The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-24
Friday. August oath, 1917
WORK OR REGISTER

or at any time after the 10Th day
of August, 1917, are not regular
ly or continuously employed
must obtain registration cards
and register thereon at the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the county in which such per-
sons may be, or at the office OF
the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore city, if such per-
sons may be in Baltimore CITY,"
Every male between Is and 50,
from the retired business man
to the one whose most laborious
occupation hitherto has been
fitting the legs Of his chair at
just the right angle to keep
from falling backward, or the
equally hazardous task of bend
ing the merry elbow, are COM
PEELED under the law of the State,
to file with the authorities a
statement that he is unemployed.
Then, when his services are
needed, he will have to give
them, willy nilly. In fixing the
period of work to which anyone
is assigned, and in determining
its nature, the Governor will
take into consideration the age,
physical condition and any other
appropriate circumstances which
may apply.
The only persons exempted
under the law are students and
persons fitting themselves to en-
gage in trade or industrial pur-
suits, persons temporarily un-
employed by reason of difference
es with their employers, or per-
sons engaged or employed in
any seasonal business, trade or
occupation carried on in Balti-
more city or Allegany county.
The fact that a person is able to
support himself by reason of the
ownership of property or income,
or that a person is supported by
some one else, is no excuse.
Everyone who is included in the
act and who does not register is
liable to arrest.
In Prince Georges county the
registration office is at the office
of the Clerk of the Court in the
Court House. Persons living at
a distance may have registration
cards sent them by mail and
may then fill them out and re-
turn them to the Clerk of the
Court.
Citizens generally are particu-
larly requested to notify the
Sheriff or any constable of the
names and residences of persons
within their knowledge who are
required to register and have
not done so. The officials are
searching for such persons and
they are to continue to search
for them as long as the law will
be in operation, or until the end
of the war.
At the present time, according
to the proclamation of the Gov
ernor, the unemployed will be
assigned to agricultural and hor-
ticultural work of all kinds, can
merry work of all kinds or road
work. The Governor will be aid
ed in making these assignments
by the Compulsory Work Bureau,
by the County Agricultural
Agents, by the Labor Committee
of the Maryland Gamers AS
ISOLATION, and by officials of the
State Roads Commission, or in
the case of county roads, by the
county road authorities.
The law will, of course, be ad-
ministered with discretion. No
person will be assigned to work
for an employer who does not
accept his services. or to do
work he is not physically able to
perform. Neither shall he be
required to work a greater num-
Der of hours a day than lawful
ly constitutes a days work in
the occupation to which he has
been assigned. He will also,
under the law, receive compen-
sation not less than the salary
paid to others who are engaged
in the same nature of work.
Employers who may engage
registered persons for work are
also protected. If the person
assigned refuses to work for the
wages determined on, he may
be prosecuted and is subject,
upon conviction, to be fined
not exceeding $500, or to impris-
onment for not more than six
months, or to both fine and i'm
prisonment."
All things considered, it be-
hooves man to work.