thereof) issued near the date of the birth of the child by the
registrar of vital statistics of Ohio, or by a similar officer
charged with the duty of recording births in another state or
country, shall be conclusive evidence of the age of the child.

(b) In the absence of such certificate, a passport (or duly attested
transcript thereof) showing the date and place of birth of the
child, filed with a register of passports at a port of entry of the
United States; or a duly attested transcript of the certificate of
birth or baptism or other religious record, showing the date and
place of birth of the child, shall be conclusive evidence of the age
of the child.

(c) In case no one of the above proofs of age can be produced, other
documentary evidence (except the affidavit of the parent, guardian
or custodian) satisfactory to the superintendent of schools may be
accepted in lieu thereof.

(d) In case no documentary proof of age can be procured, the
superintendent may receive and file an application signed by the
parent, guardian or custodian of the child that a physician's
certificate be secured to establish the sufficiency of the age of
the child. Such application shall state the alleged age of the
child, the place and date of birth, his present residence, and such
further facts as may be of assistance in determining the age of the
child, and shall certify that the person signing the application is
unable to obtain any of the documentary proofs specified in (a), (b)
and (c) above.

If the superintendent of schools is satisfied that a reasonable
effort to procure such documentary proof has been without success
such application shall be granted and the certificate of the school
physician or if there be none, of a physician employed by the board
of education, that said physician is satisfied that the child is
above the age required for an age and schooling certificate as
stated in section 7766, General Code, shall be accepted as
sufficient evidence of age.

(4) A certificate from the school physician or physician designated
by him, or if there be no school physician from the district health
commissioner, or physician designated by him, showing after a
thorough examination that the child is physically fit to be employed
in such occupations as are not prohibited by law for a boy or girl,
as the case may be, under eighteen years of age.

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