HEALTH. 1569

(F). Each and every mattress or article covered by this Section 64,
other than a feather or down-filled pillow, bolster, bed or comfortable, shall
bear securely attached thereto and visible on the outside covering a tag, to
be procured from the Director of Health, upon which shall be plainly and
indelibly stamped or printed, in English, (a) a statement showing whether
the materials used in filling said mattress or article are wholly new or
second-hand or partly second-hand; (b) the name and address of maker
and vendor; (c) the word second-hand upon any article of which prior use
has been made; (d) the number of the permit issued for sterilizing and
disinfecting.

Each and every pillow or other article covered by this Section 64, in
which feathers or down are used, shall bear securely attached thereto and
visible on the outside covering a tag, to be procured from the Director of
Health, upon which shall be plainly and indelibly stamped or printed in
English, (a) statement that the feathers or down used in filling have been
sterilized and disinfected in accordance with this Section 64; (b) the num-
ber of the permit used for sterilizing and disinfecting the feathers or down;
(c) the name and address of maker and vendor; (d) the word second-hand
upon a feather or down-filled article of which prior use has been made;
(e) the number of permit issued for sterilizing and disinfecting.

No additional information shall be contained in said statements.

(G). The statement on the tag required by this Section 64, to be
attached to any article covered by said section, shall be not less than three
by four and a half inches in size.

The tag, with the replica of the seal of the State of Maryland, printed
thereon, shall be in the following form:

OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Materials used in filling .........................................

Made by .....................................................

Vendor .......................................................

Address .....................................................

. This article is made in compliance with the act of Assembly of Mary-
land, Ch. of Acts of 1924.

Permit number ...............................................

It shall be unlawful for any person to imitate, counterfeit, sell, or have
in his possession any imitated or counterfeited tag required under the pro-
visions of this Section 64.

It shall be unlawful to use, exclusively, in the said statement concerning
any mattress, pillow, bolster or comfortable, the word " Felt," or words of
like import, if any other than garnetted materials are used in filling or the
words " Curled Hair," or words of like import, if other than curled hair is
used in filling.

It shall be unlawful to stamp or print on a tag any misleading term or
designation, or to remove, deface, alter, or in any manner attempt the same,
or cause to be removed, defaced, or altered, any statement on a tag placed
upon any article included in the provisions of this Section 64.
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