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try or nation, or use such title or abbreviation thereof followed by any
other initials, words or names whatsoever. Provided that nothing in this
Article shall prohibit any certified public accountant or public accountant, or
firm of certified public accountants or firm of public accountants, certified or
registered, or hereafter certified or registered under this Article, from em-
ploying public accountants or certified public accountants of any other State
of the United States, or the District of Columbia or any territory or depen-
dency of the United States, or any foreign country or nation, nor shall
anything in this Article prohibit any such certified public accountant or
public accountant, or firm of certified public accountants or firm of public
accountants, certified or registered, under this Act, or hereafter certified or
registered under this Act, from holding out to the public the names of such
employes with the letters " C. P. A." following the same, provided there
shall also follow such letters the name or the generally recognized abbrevia-
tion of the name of the State, District, territory, dependency, country or
nation from which such certified public accountant received his certificate.

An. Code, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1900, ch. 179, sec. 2. 1916, ch. 330, sec. 2.

2. The Governor shall, within sixty days after the enactment of this
Article, appoint a board of five examiners for the examination of persons
applying for certificates thereunder, who shall hold office until their suc-
cessors are appointed and qualify, three of said examiners shall be certi-
fied public accountants, to be selected by the Governor from resident certified
public accountants of this State, one of which said three examiners shall
hold office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and
one for the term of three years, and upon the expiration of the term of
each examiner, and of each succeeding term, an examiner shall be appointed
by the Governor for the term of three years, selected by the Governor from
resident certified public accountants of this State. The other two members
of said board of examiners shall consist of one attorney-at-law, (who is
not also a certified public accountant,) residing, practicing, and in good
standing in the Courts of the State of Maryland, and the other an economist,
a resident of the State of Maryland, appointed from a list of three names
submitted by the President of the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
City, each of whom shall hold office for the term of two years, and upon
the expiration of each of said terms, and each succeeding term, their
successors shall be appointed for a like term, such successors to be prac-
ticing attorneys and economists as hereinbefore provided; and in event
of a vacancy occurring in said board, the Governor shall in like manner
appoint such qualified person or persons to fill out the unexpired term
or terms created by such vacancy or vacancies. The Governor may remove
any member of the board for a sufficient cause, provided written notice
containing charges and specifications shall have been given to said member
and after he has had a reasonable opportunity for a hearing thereon.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1904, sec. 3. 1900, ch. 179, sec. 3. 1916, ch. 330, sec. 3. 1924, 585, sec. 3.

3. Examinations of persons applying under this Article for certificates
as certified public accountants as to their proficiency in the theory of