212 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 8

phone lines, or acting as fire lookout or fire patrolman away
from the actual logging operations; provided, that the pro-
visions of this paragraph shall not apply to the felling or
'bucking of timber, the collecting or transporting of logs, the
operation of power-driven machinery, the handling or use of
explosives, and work on trestles.

(d) Peeling of fence posts, pulpwood, chemical wood, ex-
celsior wood, cordwood or similar products, when not done
in conjunction with and at the same time and place as other
logging occupations declared hazardous by this section.

(e) Work in the feeding or care of animals. Exceptions
applying to the operation of any permanent saw mill or the
operation of any lathe mill, shingle mill or cooperage-stock
mill; provided, that these exceptions do not apply to a port-
able saw mill the lumber yard of which is used only for the
temporary storage of green lumber and in connection with
which no office or re-pair or maintenance shop is ordinarily
maintained; and further provided, that these exceptions do
not apply to work which entails entering the saw mill build-
ing:

(1) Work in offices or in repair or maintenance shops.

(2) Straightening, marking, or tallying lumber on the dry
chain or the dry drop sorter.

(3) Pulling lumber from the dry chain.

(4) Clean-up in the lumber yard.

(5) Piling, handling, or shipping of cooperage stock in
yards or storage sheds, other than operating or assisting in
the operation of power driven equipment.

(6) Clerical work in yards or shipping sheds, such as done
by ordermen, tallymen and shipping clerks.

(f) Definitions. The term "all occupations in logging"
shall mean all work performed in connection with the felling
of timber; the bucking or converting of timber into logs,
poles, piles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical wood, excelsior
wood, cordwood, fence posts, or similar products; the collect-
ing, skidding, carding, loading, transporting, and unloading
of such products in connection with logging; the constructing,
repairing, and maintaining of roads, railroads, flumes, or
camps used in connection with logging; the moving, install-
ing, rigging, and maintenance of machinery or equipment
used in logging; and other work performed in connection
with logging. The term shall not apply to work performed