696 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 330

like manner appoint such qualified person or persons to fill
out the unexpired term or terms created by such vacancy or
vacancies. The Governor may remove any member of the
board for a sufficient cause, provided written notice containing
charges and specifications shall have been given to said mem-
ber and after he has had a reasonable opportunity for a hear-
ing thereon.

1. Section 3. Examinations of persons applying for certifi-
cates under this Article as to their proficiency in the theory
of accounts, practical accounting, auditing, commercial law,
and principles of economics, shall be held at least once every
year, and be conducted according to such rules and regulations
as the said board of examiners may adopt for the purpose.
The questions propounded at said examinations shall be sub-
mitted to the entire board before being adopted, and shall be
certified by the said board as a reasonable and fair test of the
candidate's qualifications, and also that said questions are rea-
sonably susceptible of answer or solution in the time allowed.
Each subject shall be marked separately, and every applicant
shall be required to obtain a mark of seventy-five (75) per
cent, in each subject upon which he is examined. The exami-
nation papers shall be preserved for ninety days after each
applicant shall have been informed of his marks, and every
person taking said examination shall be entitled to notice of
his mark in each subject and shall have access to his examina-
nation papers during said time upon application to the board.
If any such applicant is a member of the bar of the State of
Maryland in good standing at the time of the taking of such
examination, he shall be deemed to have absolved the require-
ments of an examination on the subject of commercial law.
If any applicant shall have failed to pass said examination,
but shall have met the requirements of this Act in any three
or more of the subjects aforesaid, he shall be excused from
subsequent examination in those subjects. All persons who
shall pass said examinations shall be recommended by the
board to the Governor, and to all such persons the Governor
shall issue the certificate mentioned in the first Section of this
Article. Any candidate who may be declared by the board of
examiners not to have passed said examination may, within
thirty days after receiving notice of his marks, make applica-
tion to any Court of competent jurisdiction in the City of
Baltimore for a writ of mandamus, and if said Court after
due hearing thereon shall be of the opinion that said com-