1090 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 567

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 reasonable knowledge of elec-
tricity and the natural laws and functions of electric wires,
appliances and devices for electric light, heat and power
purposes, and is possessed of skill and of knowledge 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 provided for,
shall issue to the said person, firm or corporation a license
as Master Electrician to practice said business for a term
of one year; and shall register such person, firm or cor-
poration as duly licensed Master Electrician provided,
however, no person, firm or corporation who shall have
been engaged as a bona fide contractor in the electrical con-
tracting business in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore
City 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 issuance 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, or, in case of a cor-
poration, the one managing the electrical work there-
of, and in case of a firm, the one managing the elec-
trical work, has had at least three (3) years' actual
experience as a Master Electrician within the mean-
ing 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 appli-
cation for a license shall have been rejected by said board,
shall have the right to appeal to a Board of Arbitration,
which shall consist 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 Arbitration or a majority of them
shall be final and binding upon all the parties to said ap-
peal; the members of said board shall be paid the sum of
five dollars ($5. 00) each, which sum shall be deposited
with the board herein created by the person taking said
appeal and if the said Board of Arbitration shall affirm the
decision of the board herein created, the money so deposited
shall be used to pay said board; if, however, such decision
be reversed, the said Board of Arbitration shall be paid
out of the funds in the hands of the board herein created,
and said deposit of fifteen dollars ($15. 00) shall be re-