EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That certain new sections
to come in after said Section 4 and to be known as Sections 5,

CHAP. 192

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, be and the same are hereby
added to said Article 100 of the said Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, the same to read as follows :
5. That no child between the age of twelve (12) and six-
teen (16) shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in

New sections
added.

any offices, establishment or business mentioned in the pre-
ceding section unless the person or corporation employing
him or her produces and keeps on file and accessible to the
inspectors authorized by this Act and the attendance officer
of the public schools, an employment permit, and keep a
complete list of all such children employed therein on file,
and in the case of children employed in factories, workshops,
mills or messenger service, a duplicate of said list shall be
conspicuously posted near the principal entrance of the
building in which such children are employed.
6. That the employment permit for all employments in

Employment
permit of
children
to be kept on
file.

Baltimore city under the provisions of this Act shall be
issued by the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Informa-
tion, and for employment in other cities or in the counties
of this State, by any member of the Board of Health or
principal health officer of the city or county in which the
employment is sought.
7. That the employment permit shall not be issued unless
satisfactory evidence is furnished by duly attested transcript

Who shall
issue employ-
ment permit.

of the certificate of birth or baptism of such child, or other
religious records, or the register of birth, or the affidavit of
the parent or guardian or custodian of the child, which latter
affidavit shall be required, however, only in case it is certi-
fied by the proper authorities that the birth certificate show-
ing the place and date of birth of such child is not on
record, which affidavit must be taken before the officer issu-
ing the employment permit, who is hereby authorized and
required to administer such oath and who shall not demand
or receive a fee therefor.
8. That the employment permit shall read as follows :

EMPLOYMENT PERMIT.

The birth certificate giving the name, date and place of

Satisfactory
evidence
must be
furnished.

———— (name of child) is attached hereto. (If there be no
birth certificate, then a certificate to that effect, i. e., that

Employment
permit.