EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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shop fail to abolish said nuisance within a period of thirty days

after a notice to do so by either the State or Local Board of

Health, the Board of Examiners provided for in this Act shall

be empowered to call upon the aforesaid Board to abolish the

aforesaid public nuisance.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That to shave, trim the beard, or
cut the hair of any person for hire or reward, received by the

Defining con-
struction of

person performing such service, or any other person, shall

Act

be construed as practicing the occupation of a barber within

the meaning of this Act. This Act shall not in any way apply

to or affect any person who is now occupied or working as a bar-

ber in this State, nor any person employed in a barber shop,

or an apprentice, except that a person so employed less than

three years prior to the passage of this Act, shall be considered

an apprentice, and at the expiration of such three years of such

employment shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That any person violating any

of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of misde-

Misdemeanor.

meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a

fine of not less than ten dollars or imprisonment in the county

jail for a period of not less than thirty days or by both such fine

and imprisonment.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

ninety days from the passage thereof.

Approved April 1, 1904.

CHAPTER 227.

AN ACT to authorize the appointment of additional notaries

public for Baltimore City.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

and, That Article 4, of the Code of Public Local Laws of

Maryland, title "Baltimore City," be and the same is hereby

amended by adding an additional section thereto to be known

as Section 733A, to follow Section 733, as repealed and re-

enacted by the Acts of the General Assembly of 1904, and

to read as follows:

733A. In addition to the notaries public heretofore author-

ized and mentioned in Section 733 of this Article (as re-

Additional no-

pealed and re-enacted by the Acts of the General Assembly

taries public.

of 1904), the Governor, by and with the advice and consent

of the Senate, shall appoint and commission twenty-five ad-

ditional notaries public at large, to be selected from such

ward or wards as the Governor may elect and determine.