698 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 330

Section 6. Any citizen of the United States or person who
has declared his intention of becoming such citizen, over the
age of twenty-one years, who holds a valid and unrevoked cer-
tificate as a certified public accountant, or the equivalent there-
of, issued by or under the authority of any State of the United
States, or the District of Columbia, or any territory of the
United States, or by or under the authority of a foreign na-
tion, showing that the holder thereof has complied with the
laws of such State, district, territory or nation, who desires
to practice the profession of accountancy in the State of Mary-
land, shall present such certificate or its equivalent to the board
of examiners of certified public accountants of this State, ac-
companied by a written application in form to be prescribed
by the said board, with such information as said board may
require as to the character and qualification of such applicant,
and shall pay the said board the fee usually charged for exam-
inations, and if the said board shall be satisfied that the stand-
ing of the said applicant and the requirements for a certificate
as a certified public accountant of the State, district, territory,
or nation issuing the same are substantially equivalent to
those established by the laws of this State, the said board may,
in its discretion, register said certificate in a book to be pro-
vided by the said board for said purposes, and shall recom-
mend to the Governor the issuance to such applicant of a spe-
cial certificate of registration designating the State, district,
territory or nation issuing the original certificate to said appli-
cant, which special certificate of registration, when issued by
the Governor, shall entitle the holder to practice as such certi-
fied public accountant, and use the abbreviation "C. P. A. "
in this State; provided, however, that no such special certifi-
cate shall be issued unless the State, district, territory or na-
tion issuing the original certificate extends similar privileges
to the certified public accountants of the State of Maryland.

Section 7. Any person who shall violate any of the provi-
sions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof in any Court having criminal
jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars, nor
more than Two Hundred Dollars, or be confined not more than
six months in the county jail, or if the conviction takes place
in Baltimore City, in the Baltimore City Jail, in the discre-
tion of the Court

Section 8. Nothing in this Act shall be taken or construed,
to in any way invalidate or otherwise affect any certificate held