ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  861

64. (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, kapox or other
soft material to be used on a couch or other bed for sleeping
or reclining purposes.

The words "pillow, " "bolster, " "cushion" or "feather bed"
shall mean any bag, case or covering made of cotton, leather
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, hammock, chair, couch, divan, sofa, lounge or
other article of upholstered furniture for sleeping, reclining or
resting purposes.

The words -"upholstered furniture" shall mean any article of
furniture stuffed or filled with excelsior, straw, hay, grass,
corn husks, tow, moss, fibre, cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers,
feather down, kapok or other soft material to be used for
sitting, resting or reclining 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 64, shall mean any
material or article which has not been previously manufac-
tured or used for any purpose.

The word "second-hand" 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.

(B) No person shall employ or use in the making, remaking
or renovating of any article defined herein (a. ) any material
known as shoddy or any fabric or material of which shoddy is
constructed; (b) any second-hand material; (c) any new or
second-hand feathers or feather-down, unless such shoddy, sec-
ond-hand material or new or second-hand feathers and feather-
down have been sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable
process approved by the Director of Health.