Saturday, February 4, 2012

LAD #29: Keating Owen Child Labor Act

The Keating Owen Act was created to prevent interstate trade of child made products.  In general, the founded preventions created the fact that for any product made via participation of labor from anyone under sixteen -- not that interstate trade could be conducted with the product (prevent the constitutional regulations).  Furthermore, the act outlawed the usage of child labor for more than eight hours per day, six days a week, earlier than six am, or later than seven pm.  Plus, it was provided the act was the right of the Attorney General, Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Commerce to construct a board to create and publish uniform rules to enforce provisions.  The Secretary of Labor has additional power to inspect and extrapolate any mill, workshops, etc. to ensure that the above regulations are followed.  Any violations whatsoever discovered by anybody would be immediately brought to district courts "sine mora" (without delay).  Yet this does not apply to any organized clubs recognized by the Agricultural Department of the United States (punishments = maximum of $200 for the first offense and a maximum of $1000/ imprisonment for 3 months.  With any false statements made by the guarantee of a person claiming the production of a product follows that the stipulations above is applied to said person.

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