and Assistant Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City, constitute
the Board.

It is the duty of any person, co-partnership or corporation now
licensed to carry on the business of Funeral Directing and Embalming
in the State of Maryland, within sixty days of the passing of this
Act (June 1, 1937) to cause his, her, their or its name or names to be
registered with the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
of Maryland and to procure a license to carry on the business of
Funeral Directing and Embalming within the State, such license to
be renewed annually.

The laws generally deal with the qualification and licensing of all
persons engaged and/or assisting in Funeral Directing and Embalm-
ing in the State of Maryland; the holding of examinations to deter-
mine such qualifications, and provides penalties for violations of the
provisions relating to licenses and registration.

Special qualifications are required of Funeral Directors, their
assistants and employees concerning the care, preparation of burial,
burial or shipment of dead human bodies; the disinfection of clothing
and bedding of deceased persons who have died from an infectious or
contagious disease and the premises where he or she shall have died, as
well as the laws (general and local) relative to burials, burial permits
and the proper care, preparation for burial and burial or shipment of
dead human bodies.

The law also makes provision for examination of applicants to
practice Embalming in such subjects as anatomy, sanitation, disinfec-
tion, embalming (theoretical and practical), and the laws relating to
contagious, infectious and communicable diseases.

The penalty for violation of the Funeral Directors Law, relating to
registration and licensing, is a fine of not more than $100 or imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding one year, or both. The penalty for vio-
lation of the Embalmers Law, relating to registration and licensing,
is a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both.

STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL BOARD
Linden Avenue and Dolphin Streets

(Terms Expire 1941.)

Name. Postoffice.
Dr. J. Walter Hastings.................................................... Cambridge
Dr. Hulbert Young, Secretary. ...................................... ..Baltimore
Dr. John H. Engel.......................................................... Baltimore
Vacancy ................................................................ Howardsville
Dr. Thomas Ladson............................................................. Olney

The Governor appoints five for four years from the first Monday in
May. (Bagby Code, Art. 43, Sec. 136.)

The State Veterinary Medical Board is authorized to issue licenses
entitling the holders thereof to practice veterinary medicine and surg-
ery in the State of Maryland. It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to practice veterinary medicine or surgery in the State of
Maryland without having previously obtained a diploma from a college
duly authorized to grant such to students of veterinary medicine and
surgery and who shall also pass a satisfactory examination before the
State Veterinary Medical Board. The Board is required to examine
all diplomas as to their genuineness, and each applicant shall submit