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jurisdiction, not less than two for each school or building when
both sexes are in attendance in their respective school districts,
with separate means of access for each, and unless placed at a
remote distance, one from another, the approaches or walks
thereto shall be separated by a substantial close fence not less
than seven feet high, and it shall be the duty of the said com-
missioners to make provisions for keeping the said water
closets or outhouses in clean, comfortable and healthful condi-
tion.

1897, ch. 524, sec. 2.

241. Any failure on the part of the said public school
commissioners to comply with the provisions of section 240
shall make them liable to be removed from office by any court
of competent jurisdiction either in the city of Baltimore or in
any county where the schools may be located upon complaint
made to the court under oath or affirmation of not less than
five taxable citizens resident in the said school district in which
the school complained of is located; provided, nothing in this
and the next preceding section shall affect the counties of
Caroline, Kent, Dorchester, Somerset, Baltimore, Worcester,
Howard, Prince George's and Frederick.

Health—Slaughter of Animals.

1902, ch 69, art. 43, sec. 55 A.

242. No person shall kill for human food, or shall carry or
offer to any butcher, or at any slaughter-house to be killed for
human food, any female animal within 30 days before the time
for the delivery of its young, or within 30 days thereafter, or
any animal that is so far disabled by sickness as to be unable
to walk, or any animal known to said person, by reason of
disease or injury, to be unfit for human food; and whenever
any of said animals shall be found at any place where animals
are usually killed for human food, the burden of proving that
such animal was not intended for human food shall rest on the
party charged, and any person violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a
fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars.

Health—Workshops and Factories.

1888, art. 27, sec. 148. 1884, ch. 265, sec. 1

243. All factories, manufacturing establishments or work-
shops in this State shall be kept in a cleanly condition and