Excerpt from The Historical Development of Child-Labor Legislation in the United States: A Dissertation Submitted to the Catholic University of America in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In general, the term child-labor law concerns the employment of persons under the age Of 21, but the meaning varies according to the specific definition in each State law. In like manner, minor means in general any person under 21, but may be specifically defined in a statute as covering a lesser age. Frequently, throughout this study, reference has been made to the Fed eral Rules and Regulations. These are to be found in the Appendix. NO penalty provisions have been included in the study. Aside from the historical development Of the legislative action in each State, a series Of charts are presented with a view to correlating the results to some degree. They cover the following subjects: Minimum age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.