156 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to said Article seven sections under the sub-title "Plumbing,"
to be known as Sections 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189 and 190.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland (Code of 1904), title "Health," be and the same is
hereby amended by adding seven sections thereto under the
sub-title "Plumbing," to be known as Sections 184, 185, 186,
187, 188, 189 and 190, and to read as follows:

PLUMBING.

184. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to employ as workmen to do plumbing work in the State
of Maryland any persons except those qualified to work at the
plumbing business, as provided in this subdivision of this Arti-
cle; and no person shall be qualified to work at the plumbing
business in this State unless he has made application to and
received from the State Board of Commissioners of Practical
Plumbing the certificate of competence described in Section
186 of this Article and is otherwise qualified as required by
this subdivision of this Article. Any person or firm engaged
in the plumbing business in this State, and the superintend-
ent, manager, agent or other officer of any corporation en-
gaged in the plumbing business in this State, who shall em-
ploy any person to work at the plumbing business who is not
qualified as required by this subdivision of this Article, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars,
for every day or part of every day that such employer shall em-
ploy such workman. And any person or firm not engaged in
the plumbing business in this State, and the superintendent,
manager, agent or other officer of any corporation not engaged
in the plumbing business in this State, who shall employ any
person to do plumbing work in this State, knowing the person
so employed is not qualified to work at the plumbing business
as required by this subdivision of this Article, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for every
day or part of every day that such employer shall so employ
such workman.

185. If any person shall work at the plumbing business in
this State without being qualified as required by this subdivi-
sion of this Article, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for every day or
every part, of every day that such workman shall work at the
plumbing business.

186. The Governor shall appoint biennially five persons who