824 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 741

SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 23, 1945.

CHAPTER 741.
(Senate Bill 615)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
345 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
1939 Edition), title "Health, " sub-title "Undertakers, "
relating to licenses to funeral directors who served in
the Armed Forces of the United States during World
War II and authorizing the formation of corporations
to conduct the business of such licensees.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 345 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Health, " sub-title "Under-
takers, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

345. The provisions of this sub-title shall not be con-
strued as preventing the conducting the business or pro-
fession of. Funeral Directing by a corporation heretofore
licensed, if such corporation is registered by and conforms
with such rules and regulations as the Board may prescribe
with relation thereto; and hereafter no corporation shall
be permitted to operate any branch establishment unless
it is in operation at the time of the passage of this Act.

The Board shall not hereafter issue licenses to, nor
register any corporation, nor shall any corporation be per-
mitted to conduct the business or profession of Funeral
Directing which has not already been licensed and regis-
tered.

Provided, however, that a corporation may be formed
during World War II to carry on the business of any per-
son who was licensed as a funeral director and was en-
gaged in the business or profession of funeral directing or
embalming at the time of induction into the Armed Forces
of the United States during World War II and it shall be
the duty of the Board, on application filed by such person
during World War II, to register and issue a license to
such corporation, and said corporation, so long as it is
owned and operated by the members of the immediate
family, including father, mother, wife or widow, brother,