1790 ARTICLE 48.

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than
five hundred dollars ($500) Or to imprisonment for not less than thirty
days and not more than two years; or by both fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the Court.

Examining Engineers.1

1892, ch. 448.

139. The Governor shall biennially appoint two engineers who have had
not less than ten years' practical experience in running steam engines,
boilers and appliances pertaining to stationary or portable engines, and
who have been residents of this State for not less than five years next
preceding the date of their appointment, who shall constitute and be known
as the " Board of Examining Engineers." The parties so appointed before
entering on their duties, shall make oath before a Justice of the Peace that
they will faithfully perform their duties of their office without fear, par-
tiality, or favor; and that they will not during their term of office accept
any money, gift, gratuity or consideration from any person, and shall give
bond to be approved by the Comptroller of the State, in the sum of three
thousand dollars each, for the faithful discharge of their duties, and before
entering on said discharge of their said duties, the said inspectors shall
provide themselves with an office in a proper location in the City of Balti-
more, and shall give notice by publication for at least five days through
the two daily papers having the largest circulation in said city, of the
time and manner in which they will make the examinations hereinafter
provided for.

1892, ch. 448. 1910, ch. 662.

140. The said board shall have general supervision of all stationary
engineers within the State of Maryland, except as hereinafter provided;
it shall be their duty to examine all engineers of the age of twenty-one
years or upwards, who shall apply to them for examination, and to give
all parties so examined a certificate of proficiency if found proficient, and
to refuse to give such certificate if not found proficient, and the parties so
receiving such certificate shall pay to the said board the sum of three
dollars ($3) for each certificate so issued and from all renewals of all
grades the sum of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) ; said certificate shall
be of four grades; a certificate of the first grade will permit the holder
thereof to take charge of any plant of machinery; the second grade to take
charge of any plant of machinery from one to five hundred horse-power,
and the third grade to take charge of any plant of machinery from one to
thirty horse-power, and the fourth grade to take charge of any hoisting
or portable plant of machinery; and the said certificate shall run for the
term of one year, and shall be renewed annually, the term of beginning
of said certificate to be from the date of the examination of the respective
applicant; provided, that no engineer having such certificate shall have

1 This sub-title was a local law until 1910, when ch. 662 made its provisions a general
law. Through an oversight it was not included in the former edition of the Code.