PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 193

Article 43 and to be designated as sections 55A, 55B, 55C, 55D,
55E, 55F, 55G, 55H, 55I, 55J, 55K, 55L, 55M, 55N, 55O, 55P.

55A. Any midwife residing within this State not registered
in accordance with the provisions of section 55 of Article 43 of
the Code of Public General Laws on the first day of July, 1910,
and, who shall, previous to July 1st, 1910, have been practicing
as a midwife, may register his or her name and address with
the local registrar of vital statistics for the city, town or county
in which he or she resides, in accordance with the provisions of
said section 55 of Article 43 of the Code of Public General
Laws, and upon such registration shall be entitled to a license
without examination as provided in section 55E.

Any person engaging in the practice of midwifery subsequent
to July 1st, 1910, shall register his or her name and address
as provided by said section 55 of Article 43, but shall not be
entitled to practice as a midwife excepting upon certification
and licensure as hereinafter provided.

Any midwife who shall receive a license as provided in this
bill shall present the same within thirty days to the local regis-
trar of vital statistics for the city, town or county in which he
or she resides. Such local registrar shall record in a "Licensed
Midwife Register" kept for that purpose, the name and address
of the midwife and the date of issue of the license, and shall
transmit a transcript of such registration to the State Board
of Health, where it shall be kept on file for reference.

55B. A certificate of such registration shall be issued, with-
out cost, by the State Board of Health, after receipt of the
transcript of registration from the local registrar of vital statis-
tics to each midwife, who shall keep the same plainly displayed
in his or her place of business.

55c. Any midwife who has been duly licensed under the
provisions of this bill shall be entitled and shall be required to
display a sign outside his or her place of business, exposed to
public view, bearing his or her name, with the words "Licensed
Midwife."

55D. No person shall register as a midwife, as provided by
section 55 A, until he or she has secured a licence from the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court of the county in which he or she resides.

55E. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any county shall not issue a
license to practice midwifery until he receives from the appli-
cant a certificate from the State Board of Health, setting forth