Sec 13-3621. Hire or use of child under sixteen for public vocation; classification

A person having in his care, custody or control, in any capacity, a child under the age of sixteen years, who knowingly sells, apprentices or otherwise disposes of such child to any person under any name, title or pretense for the purpose of giving a performance, begging or peddling, in a public street or highway, or in any mendicant or wandering business whatsoever, or a person who receives, uses or has in his custody, a child for such purpose, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.