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[http://books.google.com/books?id=y9gZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=child+labor+affidavits+alabama&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false The Code of Alabama], Adopted by Act of the Legislature of Alabama; approved July 27th, 1907, yeilded to societial pressures of the day regarding child labor. Children were being used widely in manufacturing in the United States. Southern states employed children at more than double the rate of northern industrial states. | [http://books.google.com/books?id=y9gZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=child+labor+affidavits+alabama&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false The Code of Alabama], Adopted by Act of the Legislature of Alabama; approved July 27th, 1907, yeilded to societial pressures of the day regarding child labor. Children were being used widely in manufacturing in the United States. Southern states employed children at more than double the rate of northern industrial states. | ||
Chapter 184 of the 1907 Alabama code sought to regulate the employment of child labor in mills, factories and manufacturing establishments. It provided that no child under the age of 12 should be employed in manufacturing. Cotton mills used child labor extensively in Alabama in the late 19th century and early 20th century. | [http://books.google.com/books?id=y9gZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374&lpg=PA374&dq=child+labor+affidavits+alabama&source=bl&ots=7fRuDoGKu9&sig=Y1xqLv4uhs9U7hiWtCkRj2PtLyU&hl=en&ei=0K7HSu3hAovcsgP0vryiBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false Chapter 184] of the 1907 Alabama code sought to regulate the employment of child labor in mills, factories and manufacturing establishments. It provided that no child under the age of 12 should be employed in manufacturing. Cotton mills used child labor extensively in Alabama in the late 19th century and early 20th century. | ||
The law also provided that it was unlawful to employ anyone under the age of 18 without first requiring the child to present on a blank provided by the employer, an affidavit in parent or guardian or other person standing in parental relation, stating the date and place of birth of the child. The blank was then to be filed by the employer within ten days of the employment of the child in the office of the probate judge of the county. | The law also provided that it was unlawful to employ anyone under the age of 18 without first requiring the child to present on a blank provided by the employer, an affidavit in parent or guardian or other person standing in parental relation, stating the date and place of birth of the child. The blank was then to be filed by the employer within ten days of the employment of the child in the office of the probate judge of the county. | ||