1902 ARTICLE 43

applicant for examination must not be under twenty-one years of age, and
must be of good moral character, and must give evidence which shall be
satisfactory to the Board of Examiners of having had preliminary scholas-
tic and professional education equal to such standard as may be adopted
by said board. Such scholastic and professional standards may, in the
discretion of said board, be changed from time to time to meet the demands
of the profession. Information as to the scholastic and professional stand-
ard adopted by said board shall be furnished to any person upon his written
request and shall include any change made in such standard prior to the
receipt of such request. Any person applying for examination shall be
required to furnish satisfactory proof to said board of scholastic and pro-
fessional education equal to the standard in force at the time of such
application for examination, and, upon furnishing such proof, shall be
examined before said board at such time and place as said board may
designate. Each person shall pay at the time of filing his application the
sum of twenty dollars to the secretary of the board for the use of said
board, and if he shall pass said examination he shall pay to the secretary,
for the use of said board, a further sum of five dollars on the issuance to him
of a numbered certificate of examination which shall constitute a license to
practice Optometry; provided, however, that any applicant for a certificate
of licensure who has been examined by the State board of another State
which, through reciprocity, similarly accredits the holder of a certificate is-
sued by the board of this State to the full privileges of practice within such
State may, with the approval and consent of said board, on the payment of
a fee of twenty-five dollars to the said board and on filing in the office of
the board a true and attested copy of the said license, certified by the presi-
dent or secretary of the State board issuing the same and showing also that
the standard of requirements adopted and enforced by said board is equal to
that provided for by this sub-title may, without further examination, receive
a certificate of licensure, provided that such applicant has not previously
failed at an examination held by the board of this State. All persons
passing such examinations shall be registered in the board register, which
shall be kept by the secretary and shall also receive a numbered certificate
of such registration, signed by at least three members of the board making
such examination of said applicant, which shall be recorded in the clerk's
office of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, or the clerk's office of the
Circuit Court of any county in the State. If any applicant be rejected he
shall be entitled to another examination not earlier than six months there-
after for the first fee paid, but for subsequent examinations he shall pay a
fee of fifteen dollars. Said examinations are not to occur within six months
of the preceding one.
Cited but not construed in Kahn v. Board of Examiners, 162 Md. 668.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 319. 1912, sec. 260. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 9.

361. Any person entitled to a certificate as provided for in Section 359,
who shall not within six months after April 13, 1914, make written appli-
cation to the Board of Eixaminers for a certificate of registration, accom-
panied by a written statement, signed by him and duly verified before an
officer authorized to administer oaths within this State, fully setting forth
the grounds upon which he claims such certificate shall be deemed to have
waived his right to a certificate under these provisions, or refusal on the