1616 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 893

247E. The term Master Electrician, as used in this sub-
title, shall be defined as and shall include any and all per-
sons engaged in the business of, or holding themselves out to
the public as engaged in the business, of installing, erecting
or repairing, or contracting to install, erect or repair electric
wires or conductors, to be used for the transmission of electric
current for electric light, heat or power purposes, or mould-
ings, ducts, raceways or conduits for the reception or protec-
tion of such wires or conductors, or to any electrical machin-
ery, apparatus, device or fixture to be used for electric light,
Heat, or power purposes. A license of "Master Electrician"
issued in accordance with the provisions of this sub-title shall
entitle any such person so licensed to engaged in the business
of and to hold himself out to the public as engaged in the
business of installing, erecting and repairing and of contract-
ing to install, erect and repair any electric wires or conduc-
tors, etc.; provided, however, that noting in this sub-title shall
apply to any firm or corporation, if the person managing and
in charge of the electrical work for said firm or corporation is
a master electrician licensed under this sub-title.

247F. Before any person shall hereafter engage in the busi-
ness of a Master Electrician in Harford County, as defined
in this sub-title, and before any person now engaged in said
business or any class thereof, shall continue 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 ex-
amination that the applicant presenting himself has a reason-
able knowledge of electricity and the natural laws and func-
tions of electric wires, appliances, and devices for electric
light, heat and power purposes, and is possessed of skill and
knowledge in all matters appertaining to the business of Mas-
ter 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 a license as Mas-
ter Electrician to practice said business for a term of one
year, and shall register such person as a duly licensed Master
Electrician; provided, however, no person who shall have been
engaged as a bona fide contractor in the electrical contract-
ing business in Harford County for a period of three (3) years
prior to the passage of this sub-title shall be required to
take the examination as provided 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 has had at least one