964 LAWS or MARYLAND. [CH. 370

lishment where said articles are offered for sale, or are in pos-
session of any person with intent to sell, deliver, or consign
them, or establishment where sterilizing and disinfecting is
performed, shall be subject to inspection by the Director of
Health to ascertain whether the materials and the finished arti-
cles herein enumerated conform to the requirements of this
Section 51.

(E). No person shall sell, lease, offer to sell or lease, or
deliver or consign in sale or lease, or have in his possession
with intent to sell, lease, deliver, or consign in sale or lease, (a)
any mattress, pillow, bolster, feather bed or comfortable, made,
remade, or renovated in violation of this Section 51; (b) any
second-hand mattress, pillow, bolster, feather bed, or comfort-
able, unless, since last used, it has been thoroughly sterilized
and disinfected by a reasonable process approved by the Direc-
tor of Health.

(F). Each and every mattress or article covered by this
Section 51, other than a feather or down-filled pillow, bolster,
bed or comfortable, shall bear securely attached thereto and
visible on the outside covering a tag, to be procured from the
Director of Health, upon which shall be plainly and indelibly
stamped or printed, in English, (a) a statement showing
whether the materials used in filling said mattress or article are
wholly new or second-hand or partly second-hand; (b) the
name and address of maker and vendor; (c) the word second-
hand upon any article of which prior use has been made; (d)
the number of the permit issued for sterilizing and disinfecting.

Each and every pillow or other article covered by this Sec-
tion 51, in which feathers or down are used, shall bear securely

attached thereto and visible on the outside covering a tag, to
be procured from the Director of Health, upon which shall be
plainly and indelibly stamped or printed in English, (a) state-
ment that the feathers or down used in filling have been steril-
ized and disinfected in accordance with this Section 51; (b)
the number of the permit used for sterilizing and disinfecting
the feathers or down; (e) the name and address of maker and
vendor; (d) the word second-hand upon a feather or down-
filled article of which prior use has been made; (e) the num-
ber of permit issued for sterilizing and disinfecting.

No additional information shall be contained in said state-
ments.