Excerpt from Child Labor Legislation in the United States, Vol. 1: Analytical Tables Under laws establishing minimum ages, therefore, are included all laws - with certain exceptions mentioned later - which prohibit in particular occupations the employment Of minors, whether or not the exact age is specified. Laws prohibiting the employment of females in certain occupations are also included because they apply to girls and are of the same character as other laws which apply to both women and children or only to minors. Under the common law persons Of either sex are minors until they become 21 years Of age. This is the age at which both sexes attain their majority in 32 out Of the 53 political divisions Of which the United States is composed, and in 10 Of these 32 divisions this common law age has been confirmed by statute. In the remaining 21 political divisions, however, the common law has been superseded by legisla tion leaving 21 years as the age of majority for males but providing that 18 years shall be the age for females. The age of majority is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.