570 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 2

Mr. Benson, from Committee on Corporations, re-
ported favorably, with amendments,

House bill, File No. 68, entitled "An Act to limit
the hours of service of certain employees engaged in
operating any railroad in this state, and making it
unlawful for any person, corporation or association to
permit such employees to be on duty for more than
eight hours in any twenty-four consecutive hours."

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.

Strike out in section 1, all after the words, "Be it
enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland," and
insert in lieu thereof, "that it shall be unlawful for
any person, corporation or association operating a
railroad within this State, to permit any telegraph
operator who spaces trains by use of the telegraph
under what is known and termed 'Block System,' (de-
fined as follows :) Reporting trains to each other, reg-
istering the same and operating one or more train order
signals, and telegraph lever men who manipulate
lever machines in railroad yards or on the main tracks
out on the line, connecting side tracks or switches, or
train dispatchers in its services; whose duties pertain
to the movement of cars, engines or trains on its rail-
road by the use of the telegraph in displacing or re-
porting trains or recieving or transmitting train orders,
as interpreted in this section, to be on duty for more
than eight hours in any twenty-four consecutive
hours; provided however, that this Act shall not apply
to persons acting in the capacity' of agents for the
purpose of receiving and receipting for freights and
delivering the same, or for the purpose of selling
tickets to passengers."

Strike out the word "five" in line 2 of section 2,
between the words "of" and "hundred," and insert
the word "one."

Which was adopted.

Insert in line 2, of section 4, after the word "what-
ever," "one-half thereof."

Which was adopted.