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Compulsory Work Law. 58. During war, Governor may issue proc- lamation; who affected; registra- tion; period of employment; rules and regulations; penalty. 59. Who included in sub-title; who ex- cepted.

60. Failure to register; penalty. 61. Compensation; failure to pay. 62. Governor may employ assistants, etc. 63. Persons temporarily unemployed by reason of differences with employers. 64. Persons employed in seasonal business in Baltimore City and Allegany County.

An. Code, sec. 1. 1904, sec. 1. 1888, sec. 1. 1888, ch. 455.

1. No corporation or manufacturing company engaged in manufac-
turing either cotton or woolen yarns, fabrics or domestics of any kind, incor-
porated under the laws of this State, and no officer, agent or servant of such
named corporation or manufacturing company, and no person or firm
owning or operating such corporation or manufacturing company within
the limits of this State, and no agent or servant of such firm or person
shall require, permit or suffer his, its or their employes in its, his or their
service, or under his, its or their control to work for more than ten hours
during each or any day of twenty-four hours for one full day's work and
shall make no contract or agreement with such employes or any of them
providing that they or he shall work for more than ten hours for one day'a
work during each or any day of twenty-four hours and said ten hours shall
constitute one full day's work.

This section cited in upholding validity of Oregon statute limiting hours of labor
of women employed in laundries. Muller v. Oregon, 208 U. S. 419.

As to the hours of duty of operators of the block system on railroads, see art. 23,
secs. 260 and 262.

As to the hours of work in tobacco factories, see art. 48, sec. 15.

As to the time to be allowed employes to vote, see art. 33, sec. 99.

An. Code, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1888, ch. 455.

2. Any such named corporation or manufacturing company within the
limits of this State shall be allowed, under the provisions of this section,
the privilege of working male employes, over the age of twenty-one years
over the limit of ten hours for the express purpose only of making repairs
and improvements and getting fires made, steam up and the machinery
ready for use in their works, which can not be done during the limit of the
ten hours; the extra compensation for all such work to be settled between
such corporation and manufacturing companies and the employes; provided
that nothing in this article shall be so construed as to prohibit any employer
from making a contract with his male employes, over the age of twenty-one
years, to work by the hour for such time as may be agreed upon.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1904, sec. 3. 1888, sec. 3. 1888, ch. 455.

3. If any such corporation or manufacturing company within the limits
of this State or any officer, agent or servant of such corporation or manu-
facturing company in this State shall do any act in violation of any of the
provisions of this article he or they shall be deemed to have been guilty of
misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof in a court of competent juris-
diction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars for each and every offense
so committed, together with the cost of such prosecution, one-half of said
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