J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        951

interested parties may appear in person or by counsel, present
witnesses and submit evidence. The chairman or any member of the
Commission shall have the power to administer oaths to any wit-
nesses who appear to testify at the hearing. The Commission shall
as promptly as possible after the hearing render a final decision on
the petitioner's complaint.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 560
(Senate Bill 320)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 30 of
Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Department of Labor and Industry", subtitle
"Occupational Safety", to provide for employment of inspectors
to inspect temporary and/or permanent carnival structures, and
rides, or devices, along with enforcement of safety codes for cer-
tain elevators and hoists and to provide methods of payment
therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 30 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Department of Labor and Indus-
try", subtitle "Occupational Safety", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

30.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to
aid and assist employers in carrying out their responsibilities under
Section 29 and to suggest and recommend to employers or groups
of employers methods and procedures by which they may develop
safety programs to carry out such responsibilities. Within the Depart-
ment of Labor and Industry, there shall be a Division of Industrial
Safety, under the direction of a Director of Industrial Safety, which
on behalf of and under the Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall
administer the provisions of this subtitle. The Division of Industrial
Safety shall have such clerks, inspectors and other employees and
technical assistants as shall be provided from time to time in the
budget. The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall appoint at
least six additional inspectors to be designated safety inspectors,
who shall be qualified and trained in occupational safety, and who
shall be charged with responsibility for enforcement of safety codes
in construction and other hazardous industries in the State at large,
with salaries and travel expenses provided in the annual budget.
The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall further appoint at
least three additional inspectors, who shall be technically qualified,
and who shall be charged with responsibility for enforcement of
safety codes relative to amusement rides or devices and temporary
and/or permanent structures at carnivals, fairs and amusement
parks or other areas where such rides, devices or structures may be