MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       1213

CHAPTER 501
(House Bill 653)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 2, 2, 9 and
11 (a) of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Work, Labor
and Employment," subtitles, RESPECTIVELY, "HOURS OF
WORK IN FACTORIES" AND % respectively, "Hours of Work in
Factories" and "Employment of Minors"; and to repeal Sections 17
17, 52, 53,54 and 55 of said Article and title of said Code (1964
Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), subtitles, respectively,
"EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS," "Employment of Minors" and
"Hours of Labor for Females," to delete various provisions of the
State's labor laws which provide for different work and labor laws
for males and females.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 2, 2, 9 and 11 (a) of Article 100 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title
"Work, Labor and Employment," subtitles, RESPECTIVELY,
"HOURS OF WORK IN FACTORIES" AND s, respectively, "Hours
of Work in Factories" and "Employment of Minors," be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2.

ANY SUCH NAMED CORPORATION OR MANUFACTURING
COMPANY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS STATE SHALL BE
ALLOWED, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE
PRIVILEGE OF WORKING [MALE] EMPLOYEES, OVER THE
AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS OVER THE LIMIT OF TEN
HOURS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE ONLY OF MAKING
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND GETTING FIRES MADE,
STEAM UP AND THE MACHINERY READY FOR USE IN
THEIR WORKS, WHICH CANNOT BE DONE DURING THE
LIMIT OF THE TEN HOURS; THE EXTRA COMPENSATION
FOR ALL SUCH WORK TO BE SETTLED BETWEEN SUCH COR-
PORATION AND MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND THE
EMPLOYEES; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE
SHALL BE SO CONSTRUED AS TO PROHIBIT ANY EMPLOYER
FROM MAKING A CONTRACT WITH HIS [MALE] EMPLOY-
EES, OVER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, TO WORK BY
THE HOUR FOR SUCH TIME AS MAY BE AGREED UPON.

Any such named corporation or manufacturing company within
the limits of this State shall be allowed, under the provisions of this
section, the privilege of working [male] employees, over the age of
twenty-one years over the limit of ten hours for the express purpose

only of making repairs and improvements and getting fires made,

steam up and the machinery ready for use in their works, which

cannot be done during the limit of the ten hours; the extra compen-

sation for all such work to be settled between such corporation and
manufacturing companies and the employees; provided that nothing
in this article shall be so construed as to prohibit any employer from

making a contract with his [male ] employees, over the age of

2.