112 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

159. It shall be the duty of the Police Commissioners of
Baltimore City, between the tenth and thirtieth day of No-
vember in each year, to cause a census, as nearly as possible ac-
curate, to be made by members of the force under their com-
mand, of every child from six to eighteen years of age, inclusive,
resident in the said city. The said Police Commissioners shall,
for the purpose of taking said census divide the city into such
posts, districts, or other sub-divisions as they shall determine.
The said census shall give the full name, address, age, color, sex
and place of birth of each child, the school attended, or if not
at school, his employment or that he is not employed, and the
place of birth of each parent of said child, and the full and com-
plete records of said census shall be furnished by said Police
Commissioners to the Board of School Commissioners of Balti-
more City on or before the tenth day of December in each and
every year. Whosoever has under his control a child between
said ages and withholds information in his possession from any
office demanding it relating to the items aforesaid, or makes any
false statement in regard to the same, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and be fined not more than twenty dollars.

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

Approved March 17th, 1914.

CHAPTER 91.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 175 of
Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Baltimore County," sub-title "Health and Sanitary Of-
ficers."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 175 of Article 3 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Baltimore County," sub-title "Health
and Sanitary Officers,'' be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

The County Commissioners are authorized to employ a suffi-
cient number of men with horses and carts, or to contract, for
the removal of garbage, ashes and other offal in such thickly
populated places as they shall consider necessary; and the
said Sanitary Officers are authorized and empowered to have
control of the persons so employed as removers of garbage and