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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS INSPECTION
1. Every such shop shall be kept clean, free from vermin [rodents], infectious or contagious
matter and to that end shall be subject to inspection as provided in this act.
2. If upon inspection such workshops shall be found unhealthy or infectious such orders shall
be given and action taken as the public health shall require.
3. Children under 14 years of age are prohibited from being employed in any manufacturing
establishment, factory or workshop in the state. The employment of children between the
ages of 14 and 16 years is prohibited unless an affidavit [legal document] by the parent of
guardian shall first be filed in which shall be stated the age, date and place of birth.
-"Factories and Workshops," Laws of Illinois, Passes by the General Assembly, 1883
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