2228 WORK——HOURS OF, IN FACTORIES. [ART. 100

the service of the corporation or employer holding the same; but if not
claimed by said child within thirty days from such time it shall be
returned to the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information (if ths
employment be in Baltimore city) or the board of health or principal
health officer of (if the employment be in any of the counties or other
cities outside of Baltimore city).

Signature of (person authorized to prove and

sign with official character or authority.)
Date ——————

A duplicate of each employment permit shall be filled out and kept
on file by the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information or board
of health or principal health officer of the county or city outside of
Baltimore city, as the case may be.

1006, ch. 192, sec. 9.

9. Whoever employs a child in violation of the provisions of sec-
tions 4- to 13, and whoever having under his or her control a child, per-
mits such child to be employed in violation of the provisions of said
sections, shall for such offense be fined not less than five (5) nor more
than fifty ($50) dollars, and whoever continues to employ any child in
violation of the provisions of said sections, after being notified by an
inspector authorized by said sections or an attendance officer of the
public schools, shall for every day thereafter that such employment
continues be fined not less than five (5) nor more than twenty ($20)
dollars. A failure to produce to an inspector authorized by said sec-
tions or an attendance officer of the public schools any employment
permit or list required by said sections shall be prim a facie evidence of
illegal employment of any person whose employment permit is not pro-
duced, or whose name is not so listed. Any corporation or employer
retaining any employment permit in violation of the provisions of said
sections shall be fined ten ($10) dollars. Every person authorized to
sign the employment permit prescribed in said sections who knowingly
certifies to any materially false statement therein shall be fined not
more than fifty ($50) dollars. The chief of the Maryland bureau of
statistics and information or any member of the board of health or
principal health officer of any county or city outside of Baltimore
city is hereby authorized to sign the employment permit mentioned
herein and to administer the necessary oath without cost to the appli-
cant.

1906. ch. 192, sec. 10.

10. The inspectors authorized by sections 4 to 13 and the attend-
ance officers of the public schools may visit any office, establishment or
place of business contemplated by said sections throughout the State of
Maryland and city of Baltimore and ascertain whether any minors are
employed therein contrary to the provisions of said sections, and they
shall report any cases of such illegal employment or other violations of