HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1049

304. Any person, persons, co-partnership or corporation
who shall engage in or hold himself, herself, themselves, or it-
self out as engaging in the business of Funeral Directing
or discharge the duties of such employment as shall
engage him or her in the care, preparation for burial, and
burial or shipment, of dead human bodies and the disinfection
of the clothing and bedding of such deceased person who shall
have died from an infectious or contagious disease, or the
premises in which he or she shall have died without having
complied with the provisions of Sections 296 and 297 of this
sub-title and any superintendent or person in charge—(in the
absence of the Superintendent) of any cemetery or burial place
who shall permit any other person than a duly licensed
Funeral Director or his or her registered apprentice,
under Sections 296 and 297 of this sub-title, to deliver for
burial or offer for cremation the body of a deceased person
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not
more than one hundred dollars, or sentenced to undergo an
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both in
the discretion of the court for each and every offense. Any
person or persons who shall practice or hold himself, or them-
selves out as embalmers in this State, without having com-
plied with the provisions of this sub-title shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any
Court in this State shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less
than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or undergo an
imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both at the discretion
of the Court, for each and every offense; provided that noth-
ing contained in this sub-title shall be construed to apply to
registered apprentices of a duly licensed embalmer, who are
serving their apprenticeship, or any school of anatomy, medi-
cine or dentistry, or to interfere with any officer or employee
of the United States or the District of Columbia in the dis-
charge of their official duties.

304A. It shall be the duty of the said Board of
Funeral Directors and Embalmers and they are hereby
empowered to make such rules and regulations for the enforce-
ment of the provisions of this sub-title and for the perform-
ance of their duties hereunder, from time to time, as in their
judgment they may deem necessary and requisite; and they are
hereby authorized to investigate any alleged violations of the
provisions of this sub-title, to swear out warrants against any
alleged violators of the provisions of this sub-title, to aid in
the prosecution of any alleged violations of any of the provi-
sions of this sub-title, and in general to enforce, and make
effective the provisions of this sub-title. Any and all expenses,
costs and fees incurred by said Board of Funeral Directors