748 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 288

hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

30. It shall be the duty of the State Department of
Health, and of the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore
City, concurrently:

1. To receive reports of occupational diseases from phy-
sicians who have knowledge of such cases.

2. To study occupational diseases and ways and means
for their control and prevention, and make the necessary
rules and regulations for such control and prevention. Such
rules and regulations for the control and prevention of
occupational diseases shall have the force and effect of law.
No such rule or regulation or any modification, amend-
ment or repeal thereof, shall become effective until public
notice of such proposed rule or regulation, modification,
amendment, or repeal thereof shall have been given, and
a public hearing thereon held before the State Board of
Health. Any person, firm or corporation failing, refusing
or neglecting to comply with any rule or regulation made
by the State Department of Health and the Commissioner
of Health of Baltimore City, under the powers conferred
upon them by this section, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) for each day that such
violation continues, provided that a written notice of such
rule or regulation shall be served on some person in charge
of the place where such violation exists prior to any prose-
cution for violation of any such rule or regulation.

3. To investigate industrial conditions causing occupa-
tional diseases, or which may be suspected of causing occu-
pational diseases, and make recommendations for the con-
trol of such condition.

4. To enforce regulations regarding occupational dis-
eases.

5. To recommend to the Legislature for enactment such
measures, [including additions to the list of occupational
diseases contained in Section 21 of this Article, ] as their
studies and experience may demonstrate to be advisable.

But nothing in this section shall be construed to limit
any powers given to the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, by charter or amendment thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 13, 1951.