HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1311

purposes. A license of "Master Electrician" issued and in
accordance with the provisions of this Act shall entitle any
such person so licensed to engage in the business of and to
hold himself out to the public as engaged in the business of
installing, erecting and repairing and of contracting to install,
erect and repair any electric wires or conductors, etc., pro-
vided, however, that nothing in this Act shall apply to any
firm or corporation if the person managing and in charge of
the electrical work for said firm or corporation is a master
electrician licensed under this Act.

440F. Before any person shall hereafter engage in the busi-
ness of a Master Electrician in Prince George's County, as
defined in this Act, and before any person now engaged in
said business or any class thereof, shall continue in said busi-
ness of Master Electrican, such person shall apply to said
board for a license, as herein required, whereupon the appli-
cant shall present himself before the said board at a time and
place fixed by said board. If the board shall find upon due
examination that the applicant presenting himself has a rea-
sonable knowledge of electricity and the natural laws and func-
tions of electric wires, appliances and devices for electric light,
heat and power purposes, and is possessed of skill and knowl-
edge in all matters appertaining to the business of Master
Electrician, as defined in this Act, then the said board, upon
payment of the fee and upon executing the bond herein pro-
vided for, shall issue to the said person a license as Master
Electrician to practice said business for a term of one year;
and shall register such person as duly licensed Master Elec-
trician; provided, however, no person who shall have been
engaged as a bona fide contractor in the electrical contracting
business in Prince George's County for a period of three (3)
years prior to the passage of this Act, shall be required to take
the examination as provided in this section, before the issu-
ance of such license, and provided that no license shall be
granted to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years,
nor shall any license be granted to any person who has not
taken and subscribed an oath that he has had at least three (3)
years actual experience as a Master Electrician within the
meaning of this Act, or as journeyman electrician in such class
or classes of electrical business or work, as in the opinion of
the board, shall have properly fitted the applicant for a license
as a Master Electrician. Any person whose application for a
license shall have been rejected by said board, shall have the
right to appeal to a Board of Arbitration, which shall con-
sist of one person selected by the person making the appeal,
one person selected by the board herein created, and these
two to select a third person, and the decision of said Board of