EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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in such class or classes of electrical business or work, as in
the opinion of the board, shall have properly fitted the appli-
cant for a license as a master electrician. Any person whose
application for 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 appeal; the members of said board shall be
paid the sum of five dollars ($5) each, which sum shall
be deposited with the board herein created by the
person taking said appeal, and if the said board of arbitra-
tion 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 arbi-
tration 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 returned; provided further, that each appli-
cant shall pay to the treasurer of said board of electrical
examiners the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for such
license, and provided further, that every person, firm or cor-
poration before receiving a license shall make, execute and

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Right to
appeal.

deliver to said board a good and sufficient bond, to be
approved by said board, in the name of the State of Mary-
land, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
the bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of
any and all work entered upon or contracted for by said master
electrician, and to save harmless the owner, or real party in
interest in the property for which any such material is
furnished, or services performed against loss, damage and
injury which shall arise through want of skill, or through the
failure to use suitable or proper material in the performance
of any work contracted for or undertaken by said master
electrician, or his or its agents or employees, and an action
may be maintained thereon in the name of such owner or real
party in interest only, if commenced within one (1) year from
and after the date of the installation of the materials furnished
or performance of such work or service.

Bond to be
given.

SEC. 7. Each and every license issued under the provisions
of this Act shall be evidence in any court of the city named
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Evidence in
court.