No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than six (6) days in any week, nor more than forty-eight (48) hours in any week, nor more than eight (8) hours in any day or before 6:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., except that on nights preceding nonschool days, children under the age of sixteen (16) years may be employed until 9:00 p.m. 

History. Init. Meas. 1914, No. 1, § 5, Acts 1915, p. 1505; C. & M. Dig., § 7090; Pope's Dig., § 9072; Acts 1973, No. 449, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-706.