860                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 626

CHAPTER 625
(Senate Bill 303)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11(a) of
Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Work, Labor, and Employment", sub-title "Em-
ployment of Minors", providing that minors may be employed in
theatres devoted exclusively to the showing of motion pictures.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 (a) of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Work, Labor, and Employment",
sub-title "Employment of Minors", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

11.

(a) No male minor under 16 years of age and no female minor
under 18 years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to
work in, about, or in connection with any theatre, [moving picture
establishment,] concert hall, cabaret, carnival, rodeo, floor show,
poolroom, billiard parlor or bowling alley, except in purely office work
outside school hours, provided, however, that a male or female minor
who has passed his or her 16th birthday may be employed in a
theatre devoted exclusively to the showing of motion pictures, and
further provided [, however,] that nothing in this section shall pre-
vent or be construed to prohibit the employment of a male minor
under 16 years of age or a female minor under 18 years of age,
whether the minor is a resident or nonresident of the State, if the
minor be regularly employed by a regular theatrical company or
radio or television broadcasting station in the professional presenta-
tion of a drama, play, performance, concert or entertainment, and
provided the management of the theatre, concert hall or radio or tele-
vision broadcasting station where such performance is to be held in
the State shall secure a permit from the Commissioner of the De-
partment of Labor and Industry. No permit shall be issued unless the
officer authorized to issue permits shall have the written consent of
parent or legal guardian of the minor and is satisfied that the en-
vironment in which the drama, play, performance, concert or enter-
tainment is to be produced is a proper environment for the minor
and that the conditions of such employment are not detrimental to
the health or morals of such minor and that the minor's education
will not be neglected or hampered by participation in such drama,
play, performance, concert or entertainment and further provided
that the minor shall not participate in any performance after 11 p.m.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 626
(Senate Bill 310)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Charles County to borrow in their discretion upon the faith and