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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924
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HEALTH. 1649

Optometry.

An. Code, sec. 252. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 1. 1922, ch. 231, sec. 252.

311. Within thirty days after April 13, 1914, the Governor shall ap-
point a Board of Examiners of Optometry for the State of Maryland. The
board shall consist of five persons, not more than two of whom may be, but
not necessarily, physicians. The board shall be selected from a list of ten
names endorsed by the Maryland Association of Optometrists. No person
shall be eligible to appointment as a member of said board unless he has
been engaged in the actual practice of Optometry or opthalmology in the
State of Maryland continuously for five years last past, and a resident
thereof. A vacancy from any cause shall be filled by the Governor for the
unexpired term from a list of three names submitted by the Maryland
Association of Optometrists. Each member of said board shall hold office
for a term of two years and until his successor is duly appointed and quali-
fied, except as hereinafter provided.

In the year 1922, of the five persons appointed upon the expiration of
the terms of the members appointed in the year 1920, two shall b'e appointed
for a term of two years and until their successors shall respectively be
duly appointed and qualified and three shall be appointed for a term of four
years and until their successors shall respectively be duly appointed and
qualified. In the year 1924 and every four years thereafter two persons
shall be appointed to said board from a list of six names endorsed by the
Maryland Association of Optometrists; and in the year 1926 and every
four years thereafter three persons shall be appointed to said board from
a list of nine names endorsed by the Maryland Association of Optometrists.
Every member of said board appointed subsequent to the above mentioned
appointments of the year 1922, except those appointed to fill vacancies,
shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor shall be duly
appointed and qualified.

An. Code, sec. 253. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 2.

312. Said Board so appointed and its successors, shall be known by the
name of the Board of Examiners in Optometry of the State of Maryland.
Every person so appointed to serve on said Board shall receive a certificate
of his appointment from the Governor of the State of Maryland, and within
ten days after receiving such certificate he shall take, subscribe and file in
the office of the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office.

An. Code, sec. 254. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 3. 1922, ch. 231, sec. 254.

313. Said board shall meet within ten days after their appointment has
been made and choose a president, secretary and treasurer from the mem-
bers thereof and adopt a common seal, and biennially thereafter shall elect
such officers. Each member shall have the power to administer oaths and
take affidavits concerning all matters properly cognizable by said board,
certifying thereto under the hand and seal of the board. Said board shall
meet in the City of Baltimore at least twice a year and as often thereafter
as may be necessary, and in addition thereto whenever and wherever the

 

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