732                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 211

TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND THE GRAND JURY OF
THE COUNTY OR CITY WHERE THE SAID OFFENSES SHALL
HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.

PENALTY
55.

ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 52 OR OF SECTION 53 OF THIS ARTICLE OR IN-
TERFERING WITH, MOLESTING OR OBSTRUCTING THE
SAID INSPECTOR OR EITHER OF HER ASSISTANTS IN THE
DISCHARGE OF HER DUTIES, SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY
OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE
PUNISHED, FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE, BY A FINE OF NOT
MORE THAN $100, FOR A SECOND OR ANY SUBSEQUENT
OFFENSE, BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000, OR BY
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY
BOTH PENALTIES IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT.]

COMPULSORY WORK LAW
56.

Whenever, because of the existence of a state of war, the Governor
determines that it is necessary, for the protection and welfare of the
people of the State, that all able-bodied [male] persons, between
the ages hereinafter mentioned, be employed in occupations carried
on by the State, the counties or the City of Baltimore, or any of
their agencies, or be employed in occupations carried on by private
persons, firms or corporations, whether agricultural, industrial or
otherwise, and which occupations, whether carried on by the State,
the counties, the City of Baltimore, or by private employers, the
Governor finds to be essential for the protection and welfare of the
people of the State and the United States and also finds that the
same cannot be carried on as the protection and welfare of the people
of this State and the United States require without resort to this
subtitle, then the Governor shall be authorized, by proclamation, to
require every able-bodied [male] person between 18 and 50 years of
age, inclusive, within the State, not then or thereafter regularly
or continuously employed or engaged in any lawful and useful
business, occupation, trade or profession of any kind, to register
forthwith his or her name, address, age and any other informa-
tion which the Governor shall require, with the clerk of the circuit
court of the county in which such person may be, or with the
clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if such per-
son be in Baltimore City. It shall be the duty of said clerk, from
time to time, upon request of the Governor, to furnish him lists
of the names, addresses, age and such other information aforesaid
as may have been obtained and registered. The Governor shall there-
upon assign, or cause to be assigned, and, if necessary, reassign
or cause to be reassigned, such persons to occupations as aforesaid,
carried on by the State, the counties or the City of Baltimore, or to
private employers engaged in occupations of the character above
mentioned, and who accept the services of such persons, for a period
which shall not in the case of any person exceed six continuous
months at any one time. Persons so assigned must in every case be
physically able to perform the work to which they are assigned. As
soon as the proclamation has been issued, as herein provided, it shall