1140

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

such roles and regulations as may be necessary to carry into
effect the provisions of this Act ; and said board shall, at its
first meet, prescribe and clearly define the qualifications and
tests necessary to obtain a certificate as master or journeyman
horseshoer. Printed copies of such requirements shall be
furnished to all persons desiring to pass an examination for
said certificate, and any person who shall, on examination be
found by a majority of said board to possess the said require-
ments so prescribed, shall be granted a certificate to that effect
on the payment to said board of a fee of two dollars ; and all
proceedings of said board phall be open to public inspection.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person who has practiced

Entitled to
certificate.

as a master or journeyman horseshoer in the city of Baltimore
or the twelfth district of Baltimore county, for three years
prior to the passage of this Act, who will tile an affidavit to
that effect with said board, shall be entitled to a certificate
without an examination, on the payment of a fee of twenty-
five cents to said board ; or any one who has a certificate from
any duly constituted examining board of the State of Mary-
land, or of any other State, that he is a competent master or
journeyman horseshoer, on tiling and registering said certificate
or a copy thereof with said board, shall be entitled to a certifi-
cate from said board without examination, on payment of a fee
of two dollars ; but, that after the passage of this Act, no per-
son who has not served an apprenticeship at horseshoeing for
a period of three years shall be entitled to an examination for
said certificate.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all certificates issued by said

Certificates
signed and
bear seal.

board shall be signed by its officers and bear its seal ; and that
the secretary of said board shall keep a book, in which all cer-
tificates so issued and the names of the persons to whom the
same shall have been issued shall be duly registered, and a
transcript from said book of registration, certified by the secre-
tary, with the seal of the board, shall be evidence in any court
in the State, and that said secretary shall furnish to any one a
copy of his certificate on payment of the sum of one dollar.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any person who shall violate

Guilty of mis-
demeanor.

any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon the conviction thereof in any court having
criminal jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than twenty-five
dollars or be confined in the Baltimore city jail or Baltimore
county jail, not more than one month, in the discretion of the
court. All fines received under this Act shall be paid into the
common school fund of the city of Baltimore, or of Baltimore