Excerpt from Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Maryland State Board of Labor and Statistics, 1918This, the twenty-seventh Annual Report of the State Board of Labor and Statistics, or the Third Annual Report since the Bureau has been under the direction of a Com mission, contains a detailed report Of the work done during the year 1918 under the several requirements of the law. Under the Acts of 1916 the duties of the Bureau were some what broadened, and brie¿y stated are: First: To collect statistics concerning, and examine into the conditions of labor, etc.Second: TO collect information in regard to agricultural conditions and products of the State, etc., which may be of general interest and calculated to attract immigration to the State.Third: To collect information in regard to the mineral products of the State, the output Of mines, quarries and SO forth, and the manufacturing industries.Fourth: TO collect information in regard to railroads and other transportation companies, shipping and com merce.Fifth: To keep a bureau of general information, and to this end all Officers and institutions Of this State, including Officers of the General Assembly, are directed to transmit to the State Board Of Labor and Statistics all reports as soon as published.Sixth: To classify and arrange the information and data so obtained, and as soon as practicable publish the same in substantial book form annually.It shall be the duty Of the State Board of Labor to organ ize, establish and conduct free employment agencies, in such parts of the State as said Board may deem advisable, for the free use of the citizens of the State of Maryland, etc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.