HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 487

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 7 of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Work—Hours of, in Fac-
tories", sub-title "Employment of Minors", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

7. No child under the age of sixteen years shall be em-
ployed, permitted, or suffered to work at any of the following
occupations, or in any of the following positions: Adjusting
any belt to any machinery; sewing or lacing machine belts in
any workshop or factory; oiling, wiping or cleaning machinery
or assisting therein; operating or assisting in operating any
of the following machines: Circular or band saw, crosscut
saws, slashers, or other cutting machines; wood shapers, wood
jointers, planers, sandpaper or wood-polishing machinery,
wood turning or boring machinery, picker machines or ma-
chines used in picking wool, cotton, hair or any other material,
carding machines, paper-lace machines, leather-burnishing
machines, job or cylinder printing presses operated by power
other than foot-power, boring or drill presses, stamping ma-
chines used in sheet metal and tinware or in paper and leather
manufacturing or in washer or nut factories, metal or paper
cutting machines, corner-staying machines in paper-box
factories, corrugating rolls, such as are used in corrugated
paper, roofing or washboard factories, steam boilers, dough
brakes or cracker machinery of any description, wire or iron
straightening • or drawing machinery, rolling-mill machinery,
power punches or shears, washing, grinding, or mixing ma-
chinery, calendar rolls in paper or rubber manufacturing,
laundering machinery; or in proximity to any hazardous or
unguarded belts, machinery or gearing; or on any machine or
machinery deemed by the Commissioner, after investigation, to
be dangerous to life or limb; or upon any railroad, whether
steam or electric or hydraulic; or upon any vessel or boat
engaged in navigation or commerce.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 434.
(Senate Bill 44)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 788
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939