1096 ARTICLE 4.

BOARD OF EXAMINEES OF HORSESHOERS.

1898, ch. 491.

515B. A "Board of Examiners for Horseshoers" is created, which
shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be doing business as
veterinarian only, two master horseshoers and two journeymen horse-
shoers, all doing business in Baltimore City, whose duty it shall be to
carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. The mem-
bers of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor, and the term for
which they shall hold office shall be for four years, except that the members
of said Board to be first appointed under this Act shall be designated by
the Governor to serve one for two years, two for three years and two for
four years, and unless removed by the Governor, until thir successors are
duly appointed. Any vacancy in said Board, for any cause, shall be filled
by the Governor.

1898, ch. 491.

515C. Said Board shall meet in the month of May next after the
passage of this Act, and organize by the election of a president and sec-
retary, and thereafter shall hold regular meetings in the months of May
and November in every year, and such special meetings for the examina-
tions of persons desiring to practice horseshoeing, as occasion may require;
that they shall pass such by-laws and prescribe such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act; and
said Board shall at its first meeting, prescribe and clearly define the quali-
fications and tests necessary to obtain a certificate as master or journey-
man horseshoer. Printed copies of such requirements shall be furnished
to all persons desiring to pass an examination for said certificate, and any
person who shall; on examination be found by a majority of said Board to
possess the said requirements so prescribed, shall be granted a certificate
to that effect on the payment to said Board of a fee of two dollars; and
all proceedings of said Board shall be open to public inspection.

1898, ch. 491.

515D. Any person who has practiced as a master or journeyman horse-
shoer in the City of Baltimore or the twelfth district of Baltimore County,
for three years prior to the passage of this Act, who will file an affidavit
to that effect with said Board, shall be entitled to a certificate without
examination, on the payment of a fee of twenty-five cents to said Board;
or anyone who has a certificate from any duly constituted examining board
of the State of Maryland, or of any other State, that he is a competent
master or journeyman horseshoer, on filing and registering said certificate
or a copy thereof with said Board, shall be entitled to a certificate from
said Board without an examination, on payment of a fee of two dollars,
but, that after the passage of this Act, no person who has not served an
apprenticeship at horseshoeing for a period of three years shall be entitled
to an examination for said certificate.