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

(2) A statement from a regular physician designated as above, cer-
tifying 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.

1912, ch. 731, sec. 16.

16. All employment certificates shall be issued on forms 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 Mary-
land shall be made out in triplicate and one copy, together with the
preliminary papers required by sections 13 and 15 shall be delivered
by the person issuing said certificate to the county superintendent 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 delivered to his successor and by him preserved;
and the third 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 certificate 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 occupa-
tion so described.

1912, ch. 731, sec. 17.

17. The school record required by this sub-title 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 have arrived at the age of thirteen years and that such child
is able to read intelligently and write legibly simple sentences in the