1050 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 503

and Embalmers in enforcing the provisions of this sub-title
shall be paid out of the receipts as hereinabove provided for.

305. It shall be the duty of the said Board on or before the
third Monday of January in each and every year, to make a re-
port in writing to the Governor of this State containing a de-
tailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of said Board
for the year ending on the last day of December prior thereto,
any balance of money remaining at the end of the year, after
the payment of the salary of the Secretary and inspectors, and
the traveling, legal and other expenses of the Board and the
Secretary incurred in the discharge of their duties as such
shall be reserved by the Treasurer of said Board to meet the
necessary expenses for the ensuing year.

306. The provisions of this sub-title shall not be construed
as preventing the conducting the business or profession of
Funeral Directing by a corporation heretofore licensed, if such
corporation is registered by and conforms with such rules and
regulations as the Board may prescribe with relation thereto;
and hereafter no corporation shall be permitted to operate
any branch establishment unless it is in operation at the time
of the passage of this Act.

The Board shall not hereafter issue licenses to, nor register
any corporation, nor shall any corporation be permitted to
conduct the business or profession of Funeral Directing which
has not already been licensed and registered.

307. This sub-title shall not be construed as prohibiting
two or more licensed funeral directors from operating a joint
or partnership business if the business be conducted under the
names of all such licensed funeral directors; but no funeral
director granted an original license under this sub-title shall
conduct business under any other name than the name appear-
ing on his or her license. This section shall not apply to per-
sons heretofore conducting business under a fictitious name.

307A. The Board may grant to individual persons from
other States, who are duly licensed Funeral Directors and Em-
balmers, a license to operate as a Funeral Director or Em-
balmer in this State, under such terms and conditions as the
Board may prescribe, provided that similar privileges are ac-
corded in those States to those originally licensed by this
State, and provided that the standards for licensing in the
said States are equivalent to those of this State.

308. The State Board of Funeral Directors and Em-
balmers of Maryland be, and it is hereby authorized
and empowered, to establish a school of instruction in which