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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 286.
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AN ACT to amend Article 53 of the Code of Public General
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Laws of Maryland, title ''Landlord and Tenant." by adding
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a new section thereto, to be known as Section 26A.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
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land, That Article 53 of the Code of Public General Laws of
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Maryland, title "Landlord and Tenant," be amended by adding
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an additional section thereto, to be known as Section 26A, to
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follow Section 26 and to read as follows :
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26A. In all leases made after the first day of June, 1904,
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Leases of
property.
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whenever the improvements on property rented for a term of
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not more than seven years, shall become untenantable by reason
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of fire or unavoidable accident, the tenancy shall be thereby
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terminated, and all liability for rent thereunder shall cease
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upon payment proportionately to the day of fire or unavoid-
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able accident.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
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from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 7, 1904.
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CHAPTER 287.
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AN ACT to repeal Article 27. Section I47A, of the Code of
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Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-
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title "Health — Salesladies, Chairs for," and re-enact the same
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with amendments.
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SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
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Health — Sales-
ladies, chairs
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land, That Article 27, Section I4/A, of the Code of Public
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for.
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General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title
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"Health — Salesladies, Chairs for,'' is hereby repealed and re-
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enacted with amendments to as to read as follows :
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147 A. All proprietors or owners of any retail, jobbing or
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To provide
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wholesale dry goods store, notion, millinery or any other busi-
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chair or stool
for female
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ness where any female salespeople or other female help are
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help.
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employed for the purpose of serving the public, shall provide
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a chair or stool for each one of such female help, in order that
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when they are not actively engaged in making sales or taking
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stock or in performing such other duties as they may have been
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engaged to perform, they shall have an opportunity to rest,
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and they shall not be forbidden to avail themselves of such
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opportunity. Any such owner or proprietor who shall neglect
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or refuse to obey the provisions of this section shall be con-
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