694 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 314

tinue in said business of Master Electrician, such person
shall apply to said Board for a license, as herein required,
whereupon the applicant shall present 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 electric-
ity and the natural laws and functions of electric wires, ap-
pliances, and devices for electric light, heat and power pur-
poses, and is possessed of skill and knowledge in all matters
appertaining to the business of Master Electrician, as de-
fined in this sub-title, then the said Board, upon payment
of the fee and upon executing the bond herein provided for,
shall issue to the said person a license as Master Electric-
ian to practice said business for a term of one year; and
shall register such person as duly licensed Master Elec-
trician; provided, however, no person who shall have been
engaged as a bona fide contractor in the electrical contract-
ing business in St. Mary's County for a period of three
(3) years prior to June 1, 1939 shall be required to take
the examination as provided in this section, before the is-
suance of such license, and provided that no license shall
be granted to any person under the age of twenty-one (21)
years, nor shall a license be granted to any person who
has not taken and subscribed an oath that he has had at
least three (3) years actual experience as a Master Elec-
trician within the meaning of this sub-title, or as journey-
man electrician in such class or classes of electrical busi-
ness or work, as in the opinion of the Board, shall have
properly fitted the applicant for a license as a Master Elec-
trician. 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 selected 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
Arbitration or a majority of them shall be final and bind-
ing upon all the parties to said appeal; the members of said
Board shall be paid the sum of five dollars ($5. 00) each,
which sum shall be deposited with the Board herein created
by the person taking said appeal and if the said Board of
Arbitration shall affirm the decision of the Board herein
created, the money so deposited shall be used to pay said
Board; if however, such decision be reversed, the said
Board of Arbitration shall be paid out of the funds in the
hands of the Board herein created, and said deposit of fif-
teen dollars ($15. 00) shall be returned; provided, further,
that each applicant shall pay to the treasurer of said Board
of Electrical Examiners, the sum of twenty-five dollars