ART. 89.] STATISTICS OF LABOR. 1295

1888, ch. 444.

3. If the woman so injured shall be a feme sole under the age
of eighteen years she may prosecute such action of slander by her
prochein ami.

Ibid.

4. The husband of any female may prosecute and sustain an
action of slander against any person for words falsely and mali-
ciously spoken subsequently to her marriage, touching her char-
acter or reputation for chastity before or during her marriage.

Hemming v. Elliott, 66 Md. 200.

ARTICLE LXXXIX.

STATISTICS AND INFORMATION AS TO BRANCHES
OF INDUSTRY.

1. Bureau of, established.

| 2 Appropriation for expenses of.

1884, ch. 211, secs. 1-2.

1. A bureau to collect statistics and information concerning
the various branches of industry practised in this State, and the
needs thereof, and the abuses which exist therein, shall be estab-
lished and maintained; and the chief of said bureau, to be ap-
pointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate,
shall make full report thereof to the general assembly at each
session thereof.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1888, ch. 173.

2. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby annuaily appro-
priated to pay the salaries and the expenses necessary to the exe-
cution of the duties imposed upon the said bureau by this article,
and the said money, hereby annually appropriated, is hereby
directed to be paid by the treasurer of this State, upon the war-
rant of the comptroller, in such sums and at such times as the
governor of this State shall, from time to time, direct by his order
in writing.