity in the manufacture of paints, colors or white lead, or in any
place where goods of alcoholic content are manufactured, bottled, or sold
for consumption on the premises; except in places where the sale of
alcoholic beverages is merely incidental to the main business actually
conducted, and no boy under sixteen and no girl under eighteen years
of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any scaffolding
or construction work, brick or lumber yard, or retail, cigar or tobacco
store, or in any theatre, concert hall, cabaret, carnival, floor show, pool
hall, bowling alley or place of amusement or in any hotel, restaurant,
roadhouse, curb service place, or steam laundry ; provided, however, noth-
ing in this section shall prevent or be construed to prohibit the employ-
ment of a boy under sixteen or a girl under eighteen years of age, whether
a resident or non-resident of the State, in the presentation of a drama,
play, performance, concert or entertainment, provided the management
of the theatre or other public place where such performance is to be held
in the State shall secure a permit from the Commissioner of Labor. No
permit shall be issued unless the Commissioner of Labor is satisfied
that the environment in which the drama, play, performance, concert or
entertainment is to be produced is a proper environment for the child,
and that the conditions of such employment are not detrimental to the
health or morals of such child and that the child’s education will not be
neglected or hampered by its participation in such drama, play, perform-
ance, concert or entertainment. Applications for permits and every permit
granted shall specify the name, age and sex of each child, together with
such other facts as may be necessary for the proper identification of each
child and the dates when, and the theatres or other places of amusement
in which such drama, play, performance, concert or entertainment is to
be produced, and shall specify the name of the drama, play, performance,
concert or entertainment in which each child is permitted to participate.
A permit shall be revocable by the Commissioner of Labor should it be
found that the environment in which the drama, play, performance,
concert or entertainment is being produced is not a proper environment
for the child and that the conditions of such employment are detrimental
to the health or morals of such child. The Commissioner of Labor shall
prescribe and supply the forms required for carrying out the provisions
of this section.