The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-08
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1914.
CHAPTER 77e.

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ticle 27 of the Code Of Public Cen
eral Laws, title Grimes and Punish
ments," and subtitle, Health
Workshops and Factories Sweating
amendments and providing for the
registration of factories, workshops,
mercantile and mechanical establish
ments; the furnishing of information
as to labor; the labelling OF articles
manufactured in outside workshops
Section /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That Sec
tons 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 24S and
249 of Article ~ of the Code Of Public
General Laws, title, Grimes mad Pun
ishments,'' and subtitle Health
Workshops and Factories-Sweating
system" be and they are hereby repeal
ed and re-enacted with amendments SO
as to read as follows:
Sec. 243. The owner of every fac
tory. manufacturing and mechanical
establishment and workshop, and of
every store or other mercantile estab-
lishment employing five or more per
sons, shall register same with the
Bureau of Statistics and Information,
giving the name and home address OF
the owner, and if the owner is cor
poration, the name and home address
of its President and Manager or Chief
Business Agent, the address OF the bus
mess the name under which it is car
yied ON, the number Of employees, and
such other data as the Chief or the
Bureau of Statistics and Information
NAV require. Such registration OF ex-
listing establishments shall be made
within six months after this Act takes
effect; those hereafteIv established
shall be so registered within thirty
days after the commencement Or busl-
ness Within thirty Gays after change
in the location Of any such establish
1uent. the owner thereof shall file with
tle Bureau of Statistics and lnforma-
tlon the new address of the business,
together with such other information
as the Chief of said Bureau may re-
cuire The registration required by
this Section shall be made upon blanks
supplied by the Bureau OF Statistics
and Information.
Sec. 244. Tie owner, operator, man
aeer or lessee of any factory, work
shop, warehouse, elevator, foundry,
machine shop, store or other mercan-
tile. manufacturing or mechanical e.
enlistment, or any agent, superintend-
ant, subordinate, or employee thereof,
or any person employing or directing
any labor of any kind whatsoever,
shall, when requested by the Chief OF
the Bureau of Statistics and lnforma-
ton. furnish any information in his
possession or under his control which
the Chief of said Bureau is authorized
to require, and for the purpose OF in
spection shall admit the Chief Of said
Bureau or his duly authorized repre-
sentative to any place which is af1ected
DIV this Act or which IL required by law
to be inspected. Any person who re-
fuses to admit the Chief of said Bureau
or person authorized by him, to any
such establishment, or to furnish any
such information, or who refuses to an
swer, or untruthfully answers ques-
lions lawfully put to him by the Chief
OF said Bureau, or any deputy OF said
Chief, in a circular or otherwise, shall
be guilty Of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof by court Of compe-
tent Jurisdiction shall be fined not less
than five dollars, nor more than fifty
dollars for each offense.
Sec. 245. No room or apartment in
any tenement or dwelling house, and
nc part of any tenement or dwelling
house, shall be used for the purpose
of manufacturing, in whole or in part,
altering, repairing or finishing there
in. any articles whatsoever, except for
the exclusive use of the person SO
using any part Of such tenement or
dwelling house, or the immediate mem
bers of his household without license
therefor as provided in this Section.
Application for such license snail be
made to the Chief Of the Bureau OF
Statistics and Information by any
member of family desiring to do such
work in any room or apartment of a
tenement or dwelling house. Such ap-
pEcation shall designate the location
Ct the room or apartment, the number
CT persons to be employed therein, the
street and number of, and the full
name and address of the owner of, the
building in which the room or apart
-ment is located, and shall be signed by
the applicant Application blanks shall
be prepared and furnished by the Ru-
reau OF Statistics and Information In
sucn form as the Chief thereof may de.
termine-
Upon receipt of such application the
Chief Of the Bureau Of Statistics and
Information shall consult the records
"of the local health department or
board. or other appropriate local au-