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An. Code, 1924, sec. 40. 1922, ch. 307, sec. 39.

40. No applicant for a certificate of competency shall be admitted to an
examination until he has filed upon a form to be provided by the Bureau,
a sworn statement as to all matters of fact establishing his right to receive
the examination, a certificate of good character and temperate habits signed
by at least ten residents of the community in which he lives, and the fee
prescribed for the examination to be taken, together with the following
particular qualifications shown:

(a) Applicants for first-class mine foreman certificate of competency
shall produce evidence satisfactory to the Examining Board that they are
citizens of Maryland, at least 24 years of age; and shall furnish a verified
history of their experience in mining employment, showing in detail the
several mines in which they have worked, their location, the particular
occupations followed therein during a period of at least five years, and
particularly their knowledge of gaseous mines and the extent of the ex-
perience therein; and shall pay an examination fee of five dollars to the
State.

(b) Applicants for second-class or assistant mine foreman certificates of
competency shall produce evidence satisfactory to the Examining Board
that they are residents of Maryland, at least twenty-four years of age, and
shall furnish a verified history of their experience in mining employments,
showing in details the several mines in which they have worked, their
location, the particular occupations followed therein during a period of
at least five years; and shall pay an examination fee of one dollar to the
State.

(c) Applicants for fire-boss certificates of competency shall produce
evidence satisfactory to the Examining Board that they are residents of
Maryland, at least twenty-one years of age, and shall furnish a verified
history of their experience in mining employments, showing in detail the
several mines in which they have worked, their location, the particular
employments followed therein during a period of at least one year, and
particularly their knowledge of gaseous mines and the extent of experience
therein; and shall pay an examination fee of three dollars to the State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 41. 1922, ch. 307, sec. 40.

41. Each successful applicant shall upon paying a certificate fee of one
dollar to the State be entitled to a certificate of competency, to be signed
by the Examining Board. Such certificate shall state the name, age and
residence of the person certified, the position for which qualified, and his
experience; and upon such certificate shall be mounted a photograph of the
holder to be furnished by himself across which shall be impressed the seal
of the Examining Board. No certificate shall be transferable. In case of
loss or destruction of a certificate, the Examining Board upon being satis-
fied thereof shall supply a copy of such certificate to the person losing the
same, upon payment to the State of a fee of fifty cents.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 42. 1922, ch. 307, sec. 41.

42. Any person or persons who shall forge or counterfeit a certificate
of competency, or knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement
in any certificate under this sub-title, or any official copy of same, or shall
urge others to do so, or shall use any such forged or false certificate, or any
official copy of such, or shall knowingly make, give, alter or produce, or