3232                                    EXECUTIVE ORDERS

gainfully employed, within the meaning of that
subtitle, shall be employed, permitted or suffered
to work more than 9 hours per day nor more than 48
hours per week or for more than 6 days per week,
except that the hour regulations as stipulated shall
not apply to minors 16 and 17 years of age not
attending day school when the minor is employed in a
commercial cannery engaged in the canning of
perishable fruits and vegetables, nor shall it apply
to telegraph messengers in the event of an emergency
resulting from an act of God or other causes that
would affect the public welfare; and

WHEREAS, It appears that some minors within the ambit of
Article 100, §20 (c) are employed in such positions
that the employer would be unable effectively to
rearrange the work week if those minors are unable
to work a ten—hour day; and

WHEREAS, It is important that no minor within the
protection of Article 100, § 20 (c) is made to work a
schedule which is injurious to his health, safety,
or welfare; and

WHEREAS, In light of the ability to conserve energy
through a rescheduling of the work week, if the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry finds that the
rescheduling will not be detrimental to the health*
safety, or welfare of the minor, it is reasonable to
permit the minor to work more than nine but not more
than ten hours per day, four days a week, during the
period of the energy emergency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARVIN MANDEL, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME
BY ARTICLE 41, SECTION 15B OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND (1971 REPLACEMENT VOLUME AND 1973
CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 1 OF
THE ACTS OF 1973, SECOND SPECIAL SESSION) TO SUSPEND
AND MODIFY EXISTING STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS
AFFECTING OR AFFECTED BY THE USE OF ENERGY
RESOURCES, AND BECAUSE I AM ADVISED AND INFORMED
THAT THE FOLLOWING IS REASONABLE AND NECESSARY IN
VIEW OF THE SITUATION OF EMERGENCY, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM AND ISSUE THE FOLLOWING ORDER, EFFECTIVE
12:01 P.M., JANUARY 14, 1974:

1. If any employer, with the concurrence of
his employees, should adopt a work schedule of four
days per week, ten hours per day, and that schedule
requires that a minor sixteen or seventeen years of
age within the protection of Article 100, Section 20
(c) of the Annotated Code of Maryland work more than
nine hours but not more than ten hours in any one