1946 ARTICLE 43

1935, ch....309, sec. 396.

464. Nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to require any person,
firm or corporation to employ the services of a licensed architect in any
building construction and the design thereof, or in any repair or alteration
of existing buildings or structures, and the design thereof.

1935, ch. 309, sec. 397.

465. (Fees.) All applicants for examination shall pay or cause to be
paid an examination fee for each examination taken, in the amount of
five ($5.00) dollars, and no examination fees shall be refunded. All
applicants who have successfully qualified are required to pay the sum of
twenty ($20.00) dollars, as a fee for license or certificate of registration.
There shall be charged a fee of $10.00 for the annual renewal of licenses
or registration certificates. There shall also be charged a fee of $10.00
for restoring a lapsed license or certificate of registration.

All non-resident applicants when registering to practice architecture in
the State of Maryland shall pay the same as that prescribed for residents
of Maryland. Fees for applicants resident in States, territories or sub-
divisions of the United States, including the District of Columbia, where a
similar Registration Law is in force, shall pay the same as the total fee
or fees the Law of that State requires a resident of Maryland to pay for
registration in said state, provided, however, that such fees are equal to or
in excess of those required of a resident applicant in Maryland.

1935, ch. 309, sec. 398.

466. (Revocation of Licenses.) The Examining Board shall have the
power to revoke the license or certificate of any architect when it is found
by the affirmative vote of three of said Examining Board that said licensed
or registered architect has violated any provisions of this sub-title, or any
provision of the rules and regulations promulgated by said Examining
Board.

1935, ch. 309, sec. 399.

467. (Penalty.) Anyone violating any provision of this sub-title shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction by a Court of competent
jurisdiction within the State of Maryland shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $1,000.00, or imprisoned in the House of Correction for not
exceeding one year, or both fine and imprisonment in the .discretion of the
Court.

1935, ch. 309, sec. 400.

468. (Appeal.) Any person or persons jointly or severally, aggrieved
by any decision of the Board of Examiners and Registration of Architects
may present to the Circuit Court of the County in which they or any of
them reside, or to the Baltimore City Court, if they or any of them shall
reside in Baltimore City, a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such
decision is illegal in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of such
illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the Court within thirty
(30) days after the filing of the decision appealed from in the office of
the Board. Upon the presentation of such petition, the Court shall allow
an appeal to review such decision of the Board, and shall prescribe therein