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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 244

CHAPTER 244.

AN ACT to regulate in Baltimore City the licensing of per-
sons conducting or managing a business for installing any
wires or electric apparatus to convey electrical current or
be operated by such current, and to prevent the doing of
such work by persons other than those licensed in accord-
ance with the provision of this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Governor shall, within thirty (30) days after
the passage of this Act, appoint a board, which shall be

Board of
examiners
and super
visors ap-
pointed.

known as the Board of Examiners and Supervisors, consist-
ing of five (5) persons, for the purpose of examining into the
qualifications and capabilities of all persons who are engaged
or desire to engage in the business of master electrician as
defined in Section 5 of this Act. The board so appointed
shall be competent practical electricians of Baltimore city,
and shall be selected as follows: Two (2) from nominations
made by the Electrical Contractors' Association of Maryland,
one (1) from nominations made by the chief of the Municipal
Electrical Inspectors of Baltimore city, one (1) from nom-
ination made by the Association of Fire Underwriters of
Baltimore city, and one (1) person residing in Baltimore
city who shall be a practical journeyman electrician, who has
served at the business for a period of not less than ten years,
and a majority of said board shall constitute a quorum to
transact the business thereof. The term of office of the
members of the first number so appointed shall be as follows :
The nominee from the Underwriters' Association, one (1)
nominee from the Electrical Contractors' Association, two
(2) years; the nominee from the Municipal Inspector, one
(1) nominee from the Electrical Contractors' Association, and
the person at large, two (2) years, unless removed for cause.

Vacancy.

Should any vacancy occur from any cause during the term of
any board as herein provided the Governor shall appoint
some one from nominations made as above provided to fill
such vacancy. The Governor 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.
SEC. 2. The members of said board shall respectively take
and subscribe the oath required by other State officers. They