was limited to Baltimore City. The present Commission was estab-
lished in 1910. Its jurisdiction includes all of the State, excepting
Prince George's and Montgomery Counties. The Board is composed
of five members appointed by the Governor for two year terms. One
member shall be from Western Maryland, one from Southern Mary-
land, one from the Eastern Shore and two from Baltimore. The Com-
mission examines and certifies journeyman and master plumbers,
however, the latter must have held Journeyman certificates for at least
two years prior to applying for a master's certificate. All certificates
must be renewed annually. Appeals from the results of examinations
may be taken to a board of arbiters, one member being appointed
by the appellant, one by the Commission, and a third member ap-
appointed by the other two members of the arbitration board. All
members of the board must be certified plumbers within the State
(Code 1939, Art. 43, secs. 318, 319, 321-324; Acts 1949, Ch. 449).
Expenditures, 1950, Special funds $3,712.87
Appropriation, 1951, Special funds 3,451.00

Staff: None

BOARDS OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Members of the Board representing the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty:
President: E. Paul Knotts, M.D., 1952

Edward M. Hanrahan, M.D., Vice President, 1953; John
E. Legge, M.D., 1952; Henry T. Collenberg, M.D., 1953;
Lewis P. Gundry, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer, 1954; Edward
P. Thomas, M.D., 1954; Erasmus H. Kloman, M.D., 1955;
John H. Hornbaker, M.D., 1955.
Hannah A. McCarthy, Executive Secretary

1215 Cathedral Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Mulberry 5587

Members of the Board representing the Homeopathic Medical
Society
President: Maurice E. Shamer, M.D., 1953

John A. Evans, Secretary-Treasurer, 1953; William Panne-
baker, 1952; Arthur J. Davies, M.D., 1954; J. Ward Wisner,
M.D., 1954; M. Bourman Hood, M.D., 1955; Henry Russell,
M.D., 1955.
6029 Bellona Avenue, Baltimore 12 Telephone: Hopkins 6309

The practice of medicine in Maryland is regulated by two Boards
of Medical Examiners, one representing the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty (State Medical Society) and the other representing the
Maryland State Homeopathic Medical Society. Each Board consists
of eight members appointed by their respective societies, two being
elected each year to serve for a term of four years. All members must
be engaged in the actual practice of medicine (Code 1939, Art. 43,
sec. 117).

The function of the Boards is to test the fitness of physicians for
the legal practice of medicine in this State and to issue licenses to
those qualified. The Boards may revoke the license of any physician
who forfeits the privilege of practicing medicine. Candidates for
licenses applying to the Board representing the Medical and Chirur-
gical Faculty must be graduates of medical schools approved by the
American Medical Association and the Association of American Medi-
cal Colleges. Graduates of foreign medical schools must present di-