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Ch. 267
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1934
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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BY repealing
Article 23 — Miscellaneous Companies
Section 248
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1973 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 248 of Article 23 - Miscellaneous
Companies, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1973
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed:
Article 23 — Miscellaneous Companies
[248.
Any person employed as signalman, towerman, gateman,
leverman, agent, train dispatcher, telegraph or telephone
operator in a railroad signal tower or public railroad
station to receive or transmit a telegraphic or
telephonic message or train order for the movement of
trains and who works eight hours or more in any
twenty—four each and every day continuously, and all
levermen employed in connection with the reception or
transmission of a telegraphic or telephonic message or
train order for the movement of trains and who work the
number of hours aforesaid must have and shall be allowed
at least two days of twenty—four hours each in each and
every calendar month for rest with the regular
compensation; except in cases of extraordinary emergency
caused by accident, fire, flood or danger to life or
property, and for such extra service in case or cases of
such emergency, such employee or employees who shall work
on extra days by reason of such emergency shall be paid
in addition to his regular compensation for and during
the calendar month in which such extra service shall be
rendered an amount equal to his average daily
compensation for each day during which he performs such
extra service. Any person or persons, company,
corporation or association, who shall violate any of the
provisions of this section shall on conviction pay a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for each
violation thereof, and such fine shall be recovered by an
action of debt in the name of the State of Maryland for
the use of the State, which shall sue for it against such
person, company, corporation or association violating
this section, said suit to be instituted in any court of
this State having appropriate jurisdiction, and such fine
when recovered, as aforesaid, shall be paid without any
deduction whatever, one half thereof to the informer and
the balance thereof to be paid into the public school
fund of the State of Maryland.]
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
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