MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           3231

then be the same as those set forth in
Paragraph 2(e) and (f) above, except as they
refer to Qualification Committees.

(e) The Board shall adopt rules for
the conduct of its proceedings in accordance
with the provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act.

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JANUARY 11, 1974
ENERGY CRISIS - HOURS OF LABOR FOR MINORS

WHEREAS, I, MARVIN MANDEL, Governor of the State of
Maryland, did on November 14, 1973, proclaim that a
state of emergency existed within the area
constituting the entire State of Maryland by reason
of an acute shortage in usable energy resources; and

WHEREAS, I further proclaimed that, in accordance with
the procedures contained in Article 41, Section 153
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended by
Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1973, Second Special
Session, I would promulgate reasonable Orders, Rules
and Regulations, as I deem necessary, to protect the
public health, safety and welfare and to bring the
emergency situation under control; and

WHEREAS, It has come to ray attention that a number of
employers in the State, with the support of their
employees, have desired to operate on a four—day,
ten—hour—per—day, work week rather than a five—day,
eight-hour-per-day, work week, in order to conserve
energy; and

WHEREAS, It appears that, in given situations, and where
the employer and the employees concur in the
arrangement, this operation can save considerable
amounts of energy by reducing the consumption of
gasoline in driving to and from work, as well as
reducing the consumption of heating fuel in places
of business; and

WHEREAS, Some of these employers employ minors sixteen
and seventeen years of age who are not enrolled in
day school; and

WHEREAS, Article 100, §20 (c) of the Annotated Code of
Maryland provides that no minor of 16 or 17 years of
age who is not enrolled in day school and is