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 Accidtint 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 te the square inch, for sale or use in
this State, and to enforce such rules and regulc.tions and the continued
maintenance of them on a basis of proper safety.

Inspections.

The total number of inspections made by this department during the
year 1933 was 25,121, including 21,434 first regular inspections; 439
regular reinspcctions; and 3,248 special inspections made in connection
with activities in the field of industrial hygiene. Of the first regular
inspections, 225 were child labor inspections; 4,589 were ten-hour law
inspections for women; 1,641 were factory inspections; 29 were home-
worker inspections; and 14,950 were general inspections, including es-
tablishments where no women or children were found employed, and
other establishments to which the ten-hour law does not apply. The
total number of persons found employed under the various inspections
was 205,542.
230 boilers were inspected during the year ended September 30, 1933.
Under the child labor law, our inspectors found 287 children em-
ployed in 186 establishments in Baltimore City in 1933. The total
number of cases handled in the Baltimore Permit Department was 5,605.
The county cases amounted to 716.

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 Westernport

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
The Act makes provision fer the inspection, sanitation, ventilation
and safeguarding of all the operations connected with mining. Pro-
vision is also made for the weighing of all coal mined in the State.