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76 MARYLAND MANUAL. It shall be the duty of said Commission (1st) to collect statistics concerning and examine into the condition of labor in the State, with especial reference to wages, and the causes of strikes and disagree- ments between employees and employers. (2) To collect information in regard to the agricultural conditions and products of the State, the acreage under cultivation and planted in the various crops, the character and price of land, the live stock, etc., and all other matters pertaining to agricultural pursuits, which may be of general interest and calculated to attract immigration to the State. (3) To collect information in regard to the mineral products of the State, the output of mines, quarries and so forth, and the manu- facturing industries. (4) To collect information in regard to railroads and other trans- portation companies, shipping and commerce. (5) To keep a bureau of general information and to this end all offices and institutions of the State, including offices of the General Assembly, are directed to transmit to the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, all reports as soon as possible. (6) To classify and arrange the information and data so obtained, and as soon as practicable after entering upon the duties of its office, publish the same in substantial book form and annually thereafter re- vise and republish same. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to organize, establish and conduct free employment agencies in such parts of the State as the said Commissioner may deem advisable for the free use of citizens of the State for the purpose of securing employment for the unemployed and for the purpose of securing help or labor for persons applying for such. To arbitrate all disputes between employer and employee. To en- force the hours of labor for females; to enforce the Factory Inspec- tion and Child Labor Laws; the Steam Boiler Inspection and the State Mine Inspection Laws. The Child Labor Law applies to all children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, who must pass an educational test and also a physicial examination made by the physicians connected with the Bureau, before receiving employment certificates. BOARD OF BOILER RULES. This Board for 1934-35 consists of: Chairman: Charles S. Warner, Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, 16 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore. Members: William F. Broening, Chairman of the State Industrial Accident Commission, 741 Equitable Building, Baltimore. Herbert R. O’Conor, Attorney-General, Baltimore Trust Building, Baltimore. 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. |
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