1750 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1004

compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by the
County Commissioners, which said compensation shall bepaid
from the fees of applicants for certificates or permits, and
shall not exceed the sum or sums so collected.

The Baltimore County Plumbing Board shall have the sole
power to grant certificates and permits to persons desiring to
work at the plumbing business in Baltimore County in the
same form and manner as certificates and permits are granted
by the State Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing,
provided that the fees to be charged for said certificates or
permits shall not exceed the fees as fixed by this sub-title
Said Board, subject to the approval of the County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore County, shall have the power and are
hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations for the
issuance of certificates or permits, the examination of appli-
cants therefor, the entrance into plumbing work, the plumbing
trade or business in Baltimore County and the conduct there-
of, as it may deem necessary for the protection of the public
health, welfare and safety, and shall have and exercise in
Baltimore County all the authority and power conferred upon
the State Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing by
this sub-title. Any person who holds a certificate or permit
heretofore issued by the State Board of Commissioners of
Practical Plumbing shall have and exercise all the rights and
privileges which a holder of such certificate or permit has
under the provisions of this sub-title, but the renewal of such
certificate or permit shall be obtained from the Baltimore
County Plumbing Board.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts, whether local or general, inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency, except that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to affect any of the provisions of Chapter 539 of the
Acts of 1924, or any amendments thereto.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 1004.
(House Bill 290)

AN ACT to add a new section to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Montgomery County (1939 Edition—being Article 16 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Mont-