If it appears to the satisfaction of the school committee, or person authorized to give the certificate, that neither the birth certificate, baptismal certificate, nor passport of the child can be produced, the age and employment certificate may be granted on other evidence satisfactory to the department of elementary and secondary education.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-3-5
Proof of age for employment certificate
P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; impl. am
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