PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1103

this Act, and shall pay a fee of fifty cents to the clerk for re-
cording the same, and failure to present said certificate within
three months after issuance thereof shall cause forfeiture of
same.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That every person, not exempt
by Section 7 of this Act, desiring to begin the practice of
Optometry in this State shall pass an examination before said
Board of Examiners. Such examination shall be confined to
such knowledge as is essential to the practice of Optometry
and shall include Anatomy and Physiology of the eye; all
branches of Optics as it applies to Optometry; the use of the
Opthalmoscope and all instruments used in a practical exam-
ination of the eye; also any subject the Board may deem essen-
tial in the examination of an applicant. Any applicant for ex-
amination must not be under twenty-one years of age; and
must be of good moral character, and must give evidence which
shall be satisfactory to the Board of Examiners of having had
preliminary education equal to the second-year grade of a regu-
lar high school, and shall appear before the Board at such time
and place as the Board may designate. Each person shall pay
at the time of filing his application the sum of twenty dollars
to the Secretary of the Board for the use of said Board, and
if he shall pass said examination he shall pay to the said Sec-
retary, for the use of said Board, a further sum of five dollars
on the issuance to him of a numbered certificate of examination
which shall constitute a license to practice Optometry. All per-
sons passing such examinations shall be registered in the Board
register, which shall be kept by the Secretary, and shall also
receive a numbered certificate of such registration, signed by
at least three members of the Board making such examination
oi said applicant, which shall be recorded in the clerk's office
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, or the clerk's office
of the Circuit Court of any County in the State. If an appli-
cant be rejected he shall be entitled to another examination,
not earlier than six months thereafter for the fee first paid,
but for subsequent examinations he shall pay a fee of fifteen
dollars. Said examinations are not to occur within six months
of the preceding one.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That any person entitled to a
certificate as provided for in Section 7 of this Act, who shall
not within six months after the passage thereof make written
application to the Board of Examiners for a certificate of reg-
istration, accompanied by a written statement, signed by him