J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      935

the purpose of county taxation in Montgomery, Anne Arundel and
Prince George's counties, stock in business shall be assessed at fifty
per centum (50%) of such fair average value for the twelve months
preceding the date of finality.

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

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 675
(Senate Bill 670)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 329 of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Health", sub-title "Plumbing", as amended by Chapter 121 of the
Acts of 1965, to change the composition of two of the districts in
this section, which provides for the appointment by the Governor
of the State Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing and
which proscribes generally their duties and the districts of Mary-
land from which they are to be appointed. NUMBER OF PER-
SONS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE STATE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PRACTICAL PLUMBING
AND THE DISTRICTS WHICH THEY REPRESENT ON THE
BOARD.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 329 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Health", sub-title "Plumbing", as amended by
Chapter 121 of the Acts of 1965, be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

329.

The Governor shall appoint biennially six SEVEN persons who
shall constitute a board of commissioners, which shall be known and
designated as "The State Board of Commissioners of Practical
Plumbing", and who shall be selected as follows: six SEVEN persons
who are practical and skilled plumbers, two of whom shall be from
Baltimore City, one from Southern Maryland, one from the Eastern
Shore, one from the area including Allegany, Washington, Garrett,
Frederick, Carroll, and Montgomery Counties and one TWO from the
area including [Carroll,] Baltimore and Harford Counties, whose
duty it shall be to faithfully and impartially execute, or cause to be
executed, all the provisions and requirements of this subdivision of
this article; upon application and at such place or places in this
State as they may determine, provided at least once in each year the
examination shall be held in Baltimore City, they shall examine each
and every person who shall desire to work at the plumbing business,
touching his competency and qualifications; and, upon being satisfied
that the person so examined is competent and qualified to work at
said business, they, or any three of them, shall grant to such a
person a certificate of competency and register him in their books as