Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-05-01
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

plOy any person 10 WOTk III any lOIt,
workshop or factory in any building
whatsoever. at making in whole or in
part any articles Of clothing, hats,
gloves, furs, feathers, artificial flowers.
purses. cigars or cigarettes, without a
license therefor from the Chief of the
Bureau Of Statistics and Information
stating the maximum number of per-
sons allowed to be employed therein.
Application for such license shall be
made to the Chief Of the Bureau of
Statistics and Information upon blanks
to be prepared and furnished by him.
Such application shall state the loca-
tion,. street and number of the loft,
workshop or factory TO be licensed, the
number Of persons to be employed
therein, and such other information as
the Chief Of the said Bureau may re-
quire, and shall be signed in ink by the
person or firm or officer Of the corpora
ton conducting the work in such loft,
workshop or factory.
No such license shall be granted until
such premises have been inspected by
an Inspector of the Bureau Of Statistics
and Information and statement filed
In said Bureau as a matter of public
record, showing the results OF said In
spection and signed In ink by the in
spector responsible therefor.
No such license shall be granted for
such premises unless the laws requir-
ing fire-escapes and proper exits there
to and separate privies for male and
female employees, and all other laws re-
lating to the health and safety OF en-
ployees In such establishments have
been fully complied with, and unless
every such loft. workshop or factory
sought to be licensed shall contain at
least five hundred cubic feet Of air
space for every person employed
therein.
Section 247 Every employer or
manufacturer, whether a person, firm
or corporation. contracting for the
manufacture, in whole or in part, alter
ing. repairing or finishing OF any arti-
Giles in a tenement or dwelling house,
or in any room or workshop outside Of
his. their, or its own establishment, or
giving out OF materials from which
they or any part of them are to be
manufactured. altered, repaired or
finished, in tenement or dwelling
house, or In any room or workshop
outside Of his. their or its own estab-
lishment, shall keep a register Of the
names and addresses, plainly written
in English. of the persons to whom
such articles or materials are given to
be so manufactured, altered, repaired
or finished or with whom such en-
ployer or manufacturer has contracted
TO do the same, and shall issue with
all such articles or materials a label
bearing the name and place of bust
ness OF such employer or manufacturer
legibly written or printed in English.
1t shall be the duty of every EN-
ployer or manufacturer, and OF every
person contracting Ter the manufac-
ture, altering, repairing or finishing of
any articles or giving out any such
articles or materials to ascertain from
the Bureau Of Statistics and Informa-
ton whether or not the room or apart
ment in which such articles or ma
terials are TO be manufactured, altered,
repaired, or finished, is licensed as pro-
vided in this Act; and none Of the said
articles nor any material from which
they or any part Of them are to be
manufactured. altered, repaired, or
finished shall be given out or sent to
any person to be SO worked upon in
any room or apartment of a tenement
or dwelling house or workshop outside
Of his, their, or its own establishment,
which is not licensed as provided In
this Act.
The register mentioned In this Sec
tion shall be subject to inspection by
any inspector Of the Bureau Of Stats
tics and Information, and copy there
Of. as well as such other information in
regard thereto as such inspector may
require shall be furnished upon de-
mand.
Section PAS. Any license granted
under Sections 245 and 246 may be re-
voked by the Chief OF the Bureau of
Statistics and Information IL the IL
cense Hereunder, or his or its duly
authorized agent. shall fail, refuse or
neglect to comply with any Of the con-
ditions under which same was granted,
or with any law relating TO the
premises licensed or II the health of
the community or Of the persons EN-
ployed Hereunder requires il.
Section 2 And be II further en-
acted, That Section 252 OF Article 81 of
the Code OF Public General Laws, title.
Grimes and Punishments," subtitle,
Workshops and Factories
Sweating System" be and the same is
hereby repealed and reenacted with
amendments so as to read as follows
Section 252. Any person, firm or
corporation. who shall in any manner
violate the provisions of Sections (24e.
$50 and 251) 243, 245. 246. 247 and
$50. or who shall refuse to give such
information and access to the Chief OF
the Bureau Of Industrial Statistics or
his deputies or secure such permit as
provided, shall. upon conviction in any
court OF competent Jurisdiction be fined
not less than five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars. or imprison.
ed not less than ten days nor more
than one year, or both. in the discre-
ton Of the court, such fines TO be col