State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371

The State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, created as
the State Board of Undertakers by Chapter 160, Acts of 1902, re-
ceived its present name by Chapter 603, Acts of 1937. The Governor,
with the consent of the Senate appoints the nine members of the
Board for two-year terms. Every person carrying on the business of
funeral directing and embalming in the State must register with,
and procure a license from, the Board. The Board must renew licenses
annually, and it has the power to suspend or revoke any license. The
Board makes regulations for the enforcement of provisions in the
laws regarding funeral directing and embalming. In general, the
laws deal with qualifications ana examinations of applicants for li-
cense and registration. Examinations are held annually in Baltimore
City (Code 1957, 1962 Supp., Art. 43, secs. 345-63; Acts 1962, ch. 129).

Appropriations 1963 1964

Special Funds .......................................... $23,011 $26,205
Staff: 2.

STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS

Chairman: Vincent L. Gingerich
William H. Adkins II
Ward B. Coe, Jr., Secretary
Mildred H. Pullen, Clerk to the Board

900 Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: 752-1630

The Courts of the Province were first authorized to examine persons
seeking to practice law in 1715 (Acts 1715, chap. 48, sec. 12). The
examination of attorneys remained as a function of the several courts
of the State until 1898, when the Legislature created the State Board
of Law Examiners (Chapter 139, Acts of 1898). The Board is com-
posed of three members appointed by the Judges of the Court of
Appeals. Twice yearly, in the City of Baltimore during the months
of March and July, the Board examines all persons wishing to prac-
tice law in the State. It also passes upon the petitions of attorneys
from other states and territories desiring admittance to the Maryland
Bar in accordance with the fourteenth rule of the Board. The Board
passes upon appeals from the findings and recommendations of the
Character Committees of the various circuits. In addition, it accredits
universities and colleges in the State of Maryland for pre-legal train-
ing and prescribes the necessary courses of study for law students.
Students expecting to study law in anticipation of practicing in Mary-
land must register their intentions with the Board. The Court of
Appeals formulates the rules of the Board, but the Board may pre-
scribe rules for the conduct of examinations, providing such rules do
not conflict with those made by the Court (Code 1957, Art. 10,
secs. 2-8).

Appropriations 1963 1964

Special Funds .......................................... $35,846 $35,520
Staff: None.

BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

President: Walter C. Merkel, M.D., 1964
Vice President: Vernon H. Norwood, M.D., 1965
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank K. Morris, M.D., 1967