Pennsylvania Act 1937-42 — MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY-EMPLOYEE GRANTED ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK

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MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY-EMPLOYEE GRANTED ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK
                  Act of Mar. 31, 1937, P.L. 159, No. 42              Cl. 43
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring persons employing others in or about motion picture
        theatres to allow them at least one calendar day of rest in
        each calendar week.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That every employer operating
     or having operated a place in which motion pictures are shown,
     shall allow each person employed in or about such place at least
     one calendar day of rest in each calendar week. Such day of rest
     shall be at least twenty-four consecutive hours of duration.
        Section 2.  The term "employer," as used herein, shall mean
     the person employing such employes hereinabove referred to,
     whether owner or a duly authorized agent of the owner, or other
     subordinate of the owner.
        Section 3.  Any person who violates or does not comply with
     the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
     and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced for a first
     offense to pay a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
     fifty dollars; for a second offense to pay a fine of not less
     than fifty nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by
     imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both; for a third
     offense by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty
     dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or
     both.
        Section 4.  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this
     act are hereby repealed.
        Section 5.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     its final enactment.