MISCELLANEOUS BILLS. 297

his application; provided, however, that such license shall be
issued to a corporation upon application therefor, and pro-
vided further, that one license as required by this section and
section 10 of this Act, shall suffice for all the members of a co-
partnership when issued in the firm name. Such license shall
be signed by a majority of the board and attested by its seal,
and shall state whether it be a principal's or assistant's license.
No person holding an assistant's or employe's license shall be
permitted thereunder to engage in or carry on the business of
undertaking as a principal, and before any person holding an
assistant's or employe's license shall be entitled to a principal's
license, he shall apply for the same by petition to said board,
who shall grant the same under such rules and regulations re-
specting said applicant's qualifications and character as may
be prescribed by said board. All persons, co-partnerships and
corporations, immediately upon receiving the license provided
in this section and section 10 of this Act, or the certificate of
registration as provided in section 7 of this Act, shall cause a
copy of such license or certificate of registration to be filed in
the office of the local Board of Health of Maryland in the re-
spective county or in the city of Baltimore, in which it is pro-
posed to carry on said business or engage in the discharge of
such employment; said license or certificate of registration
shall be displayed in a conspicuous place, in the office or place
of business of such licensee.

SEC. 11. Any person, persons, co-partnerships or corporation
who shall practice or hold himself, herself, themselves or itself
out as practising the business of undertaking or discharge the
duties of such employment as engage him or her in the care,
preparation, disposition or burial of the bodies of deceased
persons without having complied with the provisions of sec-
tions 7, 8 and 10 of this Act, and any superintendent or person
in charge (in absence of the superintendent) of any cemetery
or burial place, who shall permit any other person than a duly
licensed undertaker, assistant or employe to deliver for burial
or offer for cremation the body of a deceased person shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before
any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not more than
ten dollars or sentenced to undergo an imprisonment for a
term not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the
court, for each and every offense.

SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the said board on or before
the third Monday of January in each and every year, to make a
report in writing to the Governor of this State containing a
detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of said
board for the year ending on the last day of December prior