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houses for each of the schools under their official jurisdiction, not less;
than two for each school or building when both sexes are in attend-
ance in their respective school districts, with separate means of access
for each, and unless placed at a remote distance, one from another,
the approaches or walks thereto shall be separated by a substantial
close fence not less than seven feet high, and it shall be the duty of the
said commissioners to make provisions for keeping the said water closets
or outhouses in clean, comfortable and healthful condition.

1904, art. 27, sec. 241. 1894, ch. 524, sec. 2.

262. Any failure on the part of the said public school commission-
ers to comply with the provisions of section 261 shall make them liable
to be removed from office by any court of competent jurisdiction either
in the city of Baltimore or in any county where the schools may be
located upon complaint made to the court under oath or affirmation of
not less than five taxable citizens resident in the said school district in
which the school complained of is located; provided, nothing in this
and the next preceding section shall affect the counties of Caroline,
Kent, Dorchester, Somerest, Baltimore, Worcester, Howard, Prince
George's and Frederick.

Health—Slaughter of Animals.

Ibid. sec. 242. 1902, ch. 69, art. 43, sec. 55A.

263. No person shall kill for human food, or shall carry or offer
to any butcher, or at any slaughter-house to be killed for human food,
any female animal within 30 days before the time for the delivery of
its young, or within 30 days thereafter, or any animal that is so far
disabled by sickness as to be unable to walk, or any animal known to
said person, by reason of disease or injury, to be unfit for human food;
and whenever any of said animals shall be found at any place where
animals are usually killed for human food, the burden of proving that
such animal was not intended for human food shall rest on the party
charged, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
As to "Live Stock," see article 58.

Health—Workshops and Factories.

Ibid. sec. 243. 1888, art. 27, sec. 148. 1884, ch. 265, sec. 1.
1914, ch. 779, sec. 243.

264. The owner of every factory, manufacturing and mechanical
establishment and workshop, and of every store or other mercantile
establishment employing five or more persons shall register same with
the Bureau of Statistics and Information, giving the name and home
address of the owner, and if the owner is a corporation the name and
home address of its president and manager or chief business agent, the
address of the business, the name under which it is carried on, the