EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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shall have power to elect out of their number a president,
secretary and treasurer, to adopt such rules and by-laws for
the transaction of business of the board as they may deem
expedient.
SEC. 3. Each member of said board shall receive a com-

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Officers to be
elected.

pensation of five dollars ($5) per day for actual service in
attending 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 reasonable, and for which the by-laws of the said
board may provide; provided, however, that the compensa-
tion 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.
SEC. 4. Said board shall meet at least once in each month
in Baltimore city, and shall hold special meetings as fre-

Compensation
paid board.

quently as the proper and efficient discharge of its business
shall require, and said board shall adopt such rules and
regulations for the examinations of master electricians as
herein defined, and for the placing, installing and operating
electrical wires, appliances, apparatus or construction in,
upon and about buildings in the said city of Baltimore, 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 meetings to all those who shall have made
application for a license as herein provided, and said board
shall give in writing to the chief of the municipal electrical
inspectors of Baltimore city a detailed statement of all the
licenses issued, renewed or revoked at any meeting of said
board.
SEC. 5. The term master electrician, as used in this Act,

Time of meet-
ing, etc.

shall be defined as and including any and all persons, firms
and corporations engaged in business of or holding them-
selves out to the public as engaged in the business of install-
ing, erecting or repairing or contracting to install, erect or
repair electric wires or conductors, to be used for the trans-
mission of electric current for electric light, heat or power
purposes, or moldings, 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

Definition of
the term
master elec-
trician.