fee charging employment agencies operating within Maryland are
licensed and supervised by the Department. This agency is further
responsible for the enforcement of the laws in regard to the hours
of labor for females and the Child Labor Law. Under the terms of
the Child Labor Law, minors between the ages of fourteen and
eighteen must receive employment certificates from the Department.
Before such certificates are issued, children applying for the same
must pass a physical examination given by the physicians of the
Department (Code 1961, Art. 89, secs. 4-12; Art. 48, secs. 167-176).
The Department cooperates with the Federal government in the
enforcement of the Walsh-Healy Act; the issuance of employment
certificates for minors subject to the child labor provisions of the
Fair Labor Standards Act.

The General Assembly of 1955 created within the Department a
Division of Industrial Safety (Ch. 44). The division is responsible
for promulgating necessary regulations to promote and encourage
industrial safety in the manufacturing plants of the State. Periodic
examinations and inspections of the various industrial establishments
are made and the division may require any industry, under the juris-
diction of the Industrial Safety Act, to correct any unsafe condition
or practice (Code 1955 supp., Art. 89, secs. 16-36; Art. 101, sec. 68A).

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ............................ $168,150 $173,335
Staff: 32.

STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION

Chairman: Melvin L. Fine, 1959

Helen Elizabeth Brown, 1956; Daniel T. Doherty, 1957
Woodrow A. Shriver, 1958; R. Duncan Clark, 1961
DeLancey B. Scrivner, Secretary
Meyer M. Ohen, Legal Assistant

Members of Medical Board:

Chairman: James Frenkil, M.D., 1959
Whitmer B. Firor, M.D., 1961; John Sheldon Eastland, M.D., 1957

741 Equitable Building, Baltimore 2 Lexington 9-4360

The State Industrial Accident Commission, created in 1914, is
charged with the administration of the Workmen's Compensation
Law. By an amendment effective June 1, 1953, the Commission shall
be composed of five Commissioners, one of whom shall hold office for
a term of two years; one for three years; one for four years; one for
five years and one for six years. Upon the expiration of the term of
each Commissioner his successor shall be appointed by the Governor
by and with the consent of the Senate for a term of six years. The
Chairman, who is appointed by the Governor, has administrative
supervision over the agency; the remaining four Commissioners hear
cases. Hearings are held throughout the State in contested cases.
It receives reports of accidents, and adjudicates claims for compen-
sation arising under the law. Investigations are made of companies
and firms which fail to carry insurance under the terms of the Act.
(Code 1951, Art. 101, secs. 3-13; Code 1955, supp., Art. 101, secs. 1, 2).

In recent years many important changes in the Workmen's Com-
pensation Act have been made by the General Assembly. Among
the most important of these have been the increase of temporary