K.S.A. 38-611

That it shall be the duty of the state labor commissioner, and his deputies, to inspect the permits and lists hereinabove provided for, to examine children employed in factories, workshops, theaters, elevators, packing houses and mines, and the vocations mentioned in K.S.A. 38-601 and 38-602 , as to their age and education, and to file complaints in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act, and it shall be the duty of the county attorney of the proper county to appear and prosecute all complaints so filed.