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558 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT. [ART. LXXVA
tificate or its equivalent to the board of examiners of certified public
accountants of this State, accompanied by a written application in form
to be prescribed by the said board, with such information as said board
may require as to the character and qualification of such applicant, and
shall pay the said board the fee usually charged for examinations, and
if the said board shall be satisfied that the standing of the said appli-
cant and the requirements for a certificate as a certified public account-
ant of the State, district, territory, or nation issuing the same are sub-
stantially equivalent to those established by the laws of this State, the
said board may, in its discretion, register said certificate in a book to
be provided by the said board for said purposes, and shall recommend
to the Governor the issuance to such applicant of a special certificate of
registration designating the State, district, territory or nation issuing
the original certificate to said applicant, which special certificate of
registration, when issued by the Governor, shall entitle the holder to
practice as such certified public accountant, and use the abbreviation
"C. P. A." in this State; provided, however, that no such special certifi-
cate shall be issued unless the State, district, territory or nation issuing
the original certificate extends similar privileges to the certified public
accountants of the State of Maryland.
1916, ch. 330. sec. 7.
7. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
in any Court having criminal jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than
Fifty Dollars, nor more than Two Hundred Dollars, or be confined not
more than six months in the county jail, or if the conviction takes place
in Baltimore City, in the Baltimore City Jail, in the discretion of the
Court.
1916. ch 330, sec. 8
8. Nothing in this Article shall be taken or construed to in any way
invalidate or otherwise affect any certificate held by any person issued
under the authority of any previously existing law, and which certifi-
cate shall be in force and effect at the date of the passage of this Arti-
cle.
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