Section 3227. Street trades  


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  • 1. Definition. A street trade for the purposes
      of part one  of  this  article  shall  include  the  carrying,  selling,
      exposing  or offering for sale of newspapers or periodicals, and work as
      a bootblack, but shall not  include  the  occupation  engaged  in  by  a
      newspaper  carrier  as  defined in subdivision one of section thirty-two
      hundred twenty-eight of this chapter.
        2. Application.  The provisions of this section  shall  apply  to  all
      school districts.
        3.  No  minor under fourteen years of age shall be engaged in a street
      trade; and no minor from fourteen to eighteen years of age shall  be  so
      engaged  unless  a  street trades permit has been lawfully issued to the
      minor.
        4. A street trades permit shall be issued in the same manner and  with
      the same requirements as in the case of an employment certificate.  Such
      a permit shall expire two years from the date of its issuance.
        5.  A minor to whom a street trades permit has been issued shall carry
      it on his or her person while engaged in a street trade.  Such a  permit
      shall  not  be  transferred  to  another  minor  or  used  by another if
      transferred.
        6. No minor shall be engaged in a street trade before six  o'clock  in
      the  morning nor after seven o'clock in the evening, nor during the time
      the minor is required to attend upon instruction,  nor  more  than  four
      hours in any one day when school is in session, nor more than five hours
      in any one day when school is not in session.
        7. The police shall enforce the provisions of this section except with
      respect  to  the  issuance  and revocation of street trades permits. The
      industrial commissioner shall have  concurrent  power  to  enforce  this
      section  except  with  respect  to the issuance and revocation of street
      trades permits.
        8. The school authorities may revoke the permit for  cause  after  due
      notice.