GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. attended, and the number of weeks in attendance such certificate to be signed by the teacher or teachers of such child; provided, that in case the age of the child be not known, such teacher shall certify that the age given is the true age, to the best of his or her knowledge or belief. appoint Fac tor. Section 3. That no child or children under the age of Limit of hours sixteen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or of child labor. establishment where the manufacture of any kind of goods is carried on for a longer period than nine hours a day or fiftyfour hours a week, and further provided, that every such Proviso. child so employed shall be entitled to not less than thirty minutes for meal time at noon, and every employer shall post in a conspicuous place, where such minor children are employed a printed notice, stating that the maximum work hours required in any one week shall not exceed fifty-four hours. That the Governor shall immediately after the pas- Governor to sage of this bill, appoint by and with the advice and consent tory and Workof the Senate some suitable person, who shall be a resident house Inspecand citizen of this State, who shall be designated and known by the official title of "Factory and workshop inspector", and who shall receive a salary of One Thousand Dollars per year, Salary, how payable in equal quarterly installments of Two Hundred and payable. Fifty Dollars, and who shall hold office for the term of two Term. years; the said inspector shall be empowered to visit and in- Powers. spect at all reasonable hours and as often as practicable all factories, workshop's* and other establishments in this state, where the manufacture or sale of any kind of goods is carried on, and it shall be the duty of the said inspector to enforce the Duties. provisions of this Act and to prosecute all violations of the same as hereinafter provided, and he shall have the power to demand a certificate of physical fitness from some regularly licensed physician of the State or county in which such establishment is located in the case of a child under sixteen years of age, who may seem physically unable to perform the labor at which such child may be employed, and the said inspector shall have power to prohibit the employment of any such When may child under the age of sixteen years, who shall be unable to ployment of obtain such certificate. prohibit em child labor. Employer to It shall be the duty of every person or corpora- keep register Section 4. tion employing a child or children under the provisions of of children employed. *So Enrolled. What to contain. Unlawful to employ unless tain certificate. furnished cer Misdemeanor. Penalty. Inspector to examine sani of shop. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. this Act to keep a register, in which shall be recorded the name, age, day of birth and place of residence of every child under the age of sixteen years so employed by such person or corporation, and it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to employ any minor under the age of sixteen years unless there is furnished to said person or corporation. a sworn statement made by the parent or guardian of such minor, stating the name, date and place of birth of such minor. Section 5. That every person, or the officer or officers of any corporation violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than Fifty Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars for each and every such offence. Section 6. That it shall be the duty of such factory or tary conditions Workshop inspector appointed under the provisions of this Act to inspect the sanitary conditions of any factory workshop or other establishment, wherein minors are employed in accordance with the provisions of this Act and to make report in writing of his findings to the Governor, to the Board of Health of the City of Wilmington and the State Board of Health quarterly, or more frequently if he shall deem it necessary. Report of Inspector, to whom made. Employer excepted. Child under 16 years may be certificate from Inspector. Section 7. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person or corporation engaged in the canning or preserving of fruits, vegetables or provisions or in the carrying on of any agricultural business "or to any person or persons, firm or corporation, engaged in the manufacture of fruit and berry baskets." Section 8. That in every case where it shall appear to the employed upon satisfaction of the inspector appointed under the provisions of this Act, that any child or children under the age of sixteen years is a means of support and maintenance of a widowed mother that in every such case, the inspector may in his discretion issue a certificate to such child or children authorizing their employment, any provisions of this Act to the certificate may contrary notwithstanding. When such be issued. Section 9. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, April 18, A. D. 1905. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. CHAPTER 124. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. AN ACT defining Motor Vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: defined. Section 1. Wherever the term "motor vehicle" is used Motor vehicle in this act it shall be construed to include automobiles, locomobiles and all other vehicles propelled wholly otherwise than by muscular power, excepting cars of electric and steam railways and other motor vehicles running upon rails or tracks; but nothing in this act contained shall be construed to apply to or affect bicycles, tricycles or such other vehicles as are propelled exclusively, or in part, by muscular pedal power. fied declaration tain. fee. Section 2. Every resident of this State who is the owner Resident owner of a motor vehicle shall file in the office of the Secretary of must file veri State a declaration duly verified that such owner is competent to drive the motor vehicle for which application for