MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1361

facture, renovation, disinfection, and sale of bedding and uphol-
stered furniture and the filling materials used in the manufacture
of these items; to provide for proper labeling and inspection; to
provide for the administration and enforcement by the State De-
partment of Health, and to authorize and empower the State
Department of Health to adopt rules and regulations necessary to
carry out the provisions thereof; to establish a Bedding Advisory
Board; to provide for the licensing of manufacturers, wholesalers,
renovators, disinfectors, and supply dealers; and to provide a
penalty for the violation of this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 65 through 67 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle
"Manufacture and/or Sale of Mattresses, etc." be and they are
hereby repealed; and that new Sections 65 through 67G be and they
are hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the
Sections so repealed, to follow immediately after Section 64 thereof,
to be under the new subtitle "Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
Control Law," and to read as follows:

Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Control Law
65.

The following definitions apply in the interpretation of the pro-
visions of this subtitle:

(1)    "Bedding" means any quilted pad, mattress pad, hammock
pad, mattress, comforter, quilt, sleeping bag, box spring, studio
couch, sofa-bed or convertible sofa, pillow or cushion made of
leather, cloth, or any other material, which is stuffed or filled in
whole or in part with concealed material, which can be used by any
human being for sleeping or reclining purposes.

(2)    "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the State De-
partment of Health or his duly authorized representative.

(3)    "Department" means the State Department of Health.

(4) "Disinfector" (sterilizer) means a person who disinfects
articles of bedding or filling material or component parts thereof.

(5)    "Filling material" means cotton, wool, kapok, feathers,
downs, hair, or any other material, or any combination thereof,
loose or in batting, pads, or any other prefabricated form, con-
cealed, or not concealed, to be used or that could be used in articles
of bedding or upholstered furniture.

(6)    "Importer" means a retailer who imports merchandise sub-
ject to this subtitle which is manufactured outside the United States
or its possessions or Puerto Rico.

(7)    "Manufacturer," "making," "make," or "made" includes
altering, finishing, or preparing articles of bedding and upholstered
furniture, or filling material for sale, whether made out of new or
second-hand material.

(8)    "Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of
bedding or up