1900 ARTICLE 43

An. Code, 1924, sec. 312. 1912, sec. 253. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 2.

354. Said Board so appointed and its successors, shall be known by the
name of the Board of Examiners in Optometry of the State of Maryland.
Every person so appointed to serve on said Board shall receive a certificate
of his appointment from the Governor of the State of Maryland, and within
ten days after receiving such certificate he shall take, subscribe and file in
the office of the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 313. 1912, sec. 254. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 3. 1922, ch. 231, sec. 254.

355. Said board shall meet within ten days after their appointment has
been made and choose a president, secretary and treasurer from the mem-
bers thereof and adopt a common seal, and biennially thereafter shall elect
such officers. Each member shall have the power to administer oaths and
take affidavits concerning all matters properly cognizable by said board,
certifying thereto under the hand and seal of the board. Said board shall
meet in the City of Baltimore at least twice a year and as often thereafter
as may be necessary, and in addition thereto whenever and wherever the
board shall call a meeting. A majority of said board shall at all times con-
stitute a quorum. The secretary of said board shall keep a full record of
the proceedings of said board, which shall at all reasonable times be open
to public inspection. The treasurer shall receive from the secretary all fees
paid for licenses and certificates and shall keep a record thereof, and of
all disbursements of said board in a book to be kept for that purpose. All
moneys paid to the board shall be deposited by the treasurer in some safe
banking institution, and all moneys paid out shall be approved by said
board and be made by check signed by both the president and the trea-
surer. The treasurer shall be required to give such bond as the board may
exact, and the said board shall make an annual report of its proceedings
to the Governor, which report shall contain an account of all moneys re-
ceived and disbursed by them pursuant to this sub-title.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 314. 1912, sec. 255. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 4. 1922, ch. 231, sec. 255.

1927, ch. 535, sec. 314.

356. Out of the funds coming into the possession of said Board, each
member thereof attending the meetings for examination and registration
may receive as compensation the sum of three dollars for each applicant
that may be examined; and, further, each member may receive as com-
pensation a sum to be determined by said Board which shall not exceed ten
dollars for each day actually engaged in necessary duties of his office and
the actual amount of traveling expenses of such member incident to attend-
ing said meetings of the Board. In addition to any amounts which may
be allowed by way of per diem and traveling expenses, as above pro-
vided, all hotel and incidental expenses which any member may incur
when attending to the necessary duties of his office shall be allowed to. such
member. All expenses shall be paid to said board out of the State trea-
sury. All moneys received in excess of said compensation and mileage
as before provided for shall be held by the State Treasurer as a special
fund for meeting expenses of said Board and carrying out the provisions
of this sub-title.