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be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction not less than fifty dollars
as liquidated damages and such other and further actual damages as he
may prove.

Health—Hours of Labor of Children.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 271. 1912, sec. 239. 1904, sec. 225. 1888, sec. 139. 1874, ch. 3. 1876,

ch. 125. 1892, ch. 443.

319. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in laboring
more than ten hours a day in any manufacturing business or factory estab-
lished in any part of the State, or in any mercantile business in the city of
Baltimore.

As to "Hours of Labor," the employment of children, etc., see art. 100.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 272. 1912, sec. 240. 1904, sec. 226. 1890, ch. 317, sec. 4B. 1916, ch. 407.

320. Any person who shall so employ a child or suffer or permit such
employment shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall
be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars; one-half of which shall be
paid to the State Board of Labor and Statistics, which is hereby invested
with the general duty and power of enforcing this law.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 273. 1912, sec. 241. 1904, sec. 227. 1888, art. 27, sec. 141. 1892, ch. 443.

321. The word "suffer or permit," includes every act or omission
whereby it becomes possible for the child to engage in such labor.

Health—Infants.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 277. 1912, sec. 245. 1904, sec. 231. 1894, ch. 511, secs. 1 and 2.

322. If any time within two weeks after the birth of any infant one or
both of its eyes or the eyelids be reddened, inflamed, swollen or discharging
pus, the midwife, nurse or person other than a legally qualified physician,
in charge of such infant, shall refrain from the application of any remedy
for the same, and shall immediately report such condition to the health
commissioner or to some legally qualified physician in the city, county or
town wherein the infant is cared for. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of this section shall on conviction be punished by a fine not to
exceed one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed six
months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
See art. 43, sec. 92.

Health—Milk—Pure—Skimmed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 278. 1912, sec. 246. 1904, sec. 232. 1900, ch. 459, sec. 138C.

323. For the purposes of sections 323, 324 and 325 the standard for

pure milk shall be not more than eighty-seven and one-half per centum of

water or fluids, and not less than twelve and one-half per centum of milk

solids, of which at least three and one-half per centum shall be butter fats.

See note to sec. 326.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 279. 1912, sec. 247. 1904, sec. 233. 1888, sec. 138D.

324. For the purposes of said sections milk shall be deemed to be sophis-
ticated, adulterated or unwholesome when it does not contain twelve and
one-half per centum of milk solids, of which three and one-half per centum
shall be butter fats; or to which has been added salt, boracic acid, salicylic