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prosecution, for each and every offense, one-half of said fine to go to the
informer, balance to be paid into the treasury of the State.

This section is a duplicate of art. 43, sec. 102.

See Art. 54A, secs. 5 and 6.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 300. 1912, sec. 267. 1914, ch. 81.

370. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or asso-
ciation engaged in the manufacture of cigars to cause or permit any per-
son, whether employee or member of such firm, corporation or associa-
tion or other person to stand or sit on or upon any mould, form or press
that may be used in the moulding, forming or pressing of cigars during
the course or process of manufacture while such mould, form or press
is being so used; and any such person, firm, corporation or association
violating or causing to be violated the provisions of this Section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five dollars ($5.00) for the first
offense; and not more than fifty ($50.00) dollars for the second and each
subsequent offense.

Health—Workshops and Factories—Sweating System.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 301. 1912, sec. 268. 1904, sec. 245. 1894, ch. 302, sec. 149A.
1896, ch. 467. 1914, ch. 779, sec. 245.

371. No room or apartment in any tenement or dwelling house, and
no part of any tenement or dwelling house, shall be used for the purpose
of manufacturing, in whole or in part, altering, repairing or finishing
therein, any articles whatsoever, except for the exclusive use of the person
so using any part of such tenement or dwelling house, or the immediate
members of his household, without a license therefor as provided in this
section.

Application for such license shall be made to the Commissioner of Labor
and Statistics by any member of a family desiring to do such work in any
room or apartment of a tenement or dwelling house. Such application
shall designate the location of the room or apartment, the number of per-
sons to be employed therein, the street and number of and the full name
and address of the owner of the building in which the room or apartment
is located, and shall be signed by the applicant, Application blanks shall
be prepared and furnished by the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics
in such form as the Commissioner may determine.

Upon receipt of such application the Commissioner of Labor and Statis-
tics shall consult the records of the local health department or board or other
appropriate local authority charged with the duty of sanitary inspection, and
if such records show the presence of any infectious, contagious or communi-
cable disease, or the existence of any unsanitary conditions in or about such
room or apartment, the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics may, without
making an inspection of the premises, deny such application for a license
until such time as the records of the said department, board or other local
authority show that the said premises are free from all such infectious,
contagious or communicable disease and from all unsanitary conditions.
Before, however, any such license is granted, an inspection of the room
or apartment sought to be licensed must be made by the duly authorized
inspector of the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics and a statement
must be filed in his office as a matter of public record to the effect that
the records of the local health department or board or other local authority