652 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 271

senting himself or herself for examination before the Board of
Law Examiners, shall pay to the treasurer of the board such
fee, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, as may be fixed by the
Court of Appeals. On payment of one examination fee the ap-
plicant shall be entitled to the privilege of three examinations,
but no more. Any fraudulent act or representation by an ap-
plicant in connection with his or her application or examina-
tion shall be -.sufficient cause for the revocation of the order ad-
mitting him or her to practice. The Board of Law
Examiners shall render an annual account of tneir ex-
penses to the Court of Appeals. The provisions of this and the
preceding section shall not apply to those students who shall
have matriculated at the law department of the University of
Maryland, or the Baltimore University School of Law prior to
the first day of January, 1898, but such students shall be ad-
mitted upon the production of their diplomas of graduation as
heretofore; and provided further, that nothing contained in this
Act shall affect any law student who has matriculated in any
imputable law school before the passage of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 271.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 148
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil
County", sub-title "Elkton", as the same was repealed and
re-enacted by Chapter 428 of the Acts of 1910.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 148 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Cecil County", sub-title "Elkton", as re-
pealed and re-enacted by Chapter 428 of the Acts of 1910, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 148. The President and Commissioners may, from time
to time, under such conditions as they may by their ordinances
direct, appoint such officers as they may deem necessary to
carry into effect their ordinances; and as soon as practicable
after their election and qualification shall annually appoint a
town baliff, who shall continue in office until his successor has