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certificate has under the provisions of this sub-title, but the renewal of
such certificates shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the said
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.¹

Undertakers.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 290. 1912, sec. 230. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 1. 1904, ch. 389, sec. 1.

1937, ch. 503, sec. 290.

326. A board composed of ten members is hereby created and estab-
lished, to be known as the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
of Maryland, and the powers and duties of the said board prescribed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 291. 1912, sec. 231. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 2. 1908, ch. 496, sec. 2.

1937, ch. 503, sec. 291.

327. The members of the State Board of Undertakers of Maryland as at
present constituted shall constitute the State Board of Funeral Directors
and Embalmers of Maryland, and shall hold office for the residue of the
respective terms for which they have been appointed. Thereafter the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall biennially
appoint seven licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers, residents of
the State of Maryland, who shall have been actively engaged in their pro-
fession for the last five years immediately preceding their appointment,
five of whom shall be residents of Baltimore City and two residents of the
counties, who, together with the Director of the State Board of Health
of Maryland and the Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioner of
Health of the City of Baltimore, who shall be ex-officio members, shall
constitute the "State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers of Mary-
land", and they shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of
Maryland. The members of the said Board shall hold office until their
successors are duly appointed and qualified; any vacancy or vacancies
occurring in the membership of the said Board appointed by the Governor
during a recess of the Legislature shall be filled by the Governor, subject
to confirmation by the Senate at its next session.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 292. 1912, sec. 232. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 3. 1937, ch. 503, sec. 292.

328. Each member of said Board, before entering upon his duties,
shall take and subscribe to an oath before the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore City or the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any County in the
State, that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his
office without fear, partiality or favor, and that he will not during his term
of office accept any money, gift, gratuity or consideration whatsoever from
any person or persons concerning any matter or thing connected with the
duties of his office. A certificate from the Clerk of the Court before whom
such oath was taken and subscribed shall be filed in the office of the said
Board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 293. 1912, sec. 233. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 4. 1937, ch. 503, sec. 293.

329. Immediately after the appointment and qualification of the mem-
bers of the Board they shall meet and organize by electing from among
their number a President, Vice-President and a Treasurer, and adopt all
necessary rules, by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with the consti-
tution and the laws of this State, for the transaction of the business of

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 362, acts of 1929, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.