license is made, and a written statement containing the name Statement, and address of such owner, together with a brief description what to conof the character of such motor vehicles, including the name of the maker and the manufacturer's number of the motor vehicle, if number there be, and the rated horse power of the motor vehicle, and shall pay to the Secretary of State a regis- Registration tration fee of two dollars for each motor vehicle; the Secretary of State shall issue for each motor vehicle so registered a certificate, properly numbered, stating that such motor Certificate of vehicle is registered in accordance with this section, and shall cause the name of such owner, with his address, the number of his certificate, and a description of such motor vehicle or motor vehicles, to be entered in an alphabetical order of the owners' names in a book to be kept for such purpose; this Registration section shall not apply to manufacturers or dealers in this book to be kept State of motor vehicles except as to vehicles kept by such of State. manufacturer or such dealer for private use or for hire. registration. by Secretary Applicable to non-residents, when. Motor vehicle to have dis played on machine the GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. Any non resident of this State who is the owner of a motor vehicle may remain in this State for a period of forty-eight hours without being required to register his vehicle in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Any non-resident of this State who is the owner of a motor vehicle who shall remain in this State for a longer period than forty-eight hours shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act. Section 3. The owner of each and every motor vehicle driving the same upon the public streets, public roads, turnlicense number. pikes, parks, public parkways, public driveways or other public highways in this State shall have the number of the license issued as aforesaid by the Secretary of State upon the back of every such motor vehicle, in a conspicuous place, so as to be plainly visible at all times during daylight, such numbers Size of numbers to be separate Arabic numerals, not less than three inches in on license tag. height,the strokes to be of a width not less than three-eights of an inch, and such owner shall not be required to place any other marks of identity upon said motor vehicle. Motor to carry lights. Motor to be provided with brakes and alarm device. Rates of speed. Section 4. Every motor vehicle shall carry, during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, at least two lighted lamps, showing white lights, visible at least two hundred feet in the direction toward which such motor vehicle is proceeding, and shall also exhibit one red light visible in the reverse direction. Such red light shall be so hung upon the motor vehicle so that it may illuminate and make visible the register number of said vehicle. Every motor vehicle shall also be provided with a good and efficient brake or brakes, and shall also be provided with suitable bell, horn or other signal device. Section 5. The following rates of speed may be maintained, but shall not be exceeded upon any public street, public road, or turnpike, public park or parkway, or public driveway, or public highway in this State by anyone driving a motor vehicle: a. A speed of one mile in six minutes upon the sharp curves of a street or highway and at the intersection of prominent cross-roads where such street, road or highway passes through the open country, meaning thereby portions of a GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. town, township, borough or village where houses are more than one hundred feet apart. b. A speed of one mile in seven minutes where such street or highway passes through the built up portion of a city, town, borough or village where the houses are and average less than one hundred feet apart. c. Elsewhere and except as otherwise provided in subdivisions "a" and "b" of this Section a speed of one mile in three minutes; provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall permit any person to drive a motor vehicle at any speed greater than is reasonable, having regard to the traffic and use of highways, or so as to endanger the life or limb or to injure the property of any person; and it is further provided that nothing in this section contained shall affect the right of any person injured either in his person or property by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle to sue and recover damages as heretofore. come to stand Section 6. Every person driving a motor vehicle shall, at Motorist, on request or upon signal by putting up the hand or otherwise signal, must from a person riding or driving a horse or horses in the op- still, when. posite direction, cause the motor vehicle to stop and remain stationary so long as may be necessary to allow said horse or horses to pass on. act not subject to other impoapplicable to sitions than other pleasure Section 7. No owner of a motor vehicle who shall have Motorist licenobtained a certificate from the Secretary of State as herein- sed under this before provided, shall be required to obtain any other license or permit to use or operate the same, nor shall such owner be excluded or prohibited from or limited in the free use thereof, carriages. nor limited as to speed upon any public street, avenue, road, turnpike, driveway, parkway, or other public place, at any time, when the same is or may hereafter be opened to the use of persons having or using other pleasure carriages, nor be required to comply with other provisions or conditions as to the use of said motor vehicle. ed to be mis Section 8. Any person driving a motor vehicle the owner violation of of which shall not have complied with any of the provisions this act declar of this Act, or which motor vehicle shall display a fictitious demeanor. number, the same being a number other than that designated for such motor vehicle by the Secretary of State, shall, upon |