816 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 406

Hours of Labor, Workshops, Factories, Etc.

12. Upon the appointment and qualification of the State
Board of Labor and Statistics, all the powers and duties speci-
fied and set forth in sections 1 to 55 inclusive of Article 100
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Volumes II and III, title
"Work—Hours of, in Factories, " sub-titles "Employment of
Minors" and "Hours of Labor for Females, " including the re-
ceiving and giving of notices, issuing certificates, papers and
badges, preparing and furnishing blanks and forms, making
complaints and reports, making payments and visiting, inspect-
ing and entering premises, as said powers and duties are con-
ferred by the provisions of said Article 100 upon the Bureau
of Statistics and Information, or its Chief, and upon the In-
spector and Assistant Inspectors of Female Labor, or upon any
otter inspectors, officers or employees therein named, shall
thereupon be transferred to and imposed and devolved upon the
State Board of Labor and Statistics, together with all records,
documents, papers, monies, and all property and things of or
appertaining to the said Bureau of Statistics and Information,
and the said Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of Female
Labor, all in like manner and to the same extent and with the
same effect as if the said State Board of Labor and Statistics
had been originally named in said Article as the body upon
which said powers and duties were conferred; provided, how-
ever, that the powers of the county superintendent of schools
in the counties with respect to employment certificates and the
issue thereof, and the provisions with reference to school at-
tendance officers and schools records shall not be affected by
this section. Immediately upon such transfer of powers and
duties, the said Bureau of Statistics and Information and the
Chief of the Industrial Bureau shall be abolished as aforesaid,
and the Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of Female Labor
shall also be abolished.

13. Upon the appointment and qualification of the State
Board of Labor and Statistics, all the powers and duties speci-
fied and set forth in sections 264 to 275, inclusive, of Article
27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Volume III, title
"Crimes and Punishments, " sub-titles "Health—Workshops
and Factories" and "Health—Workshops and Factories—
Sweating System, " including the making of registrations, pre-
paring and furnishing blanks and forms, receiving applications,
statements, certificates, papers, and information, making in-
spections and entries, issuing and revoking licenses, consulting