416 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of fifty dollars for each and
every violation thereof, said fine to be sued for in the name of
the State, and before a justice of the peace of said city.

1886, ch 439.

404. The governor shall appoint biennially five persons, who
shall constitute a board of commissioners, which shall be known
and designated as "the State board of commissioners of practical
plumbing," and who shall be selected as follows: Three persons
who are practical and skilled plumbers from the city of Balti-
more, the commissioner of health of Baltimore city, and
a member of the State board of health, from the State at
large, whose duty it shall be to faithfully and impartially execute,
or cause to be executed, all the provisions and requirements of
this and the two preceding sections; upon application and in such
manner and at such place as they may determine, provided said
place of examination shall be within the limits of the city of
Baltimore, they shall examine each and every person who shall
desire to work at the plumbing business, touching his competency
and qualifications; and upon being satisfied that the person so
examined is competent and qualified to work at said business, they,
or any three of them, shall grant such person a certificate of
competency, and register him in their books as a practical
plumber, which shall operate as full authority to him to conduct
and engage in the said business of plumbing.

Ibid.

405. The said board of commissioners shall demand and re-
ceive from each applicant for a certificate of competency whom
they examine and pass, the sum of three dollars at the time of
the issuance of said certificate, and the sum of one dollar for the
renewal thereof each and every year thereafter, on or before the
first day of May.

Ibid.

406. The money received under the provisions of the fore-
going section shall be used and applied by said commissioners to
defray their expenses, and all surplus over and above their neces-
sary expenses shall be returned to the State treasurer for the use
of the State.