THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 799

erect and repair any electric wires or conductors, etc.,
provided, however, that nothing 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 cor-
poration is a master electrician licensed under this sub-
title.

561. Before any person shall hereafter engage in the
business of a Master Electrician in Prince George's County,
as defined in this sub-title, and before any person now
engaged in said business or any class thereof, shall con-
tinue 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 examination that the applicant
presenting himself has a reasonable knowledge of elec-
tricity and the natural laws and functions 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 Master Electrician,
as defined in this sub-title, then the said Board, upon pay-
ment of the fee and upon executing the bond herein pro-
vided for, shall issue to the said person a license as Master
Electrician to practice said business for a term of one
year; and shall register such person as duly licensed
Master Electrician; provided, however, no person who
shall have been engaged as a bona fide contractor in the
electrical contracting business in Prince George's County
for a period of three (3) years prior to June 1, 1937, shall
be required to take the examination as provided in this
section, before the issuance of such licenses, 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 three (3) years actual
experience as a Master Electrician within the meaning of
this sub-title, or as journeyman electrician in such class
or classes of electrical business or work, as in the opinion
of the Board shall have properly fitted the applicant for
a license as a Master Electrician. Any person whose appli-
cation for a license shall have been rejected by said Board,
shall have the right to appeal to a Board of Arbitration,
which shall consist of one person selected by the person
making the appeal, one person selected by the Board
herein created, and these two to select a third person, and
the decision of said Board of Arbitration or a majority
of them shall be final and binding upon all the parties to
said appeal; the members of said Board shall be paid the