The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-05-12
Chief Clerk of the
CHAPTER sO2.

| An Act to amend Article 81 of the Code ol
Public General Laws title ''Crimes and
| Punishments.' sub title, Health, Work
shops and Factories by adding ,heretu
four additional Sections To follow Sections
l49, To be numbered Sections 149 A, l4g
b, l49 C and l49 d respectively, and to he
preceded by the heading 8 Sweating
| System.
SECTION |. Be a enacted By the General
assembly Of Maryland, That Article No. 81
of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Crimes and Puuishments, subtitle" Health,
! Workshops and Factories be and the same
hereby is amended by the addition thereto OF
the following four sections, to follow Section
l49, to be numbered Sections 149 A, l49 B,
l49 C and l49 d, respectively, and TO be pre-
ceded by the heading, Sweating System.
''Section l49 A. If any individual or body
corporate engage in the manufacture or sale
OF clothing or of any other article whereby
disease may be transmitted. shall knowingly
by purchase, contract or otherwise directly,
or indirectly cause or permit any garment or
such other articles as aforesaid to be manu-.
factured or made up in whole or in part OF
any work to be done thereupon within this
State and i'll place or under circumstances in-
volving danger to the public health, the said
individual or corporation upon conviction in
any court of competent Jurisdiction, shall be
| fined not less than ten dollars or more than
one hundred dollars for each garment or other
articles so, as lastly aforesaid, manufactured,
made up or worked upon
''Section l49 B. If any individual or the
officer of any corporation shall sc as afore
said cause or permit any garment or other
articles in the next preceding section men
toned to be manufactured, made up or work
ed upon in a place or under circumstances
involving danger to the public health with the
knowledge that it will or may be thus dealt
with, he shall upon conviction in any court of
competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned not less
than sixty DAYS or more than one year, and
may be further fined not exceeding one thou
sand dollars in the discretion of the court. :"
''Section l49 c. Any room or apartment
which shall not contain at least 400 cubic feet
of clear space for each person habitually
aboring in or occupying the same, or wherein
the thermometer shall habitually stand, dur.
ing the hours of labor at or above 80 degrees
Fahrenheit, before the first day of May or
after the first day of October of any year, or
wherein any person suffering from a contagi-
Gus, infections or otherwise dangerous disease
or malady, shall! sleep, labor or remain, or
wherein, if of less superficial area than 500
square feet, any artificial light shall be habitu.
ally used between the hours of s A. NJ. and 4
p. NJ, or from which the debris Of mannfac-
ture and all other dirt or rubbish shall not be
removed at least once in every twenty -four
hours, or which shall be pronounced ill.ven-
tilated or otherwise unhealthy by any officer
or board having legal authority so to do, shall
be deemed place involving danger to the
public health as mentioned in the next two
preceding sections of this article
''Section l49 D. If any association or so
ciety, whether Incorporated or un incorporat-
ed, shall furnish through its officers or agents,
evidence sufficient to secure the conviction of
any person criininaly prosecuted under the
three next preceding sections Of this article,
the said association or society shall receive
one half of any fine which may be imposed
upon such person so convicted with its assis-
tanee, such fines to be paid to the treasurer
or other officer with corresponding powers of
the said society or association.
SEC. ,. And be IL further enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 6. 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General As
sembly Of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894. J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.