66 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ARTICLE XXIII.

CORPORATIONS.

CHAPTER 587.

AN ACT to prohibit the employment by telegraph, telephone
or messenger companies as messengers of any person or per-
sons under fourteen years of age; to prohibit the employ-
ment of boys under sixteen years of age between the hours of
eight o'clock P. M. and eight o'clock A. M. by said companies;
to prohibit the calling for message at or the delivery of mes-
^s sages to any house of ill repute or disorderly character by

any minor in the employ of the said companies.
Whereas, the telegraph, telephone and messenger companies
have in their employ boys of tender years for the purpose of
delivering telegrams and other messages at various points,
and in the pursuit of this employment those engaged therein
are often required to visit places of questionable reputation,
come in contact with persons of immoral character and wit-
ness scenes tending to inflame, corrupt and demoralize the
youthful mind; and

Whereas, the employment of minors in such occupations should
be prohibited,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That no telegraph, telephone or messenger company em-
ploy any person under fourteen years of age to call for or
deliver any message.

SEC. 2. That no telegraph, telephone or messenger company
shall require or permit any person in its employ under sixteen
years of age to call for or deliver any telegram or other mes-
sage between the hours of eight o'clock P. M. and eight o'clock
A. M.

SEC. 3. That no telegraph, telephone or messenger company
shall require or permit any minor person in its employ to call
for or deliver any telegram or other message at or to any
house of ill repute or questionable character wherein is con-
ducted any business tending to demoralize by example or con-
tact said minor.

SEC. 4. Any company or representative thereof who shall vio-
late the provisions of this bill shall be subject to a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dol-
lars, or sixty days in jail or both, at the discretion of the
court, for each and every offense.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1910.