HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1749

diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon by a yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 1003.
(House Bill 273)

AN ACT to add one new section to Article 43 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Health", sub-
title "Plumbing", said new section to be known as Section
325A, to follow immediately after Section 325 of said
Article, providing for the creation of the Baltimore County
Plumbing Board and vesting in said Board sole jurisdiction
of the performance of plumbing work or the engaging in
the plumbing trade or business in Baltimore County, and
authorizing the making of rules and regulations and fixing
of fees governing the entrance into the plumbing trade or
business in Baltimore County, and its conduct therein, sub-
ject to approval of the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County, and providing for the issuance of certificates and
permits by the Baltimore County Plumbing Board.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Health", sub-title "Plumbing", said new section to be known
as Section 325A, to follow immediately after Section 325 of
said Article, and to read as follows:

325A. The provisions of this sub-title shall not apply to
Baltimore County, except as hereinafter provided. In said
County there shall be a Baltimore County Plumbing Board,,
which shall consist of five members. Three of the members
shall be persons who are master plumbers residing in Balti-
more County and shall be appointed annually by the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County. The remaining two mem-
bers of the Board shall be the Chief Engineer of the Metro-
politan District of Baltimore County and the Baltimore
County Health Officer, neither of whom shall receive any
additional compensation for their services under this section.
The master plumber members of the Board shall receive such