The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-12
[CHAPTER 1872.

[CHAPTER 1921
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section of Article 100
Of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland. title Work Hours of,
in factories as amended by Chapter
566 of the Acts of the Geeral Assem-
: : S2g of Maryland for 1902. and to add
2 certain new sections to said Article.
to come in after said Section 4, and
to be known as Sections 5. 6, T. g. g.,
10, II, ~ and 10.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. That Sec
ton of Article 100 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title
Work Hours of in Factories, as
amended by Chapter 566 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland
for 1906, be and the sam els hereby
repealed and re-enacted. with amend
ments, so as to read as follows:
4. No proprietor, owner, superinten-
dent manager or foreman, or other
subordinate or agent of any mill fac
tory, workshop, office, restaurant, hotel
apartment house, store, telephone or
telegraph office, or other establishment
or business shall, after the first day of
September. in the year 1906, employ for
wages or hire, or retain in employment
in any such mill, factory, workshop, OF
fee, restaurant, hotel. apartment house
store, telephone or telegraph office, or
other establishment or business, any
person or persons under twelve years
of age, except in the counties from June
1st to October 18th. in every year.
Section 2. And be it further entact-
ed, That certain new sections to come
in after said Section and to be known
as Section S, 6, 7, s, 9, 10, IL, II and 1S,
be and the same are hereby added to
said Article 100 of the said Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, the
same to read as follows:
5. That no child between the ages
of twelve (12) and sixteen (16) shall
be employed, permitted or suffered to
work in any offices, establishment or
business mentioned in the preceding
section, unless the person or corpora
ton employing him or her produces
and keeps on file and accessible to the
inspectors authorized by this Act and
the attendance officer of the public
schools, an employment permit, and
keep a complete list of all such children
employed therein on file. and in the
case of children employed in factories,
workshops, mills or messenger service,
duplicate of said list shall be con-
spicuously posted near the principal
entrance of the building in which such
children are employed.
s. That the employment permit for
all employments in Baltimore City I'M
der the provision of this Act shall be
issued by the Maryland Bureau of Sta
tistics and Information. and for en-
ployment in othersc cities or in the coun
ties of this State, by any member of
the Board of Health or principal health
officer of the city or county in which
the employment is sought.
Z. That the employment permit shall
not be issued unless satisfactory evil
dence is furnished by duly attested
transcript of the certificate of birth or
baptism of such child, or other reli-
gious records. or the register of birth,
or the affidavit of the parent or guar
dian or custodian of the child. which
latter affidavit shall be required. how
ever, only in case 1T is certified by the
proper authorities, that the birth GER
tificate showing the place and date of
birth of such child is not on record,
which affidavit must be taken before
tlsffr, e who is hereby he teeIrlplaXueRt~
quired to administer such oath and
who shall not demand or receive
fee therefor
8. That the employment permit shall
read as follows:
EMPLOYMENT PERMIT.
The birth certificate giving the name,
date and place of birth of .........
(name of child) is attached hereto. If
there be no birth certificate then
certificate to that effect, i. e, that there
is none. from the proper authorities OF
the city or county where said child
was born. shall be attached. This GER
titles that l am the...... Gather,
mother, guardian or custodian) of
............. (name of child and
that Che or she) was born at
(name of town or city) in the county
of ..............( name of county, and
of. ............., in the year.
and is now. .............. (number or
years and months) old. Sig
nature of Gather. mother guardian or
cuStOdian) sigma
ture of. ...........C Child. ....,..,...
(Date).
These personally appeared before
me the above named (name of father
ltn,1 Il fr,,, 20 Il
made oath that the aforegoing certifi-
cate by (him or herr signed, is true to
the best of (his or herr knowledge and
belief
I hereby approve the foregoing GER
tificate of (name of child, height eject
and inches). eyes (color). complexion
(fair or dark. hair (color); having no
sufficient reason to doubt that Che or
she) is of the age therein certified I
hereby certify that Che or she) can
read at sight and write legibly simple
sentences in the English language. and
that Che or she) has reached the normal
development of a child of (his or herr
age and is in sound health and is
physically able to perform the work
which Che or she) intends to do.
This certificate belongs to (name of
child in whose behalf it is drawn and
is to be surrendered to (him or herr
whenever Che or she) leaves the service
of the corporation or employer hold
ing the same; but if not claimed by
said child within thirty days from such
time it shall be returned to the Mary
land Bureau of Statistics and Informa-
ton Off the employment be in Baltimore
City, or the Board of Health or prin-
cipal Health officer of Gf the employ
ment be in any of the counties or
other cities outside of Baltimore City,.
............... Signature of
(person authorized to prove and sign
with official character or authority)
Date.
A duplicate of each employment per-
NIT shall be filled out and kept on
file by the Maryland Bureau of Statis-
ties and Information. or Board of
Health or principal health officer of the
county or city outside of Baltimore
City, as the case may be.
.. That whoever employees a child
in violation of the provisions of this
Act and whoever having under his
or her control a child. permits such
child to be employed in violation of the
provisions of this Act. shall for such
offense be fined not less than five 90,
nor more than fifty $500 dollars, and
whoever continues to employ any child
in violation of the provisions of this Act.
after being notified by an inspector
autborizad bV this Act an attenda nee