122 MARYLAND MANUAL

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS AND SUPERVISORS

President: Raymond C. Beck, 1951
William H. Miller, Treasurer, 1951; George Winters, 1951;

William H. C. Beatty, 1951.

Earl R. Westendorf, Secretary, 1951
201 Old Town Bank Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 2492-3

The Board of Electrical Examiners and Supervisors was estab-
lished in 1906. The Board is composed of five members appointed by
the Governor for terms of two years. One member is nominated by
the Electrical Contractors' Association of Maryland, one is nominated
by the Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau, one is nominated
by the Chief of Municipal Electrical Inspectors of Baltimore City,
one is nominated by the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers of Maryland, and one must be a competent, journeyman
electrician who has served at the business for a period of ten years.
All. members must be practical electricians of Baltimore City. The
Board examines all persons for certificates of proficiency as a master
electrician. No person is permitted to install electrical lighting or
wiring, or conductors for electrical light, heat, or power except under
the supervision of a licensed master electrician. The Board is also
empowered to adopt rules and regulations with regard to the placing,
installing, and operating of electrical wires, appliances, and apparatus
in Baltimore City (Acts 1906, Ch. 244; 1949, Ch. 671).

Expenditures, 1949, Special Funds..................................$4,895.29

Appropriation, 1950, Special Funds.............................. 4,720.00

Staff: None

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BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY

President: A. L. Trussell, O.D., 1951

Albert B. Boulden, O.D., 1953; William G. Seabold, O.D.,
1953; Morris J. Seltzer, O.D., 1951.

George H. Kohler, O.D., Secretary-Treasurer, 1953
322 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Lexington 3685

This Board was created in 1914 when the Governor appointed five
persons, for terms of two years, from a list endorsed by the Maryland
Association of Optometrists. Since 1924, members have been appointed
for four-year terms (Code 1939, Art. 43, sec. 363). The Board admin-
isters the optometry laws of the State and regulates the practice of
optometry. It examines, licenses, and registers. Applicants for ex-
amination must be 21 years of age or over and graduates of colleges
of optometry or university schools of optometry approved by the
American Optometric Association. Two examinations are held each
year, usually in January and July, in the following subjects: anato-
my, physiology, theoretic optics, pathology, physiological optics, prac-
tical optics, theoretical optometry, perimetry, diagnosis and prescrip-
tion, determination, contact lenses and practical optometry, orthop-
tics and visual training, and Optometric jurisprudence. For just
cause, the Board may revoke any certificate of registration or ex-
amination (Code 1939, Art. 43, sec. 365).

Expenditures, 1949, Special Funds................................$l,348.48

Appropriation, 1950, Special Funds................................ 1,390.00

Staff: None