366 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 202

CHAPTER 202.

AN ACT to repeal Paragraphs B, F, G, H, J, and K of Sec-
tion 64 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
1924, title "Health, " sub-title "Manufacture and/or Sale of
Mattresses and Related Articles" (as enacted by Chapter 370
of the Acts of 1924), and to re-enact the same with amend-
ments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Paragraphs B, F, G, H, J and K of Section 64 of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1924, title
"Health, " sub-title "Manufacture and/or Sale of Mattresses
and Related Articles, '' be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

(B). No person shall employ or use in the making or reno-
vating of any mattress, pillow, bolster, feather-bed or comfort-
able (a) any material known as "shoddy" or any fabric or ma-
terial from which shoddy is constructed; (<) any second-hand
material; (c) any new or second-hand feathers, unless such
shoddy, second hand material or new or second-hand feathers
have been sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable process ap-
proved by the Director of Health.

(F). Bach and every mattress or article covered by this Sec-
tion 64, other than a feather or down filled pillow, bolster, bed
or comfortable, shall bear securely attached thereto and visible
on the outside covering a substantial cloth tag, upon which shall
be plainly and indelibly stamped or printed, in English, (a) a
statement showing the kind of materials used in filling said
mattress or article and whether the materials used in filling are
wholly new or second-hand or partly second-hand; (b) the
word "second-hand" upon any article of which prior use has
been made; (c) the number of the permit issued for sterilizing
and disinfecting.

Each and every pillow or other article covered by this Sec-
tion 64, in which feathers or down are used shall bear securely
attached thereto and visible on the outside covering a substan-
tial cloth tag, upon which shall be plainly and indelibly stamped
or printed in English (a) a statement that the feathers or down
have been sterilized and disinfected in accordance with this Sec-
tion 64; (b) the number of the permit issued for sterilizing and
disinfecting the feathers or down (c) the word "second-hand"
upon a feather or down-filled article of which prior use has been
made.