FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 316.

AN ACT for the assistance of the Home for the Aged of
Frederick City.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Treasurer, on the warrant of the Comp-
troller, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to
the order of the treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the
Home for the Aged of Frederick city, the sum of three thous-
and dollars, to be used in repairing, furnishing and in maintain-
ing the same as a home for destitute and aged persons, in
accordance with the rules and regulations which said corporation
has established, and said sum shall be payable as follows, viz :
one thousand five hundred dollars in the year eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-four, and one thousand five hundred in the
year eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

Appropria-
tion.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.

CHAPTER 317.

AN ACT to amend Article one hundred of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, title "Work, Hours of, in Fac-
tories," by adding thereto a section, to be known as Section
4, regulating the employment of children under twelve years
of age, in mills and factories in this State.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen&ral Assembly of
Maryland, That article one hundred of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, be amended by adding thereto the
following section, to come in immediately after section three
of said article, and to be known as section four.

New section.

SEC. 4. No proprietor or owner of any mill or factory in
this State, other than establishments for manufacturing canned
goods, or manager, agent, foreman or other person in charge
thereof, shall, after the first day of October in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, employ or retain in employment in
any such mill or factory, any person or persons under twelve

Employing
children
under 12
years of

age.