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a week at one time, or any part of which is let for any person to
sleep in for any time less than a week; a cellar shall be taken
to mean and include every basement or lower story of any
building or house of which one-half or more of the height from
the floor to the ceiling is below the level of the street adjoining.

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

Approved March 30, 1908.

CHAPTER 85.

AN ACT to repeal the Act of 1898, chapter 458, relating to the
hours of labor of mechanics and laborers employed upon
city work, and to re-enact the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Act of 1898, chapter 458, of the Code of Public
Local Laws, relating to the hours of labor of mechanics and
laborers upon city work, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted to read as follows:

SEC. 2. That eight hours shall constitute a day's work for
all laborers, workmen or mechanics, who may be employed by
or on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
except in cases of extraordinary emergency, which may arise in
time of war or in cases where it may be necessary to work
more than eight hours per calendar day, for the protection
of property or human life; provided, that in all such cases the
laborer, workman or mechanic so employed and working to
exceed eight hours per calendar day shall be paid on the basis
of eight hours constituting a day's work; provided further,
that not less than the current rate of per diem wages in the
locality where the work is performed shall be paid to laborers,
workmen and mechanics so employed by or on behalf of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; and laborers, work-
men or mechanics employed by contractors or sub-contractors
in the execution of any contract or contracts within the city
of Baltimore on any public work, shall be deemed to be em-
ployed by or on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all contracts here-
after made by or on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore with any person or persons or corporation, for the
performance of any work with the city of Baltimore, shall be
deemed and considered as made upon the basis of eight hours
constituting a day's work, and it shall be unlawful for any