ART. 100] HOURS OF LABOR FOR FEMALES. 937

to work during the remainder of the day in her said employment; pro-
vided, that in Allegany county any person or persons subject to this
sub-title in whose establishment the average working day for the entire
year does not exceed nine hours and in which the entire working force
is employed on full time for the entire year and who for a period not
less than four months has established for such employees a working day
of less than nine hours, may for a period immediately thereafter, not
exceeding six weeks employ their employees for not more than twelve
hours in any one calendar day, to meet the exigencies of exceptional
seasonable demands upon the trade or industry in which they are em-
ployed. Provided further, that the invalidity of any portion of this
sub-title shall in no way affect the validity of any other portion thereof
which can be given affect without such invalid part. But the provisions
of this section shall not apply to females employed in the canning or
preserving or preparing for canning or preserving of perishable fruits
and vegetables.

1912, ch. 79. sec. 15.

52. Every employer shall post in a conspicuous place in every room
of any manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile, printing, baking or
laundering establishment in which any females are employed, a printed
notice stating the provisions of this law and the hours of beginning and
stopping work. The printed form of such notice shall be furnished by
the chief of the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information.

1912, ch. 79, sec. 16. 1914, ch. 382.

53. The Governor shall appoint in the year 1912 and every fourth
year thereafter, in the month of May, an Inspector and two Assistant
Inspectors of Female Labor, who shall be female citizens of this State
of good moral character. The Inspector shall receive a salary of Twelve
Hundred Dollars ($1,200) annually, and each of the Assistant Inspect-
ors a salary of Nine Hundred Dollars ($900) annually, and they shall
be further paid the actual and necessary expense incurred by them in
the discharge of their duties. They shall hold office for four years and
until their respective successors shall have been appointed and have
qualified, but may be removed by the Governor at any time, a specific
written statement of his reasons for such removal being furnished in
each case by the Governor to the person removed. All vacancies in the
offices hereby created shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the
remainder of the unexpired term. The sum of Six Thousand Dollars
($6,000) per annum, or as much thereof as may be needed in each year
is hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions of this and the next
succeeding Sections.

1912, ch. 79, sec. 17.

54. The said Inspector and her said Assistants, in the discharge
of their duties, may enter any place, building or room of any establish-
ment mentioned in section 51 of this article and shall visit and inspect