HEALTH. 521

cer for such period of time as may be mutually agreeable, but not longer
than the terms of office of the members of said local Board of Health and
may fix the salary of any county officer appointed subject to the provisions
of this section, without regard to the provisions of Section 48 of this Ar-
ticle. This section shall not apply to Charles County and St. Mary's
County.

52.

Cited but not construed in Gordon v. Montgomery County, 164 Md. 213.

Infectious Diseases—Small Pox.
54.

Employees with communicable diseases are prohibited in laundries—see art.
54A, sec. 4.

62.

This section referred to in upholding use of public funds for erection or main-
tenance of hospital controlled by private agency. Finan v. Cumberland, 154 Md.
564.

Manufacture and/or Sale of Mattresses, etc.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 64. 1924, ch. 370. 1927, ch. 202. 1931, ch. 334.

64. (A) The word "mattress" shall mean any quilted pad, mattress,
mattress pad, mattress protector, bunk, quilt or box spring, stuffed or filled
with excelsior, straw, hay, grass, corn husks, moss, fibre, cotton, wool, hair,
jute, kapox or other soft material to be used on a couch or other bed for
sleeping or reclining purposes.

The words "pillow, " "bolster, " "cushion" or "feather bed" shall mean
any bag, case or covering made of cotton, leather or other textile material,
and stuffed or filled with excelsior, straw, hay, grass, corn-husks, moss
fibre, cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers, feather down, kapok or other soft
material, to be used on a bed, hammock, chair, couch, divan, sofa, lounge
or other article of upholstered furniture for sleeping, reclining or resting
purposes.

The words "upholstered furniture" shall mean any article of furniture
stuffed or filled with excelsior, straw, hay, grass, corn husks, tow, moss,
fibre, cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers, feather down, kapok or other soft
material to be used for sitting, resting or reclining purposes.

The word "comfortable" shall mean any cover, quilt or quilted article
made of cotton, or other textile material, and stuffed or filled with fibre,
cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers, feather down, kapok or other soft material.

The word "new, " as used in this Section 64, shall mean any material
or article which has not been previously manufactured or used for any
purpose.

The word "second-hand" shall mean any material or article of which
prior use has been made.