368 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 202
All fees collected under the provisions of this Section 64,
shall be paid to the Director of Health, and when so collected
and paid, shall thereafter be by the said Director of Health,
placed in a separate fund, to be known as the Bedding Fund,
into which all moneys collected under the provisions of this
Section 64 shall be paid, and from which all expenditures nec-
essary in carrying into effect the provisions of this Section 64
Shall be paid.
All moneys in the Bedding Fund, from time to time, are
hereby specifically appropriated to the Department of Health,
for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this
Section 64, and for the payment of salaries and expenses of
inspectors, employees, and for research, or any other necessary
expenses of said Department of Health, connected with the en-
forcement of this Section 64.
(J). The Department of Health, through its officers and em-
ployees is hereby charged with the administration and enforce-
ment of Section 64, and shall have the power to take for evi-
dence, at any trial involving violation of this Section, any ar-
ticle made or offered for sale in violation of this Section.
The State Board of Health shall make and enforce reasonable
rules and regulations for the enforcement of this Section.
(K). Any person violating any of the provisions of this Sec-
tion 64 or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars and not
more than fifty dollars for each offense, and, in default of the
payment of such fine, to undergo imprisonment of not less than
ten days for each separate offense; Provided that the total term
of imprisonment at any one time for additional offenses shall
not exceed six months.
Each mattress, pillow, bolster, featherbed or comfortable,
made, remade, or renovated, sold, offered for sale, delivered,
consigned, or possessed with intent to sell, deliver or consign,
contrary to the provisions hereof, shall constitute a separate
offense.
Each imitated or counterfeited adhesive stamp made,
used, sold, offered for sale, delivered or consigned contrary to
the provisions of this section shall constitute a sep-
arate offense.
The Director of Health may revoke any permit issued under
the provisions of this Section 64, if the person to whom the per-
mit was issued has violated any provisions of this Section 64 ar
the rules or regulations established thereunder.
Approved April 1, 1927
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