SECTION 1. The congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. "SECTION 2. The power of the several states is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of state laws shall be suspended... The World's Work - Page 4661925Full view - About this book
| Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1927 - 536 pages
...step towards centralization ever attempted. The language of the amendment is: "Congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age." Confer that power upon Congress, and no man can guarantee that the right to prohibit labor will not... | |
| 1924 - 518 pages
...Proposed Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States "Section 1. That Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. "Section 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article, except that the operation... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1925 - 878 pages
...to make it operative. The form of the amendment was as follows: "Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age." "Section 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation... | |
| Gustavus Myers - United States - 1910 - 740 pages
...to the Legislatures of the several States an amendment to the Constitution. This empowered Congress to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. Up to 1935 it was ratified by 21 States; ratif1cation by 36 is necessary. But under a decision of the... | |
| Arizona - Session laws - 1925 - 682 pages
...intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution: "ARTICLE . "SECTION 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. THEREFORE, be it iesolved by the Seventh Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. That the said... | |
| National Conference of Social Work (U.S.). Annual Session - Charities - 1925 - 756 pages
...phraseology of this amendment for a moment. You have heard it read. It states that Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age — no child mentioned. Perhaps there are some married women present who are not eighteen years of... | |
| National Women's Trade Union League of America - Labor unions - 1922 - 432 pages
...Delegation RATIFICATION »F CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT WHEREAS, .The Child Labor Amendment giving Congress the power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age, recently passed by Congress, will not be effective until ratified by three-fourths of the States, and... | |
| United States. Children's Bureau - Child labor - 1933 - 96 pages
...constitutional amendment. In the early summer of 1924, by joint resolution of Congress, an amendment giving Congress power to " limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age " was started on its round of the State legislatures for ratification. Up to August... | |
| 1923 - 844 pages
...the surrender of power by the State to the nation. The proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution to "limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age," has received the rejection it deserves by the General Assembly. Virginia has enlightened child labor... | |
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