880                          LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 344

268F. Before any person, firm or corporation shall here-
after engage in the business of a Master Electrician in Anne
Arundel County, as defined in this Act, and before any person,
firm or corporation now engaged in said business or any class
thereof, shall continue in said business of Master Electrician,
such person, firm or corporation shall apply to said board for a
license, as herein required, whereupon the applicant shall pre-
sent himself before the said board at a time and place fixed by
said board. If the board shall find upon due examination that
the applicant presenting himself has a reasonable knowledge
of electricity and the natural laws and functions of electric
wires, appliances and devices for electric light, heat and power
purposes, and is possessed of skill and of knowledge in all
matters appertaining to the business of Master Electrician, as
defined in this Act, then the said board, upon payment of the
fee and upon executing the bond herein provided for, shall
issue to the said person, firm or corporation a license as Master
Electrician to practice said business for a term of one year:
and shall register such person, firm or corporation as duly
licensed Master Electrician; provided, however, no person,
firm or corporation who shall have been engaged as a bona fide
contractor in the electrical contracting business in Anne Arun-
del County for a period of three (3) years prior to the passage
of this Act, shall be required to take the examination as pro-
vided in this section, before the issuance of such license, and
provided that no license shall be granted to any person under
the age of twenty-one (21) years, nor shall any license be
granted to any person who has not taken and subscribed an
oath that he, or, in case of a corporation, the one managing the
electrical work thereof, and in case of a firm, the one managing
the electrical work, has had at least three (3) years7 actual
experience as a Master Electrician within the meaning of this
Act, or as journeyman electrician in such class or classes of
electrical business or work, as in the opinion of the board,
shall have properly fitted the applicant for a license as a
Master Electrician. Any person whose application for a
license shall have been rejected by said board, shall have the
right to appeal to a Board of Arbitration, which shall consist
of one person elected by the person making the appeal, one
person selected by the board herein created, and these two to
select a third person, and the decision of said Board of Arbi-
tration or a majority of them shall be final and binding upon
all the parties to said appeal; the members of said board shall