DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Joseph F. DiDomenico, Commissioner, 1949
Margaret W. Kimble, Deputy Commissioner
Elizabeth Sanders, Supervisor of Permits
Mary M. Wooten, Supervisor of Permits (Special)
Edmund Rawa, Supervisor of Street Trades
William D. Bloom, Chief Industrial Inspector
Mathew Gibson, Chief Boiler Inspector.

12 East Mulberry Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 3596.

The Department of Labor and Industry is under the direction of a
Commissioner appointed by the Governor for a term of six years. The
Department is responsible for the collection of statistics concerning
labor in the State of Maryland. The Department is further charged
•with the examining of the conditions of labor within the State with
especial reference to wages and the causes of strikes and disagree-
ments between employee and employer. The Commissioner is re-
quired to follow the progress of negotiations in all labor disputes
occurring within the State and shall, if deemed necessary, mediate
such disputes or compose arbitration boards to arbitrate them. The
Department collects, maintains and publishes statistics and informa-
tion in regard to the volume of production of the various manufactur-
ing industries of the State and the value and volume of shipping over
railroads and other transportation companies..

The agency compiles statistics relative to the monthly volume of
employment and of payrolls. It is further responsible for the inspec-
tion of all boilers in the State and the enforcement of the Steam Boiler
Inspection Law. All 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 Laws.
Under the terms of the Child Labor Laws, minors between the ages
of fourteen and sixteen must receive employment certificates from
the Department. Before such certificates are issued, children apply-
ing for the same must pass an educational examination and a physical
examination given by the physicians of the Department (Code 1947
Supp. Art. 89, secs. 1-18; Art. 56, secs. 270-276). The Department
cooperates with the Federal Government in the enforcement of the
Walsh-Healy Act..

1948 1949
Appropriations .. - $97,940 $99,715
Staff: 82..

STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.

Chairman: Emanuel Gorfine, 1951.

J. Howard Holzer, 1949; Simon F. Reilly, 1954; Daniel T.
Doherty, 1950..

DeLancey B. Scrivner, Secretary
Joseph A. Haller, Director of Safety.

741 Equitable Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 4360.

The State Industrial Accident Commission, created in 1914, is
charged with the administration of the Workmen's Compensation.