PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1367

his possession or under his control which the Chief of said Bu-
reau is authorized to require, and for the purpose of inspection
shall admit the Chief of said Bureau' or his authorized rep-
resentative to any place which is affected by this Act or which
is required by law to be inspected. Any person who refuses to
admit the Chief of said Bureau, or person authorized by him,
to any such establishment, or to furnish any such informauon,
or who refuses to answer, or untruthfully answers questions,
lawfully put to him by the Chief of said Bureau, or any deputy
of said Chief, in a circular or otherwise, shall be guilty of a.
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars for each offense.

SEC. 245. No room or apartment in any tenement or dwelling
house, and no part of any tenement or dwelling house, shall be
used for the purpose of manufacturing, in whole or in part,
altering, repairing or finishing therein, any articles whatsoever,
except for the exclusive use of the person so using any part of
such tenement or dwelling house, or the immediate members of
his household without a license therefor as provided in this

Section.

Application for such license shall be made to the Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics and Information by any member of a family
desiring to do such work in any room or apartment of a tenement,
or dwelling house. Such application shall designate the location
of the room or apartment, the number of persons to be employed
therein, the street and number of, and the full name and address
of the owner of, the building in which the room or apartment is .
located, and shall be signed by the applicant. Application
blanks shall be prepared and furnished by the Bureau of Statis-
tics and Information in such form as the Chief thereof may
determine.

Upon receipt of such application the Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics and Information shall consult the records of the local
health department or board, or other appropriate local authority
charged with the duty of sanitary inspection, and if such records
show the presence of any infectious, contagious or communicable
disease, or the existence of any unsanitary conditions in or about
such room or apartment, the Chief of said Bureau may, without
making an inspection of the premises deny such application for
a license, until such time as the records of the said department,
board or other local authority show that the said premises are