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more than fifty dollars, for every day or part of every day that such em-
ployer shall so employ such workman.

As to water, ice and sewage, see sec. 328, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 224. 1910, ch. 436, sec. 185 (p. 156).

284. If any person shall -work at the plumbing business in this State
without being qualified as required by this subdivision of this article, he
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for every
day or every part of every day that such workman shall work at the plumb-
ing business.

An. Code, sec. 225. 1910, ch. 436, sec. 186 (p. 156).

285. The governor shall appoint biennially five persons who shall con-
stitute a board of commissioners, which shall be known and designated as
"The State Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing," and who
shall be selected as follows: Three persons who are practical and skilled
plumbers from the city of Baltimore, the commissioner of health of Balti-
more city, and a member of the state board of health from the State at large,
whose duty it shall be to faithfully and impartially execute, or cause to be
executed, all the provisions and requirements of this subdivision of this
article; upon application and at such place or places in this State as they
may determine, provided at least once in each year the examination shall
be held in Baltimore city, they shall examine each and every person who
shall desire to work at the plumbing business, touching his competency
and qualifications; and, upon being satisfied that the person so examined
is competent and qualified to work at said business, they, or any three of
them, shall grant to such a person a certificate of competency and register
him in their books as a practical plumber, which shall operate as full author-
ity to him to work at, conduct and engage in the said plumbing business for
the period for which such certificate shall be granted, and such certificate
may be called or designated by said board a " master plumber's certificate."
As to water, ice and sewage, see sec. 328, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 226. 1910, ch. 436, see. 187 (p. 157).

286. The said board of commissioners shall demand and receive from
such applicant for a certificate of competency whom they examine and pass,
the sum of three dollars at the time of the issuance of said certificate, and
the sum of one dollar for the renewal thereof each and every year there-
after, on or before the first day of May, and said board at any time may
require on any application for renewal any applicant to pass another exam-
ination before issuing any renewal, or may issue any renewal without
requiring any other examination, as said board in each case from year to
year may deem proper.

An. Code, sec. 227. 1910, ch. 436, sec. 188 (p. 157).

287. The money received under the provisions of the foregoing section
shall be used and applied by said commissioners to pay their compensation