1638                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 564

of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1964 Replacement Volume and 1969
Supplement), title "Work, Labor and Employment," subtitle "Em-
ployment of Minors," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, all to read as follows:

20.

(a) Minors under sixteen.—No minor under the age of 16 years
shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any gainful
occupation as defined in this subtitle for more than 6 days a week
or for more than 3 hours on any school day nor for more than 8
hours on any nonschool day, or for more than 23 hours in a week
during which school is in session for 5 or more days or for more
than 40 hours in any one week when the schools are not in session.
In any one week in which school is in session for less than 5 days,
such child may be employed for not more than 8 hours on any one
day that school is not in session, but in no case shall his total hours
during such week exceed forty. No minor under 16 years of age
who is gainfully employed within the meaning of this subtitle shall
be employed, permitted or suffered to work before the hour of 7 a.m.
or after the hour 7 p.m. except during the summer, June 1 through
Labor Day, when the evening hour will be 9 p.m. Nothing in this
section shall be construed as limiting the number of hours of em-
ployment of any minor participating in an experimental school-
supervised and school-administered work-experience and career ex-
ploration program approved by the Secretary of Labor of the United
States.

23.

(d) [By whom issued, application by parent or guardian; classes.
—Certificates shall be issued in Baltimore City only by the Com-
missioner of the Department of Labor and Industry or by any person
designated by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry and in the
counties by the county superintendent of schools or by any person
designated by the county superintendent of schools. Employment
certificates for minors 14 and 15 years of age shall be issued only
upon application of the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the
minor or if the minor has no parent, guardian or legal custodian
then by next friend. Employment certificates shall be of 4 classes,
general employment certificates, vacation employment certificates,
special employment certificates, and coordination employment cer-
tificates. General employment certificates shall entitle the minor to
work during the entire year, vacation employment certificates shall
entitle the minor to work during such time as the minor is not
required to attend public or private school under the provisions of
the State school attendance law. Special employment certificates
shall be issued to a minor found incapable of profiting by further
educational instruction as provided in Section 38, and a coordination
certificate shall be issued to a minor who is participating in a school
work coordination plan as provided in Section 39.] Employment cer-
tificates shall be issued in such manner and form and subject to such
regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the Depart-
ment of Labor and Industry. Applications for employment certificates
in Baltimore City shall be processed only by the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry or by any person designated by the Commis-
sioner and in the counties by the county superintendent of schools