WORK——HOURS OF, IN FACTORIES. 3105

An. Code, sec. 54. 1912, ch. 79, sec. 17.

56. The said Inspector and her said Assistants, in the discharge of their
duties, may enter any place, building or room of any establishment men-
tioned in section 54 of this article and shall visit and inspect all estab-
lishments named in said section 54 as often as practicable during reasonable
hours, and shall cause the provisions of this sub-title to be enforced therein;
they shall report any cases of illegal employment or other violations of
sections 54 and 55 of this article to the State's attorney and the grand jury
of the county or city where the said offenses shall have been committed.

An. Code, sec. 55. 1912, ch. 79, sec. 18.

57. Any person violating any of the provisions of section 54 or of
section 55 of this article or interfering with, molesting or obstructing the
said inspector or either of her assistants in the discharge of her duties, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished,
for the first offense, by a fine of not more than $100, for a second or any
subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment
for not more than one year, or by both penalties in the discretion of the
Court,

Compulsory Work Law.

An. Code, sec. 56. 1917, ch. 33, sec. 1.

58. Whenever, because of the existence of a state of war, the Governor
determines that it is necessary, for the protection and welfare of the people
of the State, that all able-bodied male persons, between the ages hereinafter
mentioned, be employed in occupations carried on by the State, the Counties
or the City of Baltimore, or any of their agencies, or be employed in occu-
pations carried on by private persons, firms or corporations, whether
agricultural, industrial or otherwise, and which occupations, whether
carried on by the State, the counties, the City of Baltimore, or by private
employers, the Governor finds to be essential for the protection and welfare
of the people of the State and the United States, and also finds that the
same cannot be carried on as the protection and welfare of the people of
this State and of the United States require without resort to this sub-title,
then the Governor shall be authorized, by proclamation, to require every
able-bodied male person between 18 and 50 years of age, inclusive, within
the State, not then or thereafter regularly or continuously employed or
engaged in any lawful and useful business, occupation, trade or profession
of any kind, to register forthwith his name, address, age and any other
information which the Governor shall require, with the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court of the county in which such person may be, or with the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if such person be in Baltimore
City. It shall be the duty of said clerk, from time to time, upon request of
the Governor, to furnish him lists of the names, addresses, age and such
other information aforesaid as may have been obtained and registered.
The Governor shall thereupon assign, or cause to be assigned, and, if
necessary, reassign or cause to be reassigned, such persons to occupations as
aforesaid, carried on by the State, the counties or the City of Baltimore,