J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       2029

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 executing 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 a duly licensed Master Electrician; provided, how-
ever, no person who shall have been engaged as a bona fide con-
tractor in the electrical contracting business in Queen Anne's County
for a period of three (3) years prior to June 1, 1959, shall be
required to take the examination as provided in this section before
the issuance of such license; and provided that no license shall be
granted to any person tinder 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 one (1) year actual
experience as a Master Electrician within the meaning of this sub-
title, or has had such education equivalent to a journeyman elec-
trician 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 the 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 a third person to be
selected by these two; and the decision of said Board of Arbitration,
or a majority of its members, shall be final and binding upon all the
parties to said appeal.

(b) The members of said Board of Arbitration 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 twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be
returned; provided, further, that each applicant shall pay to the
Treasurer of said Board of Electrical Examiners, the sum of twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) for such license, and provided, further, that
every person before receiving a license shall make, execute and
deliver to said Board a good and sufficient bond to be approved by
said Board, in the name of the State of Maryland, in the penal sum
of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the bond to be conditioned
upon the faithful performance of any and all work entered upon or
contracted for by said Master Electrician and to save harmless and
indemnify the owner, or real party in interest in the property, for
which any such material is furnished or service performed against
loss, damage and injury which shall arise through want of skill,
or through the failure to use suitable or proper material in the
performance of any work contracted for or undertaken by said
Master Electrician, or his agents or employees. Said Board of Elec-
trical Examiners shall have full power and authority to hear and
determine grievances or claims against said licensees involving losses
or breaches of contract, to order said licensees to pay damages
therefor and in default of said payment to revoke their license and
forfeit their bond.