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used for electric light, heat or power purposes. A license of
"master electrician," issued and in accordance with the pro-
visions of this Act, shall entitle any such person, firm or
corporation so licensed to engage in the business of and to
hold himself or itself out to the public as engaged in the
business of installing, erecting and repairing and of con-
tracting to install, erect and repair any electric wires or
conductors, etc.
SEC. 6. Before any person, firm or corporation shall here-
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License to be
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after engage in the business of a master electrician in Balti-
more city, as defined in this Act, and before any person,
firm or corporation now engaged in said business or any
class thereof shall continue in said business of master
electrician, such person, firm or corporation shall apply to
said board for a license, as herein required, whereupon the
applicant 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 reasonable knowledge of electricity 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 Section 5 of 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 elec-
trician to practice said business for a term of one year, and
shall register such person, firm or corporation, as duly
licensed master electrician; provided, however, no person,
firm or corporation who shall have been engaged in the
electrical contracting business in the city of Baltimore 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 pro-
vided 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 corporation, the one managing
the electrical work thereof, and, in case of a firm, the one
managing the electrical work has had at least three (3)
years' actual experience as a master electrician, within the
meaning of Section 5 of this Act, or as journeyman electrician
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