1364 JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

East, Cecil County, that the said road may be safe for travel,
the cost of same to be paid out of such funds as are now or may
come into the hands of said State Roads Commission for road
purposes.

Approved May 18, 1937.

NO. 16.

A Joint Resolution for the appointment of a commission to
study the question of unpaid wages and the facilities exist-
ing in the State for the collection of unpaid wages and for
the administration of the industrial laws of the State..

WHEREAS, it has been called to the attention of members of
the General Assembly of Maryland that a serious problem ex-
ists in the State in the matter of unpaid wages; and

WHEREAS, it appears that no adequate facilities now exist
for the collection of unpaid wages; and

WHEREAS, it has been suggested that the facilities of the
office of the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics as now con-
stituted are inadequate to remedy the problem of unpaid wages
and fully to administer other industrial legislation; therefore
be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland,
That the Governor of this State of Maryland be and he is here-
by authorized and directed to appoint a commission of seven
members, two members to be appointed from the office of the
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, two members to be ap-
pointed from the list of justices of the peace, one member to
represent employees, one member to represent employers and
one member from the Legal Aid Bureau of Baltimore, to study
the question of unpaid wages in Maryland and the facilities,
if any, now existing for their collection and to determine
whether or not there is need for legislation for the better col-
lection of unpaid wages and to determine whether or not
further facilities should be made available for assistance in
collection of wages in the office of the Commissioner of Labor
and Statistics or in the courts of the State and to study gen-
erally the facilities of the office of the Commissioner of Labor
and Statistics for the enforcement of and administration of in-
dustrial legislation now in force and to report to the Governor
on or before November 15, 1938; and be it further

Resolved, That this commission shall he known as the Mary-
land Commission for the Study of Unpaid Wages.

Approved May 18, 1937.