Bessie R. Fallen. ................................. .Baltimore
Vacant.

Boiler Inspectors:

Wm. A. McSweeney. ............................. .Baltimore
Henry Helmrich ..................................Baltimore

Mine Inspector:
Frank T. Powers. ............................ .Frostburg, Md.

Stenographer:
Vacant.

Chapter 406, Acts of 1916, created a Commission known as the
State Board of Labor and Statistics. The Board consists of three
Commissioners appointed by the Governor for a term of two years.
The Governor designates one of the Commissioners as Chairman, the
other two Commissioners to be known as Advisory Members.

The Board is authorized and empowered to appoint and employ
such deputies, inspectors, assistants and employees as may be neces-
sary for the performances of the duties imposed upon it, provided such
appointments and employments and compensation to be allowed shall
be subject to the approval of the Governor.

It shall be the duty of said Board (1st) to collect statistics con-
cerning 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 State Board 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
revise and republish same.

It shall be the duty of the Board to organize, establish and con-
duct free employment agencies in such parts of the State as the said
Board 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 physical examination made by the physicians connected with the
Bureau, before receiving employment certificates.