640                              Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 264

CHAPTER 263
(Senate Bill 166)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 96(e-l),
96(f), 96(g) and 104 (a) of Article 100 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Supplement), title "Work, Labor and Employ-
ment," subtitle "Contracts for Public Works," amending the
work, labor and employment laws of this State in order to make
certain corrections in the language and references thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 96(e-l), 96(f), 96(g) and 104(a) of Article 100 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Supplement), title "Work,
Labor and Employment," subtitle "Contracts for Public Works," be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

96.
[(e-1)] (f) "Workman" means laborer, workman, and mechanic.

[(f)] (g) "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen (16)
years of age who has entered into a written agreement with an
employer or his agent, an association of employers or an organiza-
tion of employees, or a joint committee representing both, which
states the trade, craft, or occupation which the apprentice is to be
taught and the time at which the apprenticeship begins and ends,
and who is registered in a program of the Maryland Apprenticeship
and Training Council or the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Train-
ing of the U. S. Department of Labor.

[(g)] (h) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the De-
partment of Labor and Industry or his duly authorized deputy or
representative.

104.

(a) No public body, officer, official, member, agent, or representa-
tive, authorized to contract for public works shall fail, before ad-
vertising for bids, to have the Commissioner determine the pre-
vailing rates of wages of workmen for each class of work called for
by the public works in the locality where the work is to be per-
formed as provided herein.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 22, 1970

CHAPTER 264
(Senate Bill 174)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 208(a),
243(n)(3), 243(n)(4)(i), 356, 495(j), 497, and 499 of Article