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Commissioner, shall have in charge the execution of the provisions of this
section, under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner. The
Chief Mediator may act upon any board of arbitration, but in such event he
shall receive no compensation therefor in addition to his ordinary salary.
Nothing in this section contained shall affect the provisions with respect
to arbitration and award contained in Article 7 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, title " Arbitration and Award," nor the provisions with
respect to arbitration contained in sections 223 to 228 inclusive of the
Baltimore City Charter.

Hours of Labor, Workshops, Factories, etc.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1916, ch. 406, sec. 12.

13. Upon the appointment and qualification of the Commissioner of
Labor and Statistics, all the powers and duties specified and set forth in
sections 1 to 57 inclusive of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, title " Work—Hours of, in Factories," sub-titles " Employment of
Minors " and " Hours of Labor for Females," including the receiving
and giving of notices, issuing certificates, papers and badges, preparing
and furnishing blanks and forms, making complaints and reports, making
payments and visiting, inspecting and entering premises, as said powers
and duties are conferred by the provisions of said Article 100 upon the
Bureau of Statistics and Information, or its Chief, and upon the Inspector
and Assistant Inspectors of Female Labor, or upon any other inspectors,
officers or employees therein named, shall thereupon be transferred to and
imposed and devolved upon the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics,
together with all records, documents, papers, monies, and all property and
things of or appertaining to the said Bureau of Statistics and Information,
and the said Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of Female Labor, all in like
manner and to the same extent and with the same effect as if the said
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics had been originally named in said
Article as the body upon which said powers and duties were conferred;
provided, however, that the powers of the county superintendent of schools
in the counties with respect to employment certificates and the issue thereof,
and the provisions with reference to school attendance officers and schools
records shall not be affected by this section. Immediately upon such
transfer of powers and duties, the said Bureau of Statistics and Information
and the Chief of the Industrial Bureau shall be abolished as aforesaid,
and the Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of Female Labor shall also
be abolished.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1916, ch. 406, sec. 13.

14. Upon the appointment and qualification of the Commissioner of
Labor and Statistics, all the powers and duties specified and set forth in
sections 297 to 308, inclusive, of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title " Crimes and Punishments," sub-titles " Health—Work-
shops and Factories " and " Health—Workshops and Factories—Sweating
System," including the making of registrations, preparing and furnishing