J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       181

MENTS AND requiring contractors and subcontractors to fur-
nish certain information to employees, and providing criminal
and civil penalties and remedies for violations. AND EXEMPT
ING WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF

THIS ACT.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 25 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "State Roads", sub-title "In
General", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

25. (a) In all cases where a contract for work shall be given out
to a private contractor by the State Roads Commission, the Com-
mission shall require that not less than the prevailing wage rates
of the locality in which the work is to be done, be paid to all skilled
and unskilled labor.

The prevailing wage rates, for the purposes of this section, shall
be predetermined wage rates as filed with the United States Depart-
ment of Labor.

(b)  Not less often than once each year, the Commission shall
obtain a schedule of said predetermined wage rates and shall, upon
request, supply copies of the same to any person or persons within
ten days thereafter. Said Commission shall supply with FOR IN-
FORMATION PURPOSES a copy of said schedule TO each person,
firm or corporation seeking to obtain such a contract of work from
said Commission. and it shall be made part of the specifications for
each such contract. In all cases where such a contract is entered into,
let or awarded by said Commission, it shall contain a provision
requiring said private contractor and each of his subcontractors to
pay a rate or rates of wages which shall be not less than said pre-
determined wage rates.

(c)  A clearly legible statement of all of said predetermined wage
rates to be paid, to all persons employed pursuant to said contract
shall be kept posted by the person, firm or corporation obtaining said
contract in at least one prominent place at the site of construction
which is readily accessible to all of said employees.

(d)  Every such contractor and subcontractor shall, upon request
of any such employee, within three working days thereafter, notify
him in writing of the total hours he worked, the wage rate per hour
for his classification of employment, his total amount earned, and
the amount and nature of each deduction therefrom for the im-
mediately preceding pay period during which said employee worked.

(e)  Any contractor or subcontractor who violates any provision
of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $100.00,
nor more than $500.00 for each offense. Each day shall constitute a
separate offense with regard to the posting requirement set forth
in (c), above, and each day for which said predetermined wages
are not paid to each employee shall constitute a separate offense
hereunder.

(f)  Any employee of such contractor or subcontractor who is paid
less than said predetermined wage rate may recover from said
contractor or subcontractor the difference between the same and