By the Act of 1920, Chapter 676, a Board of Boiler Rules was
created consisting of the Commissioner of the State Bureau of Labor
and Statistics, who shall be Chairman; the Attorney-General and the
Chairman of the State Industrial Accident Commission.

This Board is created for and charged with the duty of formulating
rules and regulations governing the proper construction and installation
of boilers of over fifteen pounds to the square inch, for sale or use in
this State, and to enforce such rules and regulations and the continued
maintenance of them on a basis of proper safety.

Inspections.

The number of inspections made in the different divisions coming
under the supervision of this department in 1928 were 9,960. Of this
number 1,303 were Child Labor Inspections; 2,647 Factory and Home
Worker Inspections; 5,853 Ten Hour-Law Inspections for Women and
157 Boiler Inspections, There were also 14,910 General Inspections; these
were establishments visited where no women or children were found
employed, and canning and other establishments to which the Ten-Hour
Law does not apply. The total number of people employed under the
various inspections was 288,341.

Under the Child Labor Law our inspectors found 8,413 children
working The permit department handled 11,371 cases. This does not
include county cases.

Each year during the canning season the Bureau concentrates its
efforts to inspections in the counties, with very satisfactory results.
During the year four very important surveys were made:

(1) Of unemployment conditions in Baltimore City in which
a house to house canvass was made by the police to ascer-
tain the actual number of persons out of work.

(2) Of conditions surrounding the children who are released
from school before its close to accompany their parents
into the berry and vegetable fields of this State.

(3) Of child labor in the vegetable canneries in Maryland.

(4) Of the mentally and educationally retarded child laborer.
Pamphlets concerning these studies will be published early in 1929.

BUREAU OF MINES.

Chief Mine Engineer:
John J. Rutledge -- -22 Light Street, Baltimore

District Mine Inspectors:

Frank T. Powers. . Allegany County ................ - Frostburg
Clyde J. Rowe . . - Frostburg

Stenographer and Clerk:
Miss Julia E. Jefferson .. ... 22 Light Street, Baltimore

The Bureau of Mines was created in the State Board of Labor and
Statistics by the General Assembly of 1922. The Chief Mine Engineer
was appointed by the Governor from a list of eligibles prepared by
the State Employment Commissioner. The Act became effective October
1, 1922.

The Act was prepared by a special commission appointed by the Gov-
ernor and supersedes the several local laws which governed mining
operations in this State prior to the enactment of this law.