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by the license applied for and, when the application is for a license
as a real estate broker, including evidence that they have had no
less than [two]five THREE years' practical experience in selling real
estate as a licensed real estate salesman, of which three years must
have been under the supervision of one real estate broker, or that they
are duly qualified to practice law in this State. All applicants for a
license as a real estate broker under this subtitle shall be required
to pass a reasonable written examination as to their qualifications
to perform the functions authorized under the license applied for
and that they possess adequate knowledge as to the general procedure
for handling real estate transactions so as to properly protect the
interest of those whom they may represent in such transactions,
provided that all persons who hold such a license under the pro-
visions of this subtitle on June 1, 1955, shall be entitled to a re-
newal of their license upon applying therefor and paying the pre-
scribed fee unless their license shall have been suspended or re-
voked for cause as provided in Section 224 of this subtitle; and pro-
vided further that any licensed real estate broker going into the
armed services of this country shall have the right to designate his
attorney, any adult member of his immediate family or any salesman
licensed in his office to supervise and carry on his business during
the period of such service, and that the license of any such broker
shall be renewed during such period on application by the person
so designated and provided further that upon the death of any li-
censed broker, any adult member of his family shall have the right
to carry on the business of the deceased broker for the remainder
of the license year or six months, whichever is the longer period.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964 1965.

Approved April 7, 1964.

CHAPTER 123
(House Bill 294)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 698 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1963 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Department of Cor-
rection," subheading "Prisoners," to provide for the diminution of
sentence for inmates who are temporarily removed to any place
within the State for treatment; and making a clarification of
this section.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That Section 698 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1963 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "De-
partment of Correction," subheading "Prisoners," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

698.

Whenever it appears to the officer in charge of any penal institu-
tion that a prisoner in such institution is ill, and that the facilities of