384                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 306

CHAPTER 306

(Senate Bill 522)

AN ACT to add new Sections 425A and 425B SECTION 425A to
Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Caroline County", said new sections to follow
immediately after IMMEDIATELY TO PRECEDE Section 425,
said new sections 426, to be under the new sub-title "Plumbing",
providing for a Caroline County Plumbing Board and dealing gen-
erally with the authority, duties and membership of said Board
and the adoption of rules and regulations for plumbing by the
Caroline County Commissioners. and prohibiting plumbing whole-
salers and manufacturers from refusing to sell supplies and mate-
rials to retailers in Caroline County and providing a penalty
therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 425A and 425B be and they are SECTION 425A
BE AND IT IS hereby added to Article 6 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Caroline County", said new
sections to follow immediately after Section 425, said new sections
IMMEDIATELY TO PRECEDE SECTION 426, to be under the new
sub-title "Plumbing", and to read as follows:

In the discretion of the County Commissioners, there may be
created in Caroline County a Caroline County Plumbing Board,
which shall consist of three members. One of the members shall be a
licensed Master Plumber residing in Caroline County and shall be
appointed annually by the County Commissioners. The remaining
two members of the Board shall be one of the County Commissioners
appointed by said County Commissioners and the Caroline County
Health Officer, none of whom shall receive any additional compen-
sation for their services under this section. The members of the
Board shall appoint an Inspector of Plumbing, who shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by the Caroline
County Commissioners, which said compensation shall be paid from
the fees of applicants for certificates or permits, and shall not exceed
the sum or sums so collected. No permit fee for inspection and in-
stallation in any dwelling house or building used for commercial
purposes, not including structures used for manufacturing purposes,
shall exceed the sum of five dollars ($5.00).

The Plumbing Board shall have the authority and the duty to
create a system of rules and regulations and submit for adoption said
rules and regulations to the County Commissioners. No specifications
made by said Board in any rules or regulations adopted by it shall
exceed those established by the State Plumbing Code. Prior to the
adoption of said rules and regulations they shall be published once
each week for three consecutive weeks in each of the Caroline County
newspapers. The said Commissioners shall provide for a public hear-

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.

425A.