1218 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 731]

(2) A statement from a regular physician designated as
above, certifying that he has examined said child, and that in
his opinion said child is physically able to undertake the work
for which said certificate is to be issued.

16. All employment certificates shall be issued on forma
supplied by the Bureau of Statistics and information. All
certificates issued in Baltimore City shall be in duplicate
and one copy shall be retained together with the preliminary
papers required by sections 13 and 15 above in the files of
said bureau for the period of four years from the date of issue.
All certificates issued in any of the counties of Maryland shall
be made out in triplicate and one copy, together with the pre-
liminary papers required by sections 13 and 15 shall be deliv-
ered by the person issuing said certificate to. the county super-
intendent of schools who shall preserve said documents for
the period of four years from their date of issue, or in event
of his death, resignation or removal, said papers shall be deliv-
ered to his successor and by him preserved; and the tnird copy
of said certificate shall be delivered by the person issuing the
same to the Bureau of Statistics and Information and shall be
preserved in the files of said bureau for the period of four
years from the date of said issue. Whenever a certificate shall
be refused to any child, a statement of the name and address
of said child, together with reasons for the refusal of said certi-
ficate and the school which said child should attend, shall be
forwarded by the person refusing to issue said certificate to
the county superintendent of schools of the county in which
said child resides, if said child resides in one of the counties
of this State, and to the Bureau of Statistics and Information
and said statements shall be placed on file and preserved until
such time as such child, if living, shall have reached the full
age of sixteen years. All employment certificates shall also
contain the name and address of. the prospective employer and
the nature of the occupation in which said child is to be engaged,
and no certificates shall be valid excepting in the hands of the
employer so named and for the occupation so described.

17. The school record required by this act shall be filled
out. and signed by the principal or chief executive officer of the
school which such child has last attended and shall be furnished
to a child who after due examination and investigation may be
entitled thereto; it shall contain a statement certifying that
the child has regularly attended the public schools or private or
parochial schools for not less than such a minimum period of
attendance as is now or may hereafter be prescribed by law
during any period of twelve months after such child shall