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shall be transferred to and thereafter be exercised and per-
formed by the said Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, who
shall be the lawful successor of the said State Board of Labor
and Statistics to the same extent as if the said Commissioner
had been named in said provisions of law as the official upon
whom the said rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions
were conferred.

XVI.

The Department of State Employment and
Registration.

SECTION 1. The Department of State Employment and
Registration is hereby established. The head of this Depart-
ment shall be the State Employment Commissioner, who, ap-
pointed as at present, shall have and exercise all the rights,
powers, duties, obligations and functions now or hereafter con-
ferred by law. The said State Employment Commissioner
shall be known hereafter as the Commissioner of State Em-
ployment and Registration, and shall devote all of his time to
the duties of his office, including the duties heretofore per-
formed by the Secretary and Chief Examiner as designated
in the budget.

SEC. 2. The following boards and agencies shall be assigned
to the Department of Employment and Registration:
State Employment Commissioner
State Board of Barber Examiners
State Board of Chiropody Examiners
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
State Board of Dental Examiners
Board of Examining Engineers
Board of Electrical Examiners and Supervisors
Board of Examiners of Horseshoers
State Board of Law Examiners
Medical Examiners

Board of Examining Moving Picture Machine Operators
State Board of Examiners of Nurses
State Board of Examiners in Optometry
State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
Maryland Board of Pharmacy

State Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing
State Board of Examiners of Public Accountants