818 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 407

Fines and Penalties.

15. That all violations of any of the provisions of any of
the laws the enforcement of which is by this Act transferred
to the State Board of Labor and Statistics, which may be com-
mitted before this Act takes effect, shall be prosecuted and
punished as if this Act had not been passed.

All violations of any of the provisions of such laws which
may be committed after this Act takes effect, shall be prose-
cuted and punished in accordance with the terms thereof; and
whenever such laws confer any rights or privileges of any kind
upon any of the boards, commissions, bureaus, inspectors or
officials whose powers and duties are by this Act transferred
to the State Board of Labor and Statistics, and whenever such
laws impose any duties or obligations of any kind upon any
corporations, firms or individuals with respect to any of the
said boards, commissions, bureaus, inspectors or officials, then
all violations of such provisions of such laws shall be prose-
cuted and punished as if the State Board of Labor and Statis-
tics had been named in such laws as the body having such righto
or privileges or to which such duties or obligations were owed.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after the first day of June, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 407.

AN ACT to repeal section 240 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Health—Hours of Labor of Children, " and to re-
enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 240 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-title
"Health—Hours of Labor of Children, " be and the same here-
by is repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

240. Any person who shall so employ a child or suffer or
permit such employment shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred
Dollars; one-half of which shall be paid to the State Board of