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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 357
Proviso.

made in such cases as are named in the proviso of this sec-
tion; provided, however, that copies of said application be
served upon the adjoining property owners by said applicant
before filing said application before said board.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 3, 1906.

CHAPTER 358.
AN ACT to add certain new sections to Article 43 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title " Health," under the
new sub-title " Manufacture of Infected Articles," to follow
Section 34, and to be designated as Sections 34 A and 34 B.

SECTION 1.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That new sections be and the same are hereby added

New sections
added.

to Article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws, title
" Health," under the new sub-title " Manufacture of Infected
Article," to follow Section 34, to be designated as Sections
34 A and 34 B, and to read as follows :
34 A. No person, firm or company or corporation shall be

Unlawful to
manufacture
mattresses,
etc., from
cast-off
clothing.

permitted to manufacture in part or in whole, any mattress,
bed, cot, lounge or sofa, wool, shoddies, or shoddies manu-
factured from cast-off clothing or other fabric which has pre-
viously been in the use of or worn by any other person or
persons. And all such manufacturers or dealers in mat-
tresses are hereby prohibited from making or offering for
sale any such mattress, bed, cot, lounge or sofa, where wool,
shoddies, or shoddies manufactured from cast-off clothing
are used for filling or topping in stuffing the said mattresses,
beds, cots, lounges and sofas.
34B. Manufacturers of mattresses, and the other articles
mentioned in the foregoing section of this Article are hereby

Label to be
sewed on
exterior of
mattresses,
etc.

required to sew a label on the exterior of said mattresses
and other articles of manufacture, describing by name each
and every material used for filling or stuffing purposes, and
contained therein. The said label shall be of linen paper or
some other white manufactured fabric, shall be in size 2 1/2x3
inches, and shall have every article used in the manufacture
of said mattress or other article plainly printed or written
in the English language on said label, so that the purchaser