904                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 548

(1930 Edition), title "Charles County," sub-title "Electrical Ap-
paratus and Wiring," as said sections were enacted by Chapter
182 of the Acts of 1951, relating to the fees for a master's elec-
trician license and the renewal thereof in Charles County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 105G and 105-I of Article 9 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Charles County," sub-title
"Electrical Apparatus and Wiring," as said sections were enacted
by Chapter 182 of the Acts of 1951, be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

105G. Before any person shall hereafter engage in the business of
a Master Electrician in Charles County, as defined in this sub-title,
and before any person now engaged in said business or any class
thereof, shall continue 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 reason-
able knowledge of electricity 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 payment of the fee and upon exe-
cuting the bond herein provided 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 busi-
ness in Charles County for a period of three (3) years prior to June
1, 1951, 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 mean-
ing of this sub-title, or as a 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 application 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 here-
in 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 of the parties to said appeal; the members of said
Board shall be paid the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) each, which sum
shall be deposited with the Board herein created by the person taking
said appeal and if the said Board of Arbitration shall affirm the
decision of the Board herein created, the money so deposited shall
be used to pay said Board; if, however, such decision be reversed,
the said Board of Arbitration shall be paid out of the funds in the
hands of the Board herein created, and said deposit of Fifteen Dollars
($15.00) shall be returned; provided, further, that each applicant
shall pay to the Treasurer of said Board of Electrical Examiners, the
sum of [Fifteen Dollars ($15.00)] Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for