1310 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 542

Commissioners of Prince George's County shall appoint some-
one to fill such vacancy. The Board of County Commissioners
of Prince George's County shall have full power to remove any
member of the board for incompetency or improper conduct
upon satisfactory evidence being presented to him of such
condition.

440B. The members of said board shall respectively take
and subscribe the oath required by other State officers. They
shall have power to elect out of their number, a President,
Secretary and Treasurer, and to adopt such rules and by-laws
for the transaction of business of the Board as they may deem
expedient.

440C. Each member of said board shall receive a compensa-
tion of five dollars ($5. 00) per day for actual service in attend-
ing meetings of the board, which compensation shall be paid out
of any moneys in the hands of the Treasurer of said board \
provided, that the Secretary of said board may receive such-
additional compensation as the board may deem just and rea-
sonable, and for which the by-laws of the said board may pro-
vide; provided, however, that the compensation and expenses
of said board shall in no event, be paid out of the funds in the
State Treasury or become a charge against the State.

440D. Said board shall meet at least once in each month
in Upper Marlboro, and shall hold special meetings as fre-
quently as the proper and efficient discharge of its business
shall require, and said board shall adopt such rules and reg-
ulations for the examinations of Master Electricians as here-
in defined, and for the placing, installing and operating elec-
trical wires, appliances, apparatus or construction in, upon
and about buildings in Prince George's County, and when so
adopted, such rules and regulations shall have the same force
and effect as if herein contained, and the rules of said board
shall also provide for the giving of timely notice of such meet-
ings to all those who shall have made application for a license
as herein provided.

440E. The term Master Electrician, as used in this Act,
shall be defined as and including any and all persons engaged
in business of, or holding themselves out to the public as en-
gaged in the business of installing, erecting or repairing, or
contracting to install, erect or repair electric wires or con-
ductors, to be used for the transmission of electric current
for electric light, heat, or power purposes, or mouldings, ducts,.
raceways or conduits for the reception or protection of such
wires or conductors, or to any electrical machinery, apparatus,
devices or fixtures to be used for electric light, heat or power