2206                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 304

QUEEN ANNE'S, SOMERSET, TALBOT, WICOMICO, AND WORCESTER COUNTIES,
one from the area including Allegany, Washington, Garrett,
Frederick, and Montgomery counties and two from the area
including Carroll, Baltimore, HOWARD, CECIL, and Harford
counties, whose duty it shall be to faithfully and impartially
execute, or cause to be executed, all the provisions and
requirements of this subtitle. A PUBLIC MEMBER OF THE BOARD MAY
NOT BE A RESIDENT OF THE SAME CITY, COUNTY, OR OTHER POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF A PLUMBER MEMBER OF THE BOARD. ANY POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE MAY NOT
HAVE A MEMBER ON THE BOARD. The Governor, with the advice of the
Secretary of Licensing and Regulation, shall designate one of the
members of the Board to be chairman. THE TERMS OF ALL MEMBERS OF
THE BOARD SHALL EXPIRE ON MAY 1, 1985. EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1985, 3
MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF 1 YEAR; 3 MEMBERS SHALL
BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF 2 YEARS; AND 3 MEMBERS SHALL BE
APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS. THEREAFTER ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE
APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS. ALL TERMS SHALL BEGIN AS OF MAY
1 IN THE YEAR IN WHICH APPOINTED. AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER
CONTINUES TO SERVE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.
A MEMBER WHO IS APPOINTED AFTER A TERM HAS BEGUN SERVES ONLY FOR
THE REST OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND
QUALIFIES. Upon application and at such place or places in this
State as they may determine, provided at least once in each year
the examination shall be held in Baltimore City, they shall
examine each and every person who shall desire to work at the
plumbing business, touching his competency and qualification.
The Board shall require written or oral answers to appropriate
questions and may require an actual demonstration relating to the
applicant's knowledge contemplated to be performed under the
license for which he has made application. Each applicant for a
master's license shall pay an examination fee of twenty dollars
($20.00) and each applicant for a journeyman's license shall pay
an examination fee of ten dollars ($10.00) to the Board before
taking the examination. In the event that an applicant fails to
appear for an examination scheduled by the Board, the Board may
require the applicant to pay another examination fee prior to
rescheduling of an examination for such applicant. Upon being
satisfied that the person so examined is competent and qualified
to work at said business, they, or any four 5 of them, shall
grant to such a person a certificate of competency and register
him in their books as a practical plumber, which shall operate as
full authority to him to work at, conduct and engage in the said
plumbing business for the period for which such certificate shall
be granted, and such certificate may be called or designated by
said Board a "master plumber's certificate." The exercise or
performance of all powers, authority, duties and functions vested
in the Board by the provisions of this subtitle, shall be subject
to the power and authority of the Secretary of Licensing and
Regulation as set forth in Article 41 of this Code, or elsewhere
in the laws of this State.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
be construed only prospectively and may not be applied or