The duty of this Board is to examine all applicants for license as
"Master Electrician." No person, firm or corporation, is permitted
by law to install, erect or repair electrical wiring, or conductors used
for electric light, heat, or power until a license has been issued to them
as a Matter Electrician by the Board of Examiners after an examina-
tion according to the rules and regulations adopted by said Board.

Also, the Board has the right to adopt rules and regulations for the
placing, installing and operating electrical wires, appliances, apparatus
or construction in, upon or about buildings in the City of Baltimore.
(See Sec. 4 of the Act.)

A brief resume of the work done by this department during the past
year is as follows:

Number of licenses issued (new )....................................... 83
..lumber of licenses issued (renewals)......................... 361

Total for year..................................................... 444

Revenue derived from fees................. $5,692.40
Interest on bank deposits............. 87.87
$5,780.27
Members' fees, rent, telephone, printing, etc........ 5,714.47

Balance ................................................ $85.80

The Board investigated 102 complaints against Master Electricians.
Of this number. 16 were required to go back and correct the defective
electrical work installed by them, 8 licenses were revoked and 4 sus-
pended for violation of rules.

During the year 205 applied for a license as Master Electrician, or
as a representative under a license. Of this number, 182 reported and
were examined by the Board.

Three applicants who were refused a license appealed their case to
an Arbitration Board, as allowed for under Sec. 6 of the Act. The
Arbitration Board in each case upheld the decision of this Board.

MINE INSPECTOR FOR GARRETT AND ALLEGANY

COUNTIES. .
Inspector:

Name. Postoffice. Term Expires.
Frank T. Powers.................................Frostburg ...................Oct. 1, 1922

Appointed by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, with the ap-
proval of .the Governor, for a term of two years from appointment.
(Ch. 410, 1916.)

The Mine Inspector is charged with the duty of 'requiring compli-
ance with the laws of the State regulating the operation of mines as
regards safety to employees, ventilation and drainage,

ANNAPOLIS SEWAGE COMMISSION.

John J. Levy, Mayor of Annapolis..........................................Annapolis
Elliott H. Burwell, civil engineer...........................................Annapolis
Robert B. Morse, engineer of State Board of Health.