1096 LAWS OF MARYLAND. > [CH. 450

plumbers, two of whom shall be from Baltimore City, one
from Southern Maryland, one from the Eastern Shore and
one from the Western Shore of Maryland, whose duty it
shall be to faithfully and impartially execute, or cause to
be executed, all the provisions and requirements of this sub-
division of this article; upon application and at such place
or places in this State as they may determine, provided at
least once in each year the examination shall be held in
Baltimore City, they shall examine each and every person
who shall desire to work at the plumbing business, touch-
ing his competency and qualifications; and, upon being
satisfied that the person so examined is competent and
qualified to work at said business, they, or any three of>
them, shall grant to such a person a certificate of com-
petency and register him in their books as a practical
plumber, which shall operate as full authority to him to
work at, conduct and engage in the said plumbing business
for the period for which such certificate shall be granted,
and such certificate may be called or designated by said
board a "master plumber's certificate. "

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed 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 April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 450
(Senate Bill 262)

AN ACT to add six new sections to Article 48A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, (1939 Edition), title
"Insurance"', to be under a new sub-title "Unauthorized
Insurers Process Act", said new sections to be known
as Sections 273-278, relating to service of process on
and suits against insurers not authorized to transact
business in this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That six new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1939
Edition) title "Insurance", to be under a new sub-title