Stenographer-Secretary:

Margaret C. Slimmer Baltimore
Senior Clerk:

Margaret K. Muller . Glen Burnie

Senior Typists:

Elizabeth Jane Lynch Baltimore
Florence Rosenberg Baltimore

Junior Stenographers:

Bessie F. Robinson Baltimore
Theresa A. Caraker Baltimore
Junior Typists:

Nancy Paine .. Baltimore
Anne M. Wrightson Baltimore
Telephone Operator:

Alexine E. Montell Baltimore
Chief Boiler Inspector:

Matthew Gibson Baltimore
The Governor appoints the Commissioner for a term of six years.
(Chapter 938—1945).

It shall be the duty of said Commissioner (1st) to collect statistics
concerning and examine into the conditions of labor in the State,
with especial reference to wages, and the causes of strikes and dis-
agreements 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 manufac-
turing industries.

(4) To collect information in regard to railroads and other
transportation companies, shipping and commerce.

(6) To keep a bureau of general information and to this end all
offices and institutions of the State, including officers of the General
Assembly, are directed to transmit to the Commissioner of the Depart-
ment of Labor and Industry, all reports as soon as possible.

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.

This Department cooperates with the Federal Government in the
enforcement of the Walsh-Healy Act, the compiling of the monthly
volume of employment and payroll reports and the issuance of age
certificates to minors over sixteen years of age employed by firms
engaged in interstate commerce and coming under the jurisdiction
of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

To enforce the hours of labor for females; to enforce the Factory
Inspection and Child Labor Laws; and the Steam Boiler Inspection
Laws.

The Child Labor Laws apply 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.