and October of each year. The Board also has the power to inspect
all barber shops and to report to the county health officer any unsani-
tary conditions. The Board may suspend the license of any barber
who consistently maintains an unsanitary shop (Code 1951, Art. 43,
secs. 292-305).

Appropriations 1955 1956
Special Fund ........................................ $2,124 $891
Staff: None.

STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NURSES

President: Elizabeth F. Norwood, 1956

Sister Katherine Marie Sump, Secretary-Treasurer, 1958;
Bessie W. Parr, 1958; Virginia C. Conley, 1957; Helen V.
Kramer, 1957.
Angela M. Shipley, Executive Secretary

1217 Cathedral Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Saratoga 7-1856

The Board consists of five members appointed by the Governor
for terms of three years. As vacancies occur, the Maryland State
Nurses Association submits to the Governor the names of five of its
members from which appointees must be selected. It is the duty of
the Board to examine all applicants for registration as "Registered
Nurse" and to issue the proper certificate. It is also the duty of the
Board to examine applicants for the license "Licensed Practical
Nurse," and to issue the proper certificate. A register of the names
of all nurses registered and licensed is kept open to the public. The
Board visits hospitals, and schools of nursing, and concerns itself with
the course of study and nursing education carried on in these schools.
For sufficient cause, the Board, by a majority vote, may revoke any
certificate (Code 1961, Art. 43, secs. 276-292).

The Board cooperates with the National League of Nursing Educa-
tion by contributing to its test pool and using its examinations and
with the State Board of Education by making practical use of its
Equivalent Examination.

Appropriations 1955 1956
Special Fund .................................. $27,363 $27,353
Staff: 4.

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS AND SUPERVISORS

President: George Winters, 1957

James A. Johns, Jr., Treasurer, 1957; William H. Miller,
1957; William C. Beatty, 1957.
Earl R. Westendorf, Secretary, 1957

34 Hopkins Place, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Lexington 9-8795

The Board of Electrical Examiners and Supervisors was established
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' associations 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