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press that may be used in the moulding, forming or pressing of cigars
during the course or process of manufacture while such mould, form or
press is being so used; and any such person, firm, corporation or asso-
ciation violating or causing to be violated the provisions of this Section
shall, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more than five dollars ($5.00) for
the first offense; and not more than fifty ($50.00). dollars for the second
and each subsequent offense.

Health —Workshops and Factories—Sweating System.

1904, art. 27, sec. 245. 1894, ch. 302, sec. 149A. 1896, ch. 467.
1914, ch. 779, sec. 245.

268. No room or apartment in any tenement or dwelling house, and
no part of any tenement or dwelling house, shall be used for the pur-
pose of manufacturing, in whole or in part, altering, repairing or finish-
ing therein, any articles whatsoever, except for the exclusive use of the
person so using any part of such tenement or dwelling house, or the
immediate members of his household, without a license therefor as pro-
vided in this section.

Application for such license shall be made to the Chief of the Bureau
of Statistics and Information by any member of a family desiring to
do such work in any room or apartment of a tenement or dwelling house.
Such application shall designate the location of the room or apartment,
the number of persons to be employed therein, the street and number
of and the full name and address of the owner of the building in which
the room or apartment is located, and shall be signed by the applicant.
Application blanks shall be prepared and furnished by the Bureau of
Statistics and Information in such form as the Chief thereof may deter-
mine.

Upon receipt of such application the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
and Information shall consult the records of the local health depart-
ment or board or other appropriate local authority charged with the
duty of sanitary inspection, and if such records show the presence of
any infectious, contagious or communicable disease, or the existence of
any unsanitary conditions in or about such room or apartment, the
Chief of said Bureau may, without making an inspection of the prem-
ises, deny such application for a license until such time as the records
of the said department, board or other local authority show that the said
premises are free from all such infectious, contagious or communicable
disease and from all unsanitary conditions. Before, however, any such
license is granted, an inspection of the room or apartment sought to be
licensed must be made by the duly authorized inspector of the Bureau
of Statistics and Information and a statement must be filed in said
bureau as a matter of public record to the effect that the records of the
local health department or board or other local authority charged with
the duty of sanitary inspection do not show the existence of any infec-
tious, contagious or communicable disease or of any unsanitary condi-
tions in or about said room or apartment. Such statement must further