442 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 222

Bureau of Statistics and Information, and said statements shall
be placed on file and preserved until such time as such child,
if living, shall have reached the full age of sixteen years.
All employment certificates shall also contain the name and
address of the prospective employer and the nature of the occu-
pation in which said child is to be engaged, and no certificates
shall be valid excepting in the hands of the employer so named
and for the occupation so described.

Section 23. No female under sixteen years of age shall be
employed, permitted or suffered to work in any capacity where
such employment compels her to remain standing constantly.

Section 25. Every employer shall post and keep posted
in a conspicuous place in every establishment wherein any
person under the age of sixteen years is employed, permitted
or suffered to work, a printed copy of the sections of this act
relating to hours of labor, and a schedule stating the maximum
number of hours such person may be required or permitted to
work on each day of the week, lite hours of commencing and
stopping work, and the hours allowed for dinner or for other
meals. Such copies and the printed form of such schedules
shall be prepared by the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and
Information and be furnished by it on application of such
employer, and the employment of any such person for a longer
time in any day than so stated, or at any other time than as
stated in said schedule shall be deemed a violation of the pro-
visions of this act.

Section 26. No boy under twelve years of age and no girl
under sixteen years of age shall in any city having a popula-
tion of 20, 000 or over distribute, sell, expose, or offer for sale
newspapers, magazines, or periodicals in any street or public
place, provided that nothing in this section shall apply to
any boy who at the time of the passage of this Act is duly
licensed to sell newspapers under section 28, but any such boy
shall be entitled to have his permit renewed upon its expira-
tion unless otherwise disqualified; and provided further that
a permit and special badge may be issued to boys not less than
ten years of age authorizing the holder to distribute news-
papers on a regular route between the hours of three-thirty
and five o'clock P. M.

Section 28. No boy under sixteen years of age shall in
any city having a population of 20, 000 or over distribute, sell,
expose or offer for sale in any street or public place any news-