Section 1728 za. Providing that no badge shall be issued for a boy selling papers between the ages of twelve and sixteen years by the state factory inspector, except upon certificate of the principal of either public, parochial or other private school attended by said boy, stating and setting forth that said boy is a regular attendant upon said school. No boy under the age of sixteen years shall be permitted by any newspaper publisher or printer or persons having for sale newspapers or periodicals of any character, to loiter or remain around any salesroom, assembly room, circulation room or office for the sale of newspapers, between the hours of nine in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, on days when school is in session. Any newspaper publisher, printer, circulation agent or seller of newspapers shall upon conviction for permitting newsboys to loiter or hang around any assembly room, circulation room, salesroom or office where papers are distributed or sold, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, or by commitment to the county jail for not more than sixty days or less than ten days.
London, England
By-laws adopted by the London County Council and put in Force on June 3, 1911
By-laws 1-9 concern the employment of children generally.
10. No girl under the age of 16 years shall be employed in or carry on street trading.
11. No boy under the age of 14 years shall be employed in or carry on street trading.
12. No boy under the age of 16 years shall be employed in or carry on street trading before 6 in the morning or after 9 in the evening.
13. No boy under the age of 16 years shall at any time be employed in or carry on street trading unless
(1) He is exempt from school attendance, and
(2) He first procures a badge from the London County Council, which he shall wear whilst engaged in street trading on the upper part of the right arm in such a manner as to be conspicuous.