HEALTH 1893

the said Board, and the management of its affairs, as they may deem
expedient, and the Board is further authorized to adopt and use a seal
for any and all business of the said Board requiring the use thereof.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 294. 1912, sec. 234. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 5. 1908, ch. 496, sec. 5.

1937, ch. 503, sec. 294.

330. The members of the said Board shall serve without pay, but
shall have the power to appoint a Secretary at a salary of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars per annum, and one or more inspectors, whose
compensation shall be fixed by said Board, which, together with the actual
traveling, legal and other necessary expenses of the Board and its officers,
shall be paid out of the receipts as hereinafter directed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 295. 1912, sec. 235. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 6. 1937, ch. 503, sec. 295.

331. The said Board shall meet at least once every year, and may also
hold special meetings as frequently as the proper and efficient discharge
of its duties shall require, at the time and place to be fixed by the by-laws
and rules of the Board. The by-laws and rules of the Board shall provide
for the giving of proper and timely notice of all meetings to every mem-
ber of the Board. A majority of all the members of said Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business of the said
Board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 296. 1912, sec. 236. 1902, ch. 160, sec. 7. 1908, ch. 496, sec. 7.

1910, ch. 399, sec. 7 (p. 401). 1924, ch. 575. 1935, ch. 111, sec. 296.

1937, ch. 503, sec. 296.

332. It shall be the duty of any person, co-partnership or corporation
now licensed to carry on the business of Funeral Directing in the State of-
Maryland at the time of the passage of this Act to cause, within sixty days
after the passage of this Act, his, her, its or their name or names, residence
or place of business, to be registered with the State Board of Funeral
Directors and Embalmers of Maryland whose Secretary shall keep a book
for that purpose. If such application shall be made by a co-partnership,
the same shall state the names and addresses of the persons composing
such co-partnership, and if such application shall be made by a corporation,
it shall state the names and addresses of the officers and directors of said
corporation, and upon receipt of said application such persons, co-partner-
ships or corporations shall receive from the State Board of Funeral Direc-
tors and Embalmers of Maryland a license which shall authorize the
person, co-partnership or corporation named therein to carry on the busi-
ness of Funeral Directing in the State of Maryland up to and including
the first day of May next succeeding the granting of said license. Any such
license may be renewed annually upon the payment to the State Board of
Funeral Directors and Embalmers of Maryland of an annual renewal
license fee of five dollars by such person, co-partnership or corporation to
whom such license shall have been issued. Such license shall be signed
by the Secretary of the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
of Maryland and attested by its seal, and such licenses may be issued by
the Secretary of said Board during the interim of the meetings of the said
Board upon proper application and the payment of such license fee of five
dollars.

Act of 1902, ch. 160, is valid; it does not create arbitrary and unreasonable classi-
fications. A person is not required, in order to secure a license, to qualify as an
embalmer; the test relates to knowledge of undertaking, sanitation, preservation of