962 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 370

ing, disinfecting, sale, leasing, delivering and consigning
thereof, and the possession thereof with intent to sell, lease,
deliver, or consign.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 51 and Section 52 of Article 43 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title, "Health, " sub-title,
"Manufacture of Infected Articles" (Bagby's Edition of 1912),
be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be
enacted in lieu of Sections 51 and 52 of said Article 43 so re-
pealed, said new section to be numbered Section 51 of said
Article 43, to bear the title, "Manufacture and/or Sale of
Mattresses and Related Articles, " and to read as follows:

51. (A). The word "mattress" shall mean any quilted
pad, mattress, mattress pad, mattress protector, bunk quilt, or
box spring, stuffed or filled with excelsior, straw, hay, grass,
corn husks, moss, fibre, cotton, wool, hair, jute, kapok, or other
soft material, to be used on a couch or other bed for sleeping
purposes.

The words "Pillows, " "bolster, " or "feather bed" shall
mean any bag, case, or covering made of cotton or other textile
material, and stuffed or filled with excelsior, straw, hay, grass,
corn husks, moss, fibre, cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers, feather
down, kapok, or other soft material, to be used on a bed or
other article for sleeping purposes.

The word "comfortable" shall mean any cover, quilt, or
quilted article made of cotton or other textile material, and
stuffed or filled with fibre, cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers,
feather down, kapok, or other soft material.

The word "new, " as used in this Section 51, shall mean any
material or article which has not been previously manufactured
or used for any purpose.

The word "secondhand" shall mean any material or article
of which prior use has been made.

The word "shoddy" shall mean any material which has been
spun into yarn, knit or woven into fabric, and subsequently
cut up, torn up, broken up, or ground up.

The word "person, " as used herein, shall include persons,
corporations, co-partnerships, and associations.

Words used in the singular number shall include the plural;
and the plural, the singular.