1546                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 754

(A)    ALL PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO OBTAIN ANY OF
THE LICENSES DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 239 AND 240
OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL MAKE APPLICATION WITH
THE BOARD FOR LICENSING AND APPEAR BEFORE THE
BOARD FOR EXAMINATION AT A TIME AND PLACE
FIXED BY IT. IF THE BOARD SHALL FIND AFTER DUE
EXAMINATION THAT THE APPLICANT IS QUALIFIED FOR
LICENSING, IT SHALL, UPON PAYMENT OF THE LICENSE
FEES AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
SECTION 244 OF THIS SUBTITLE, ISSUE TO THE APPLI-
CANT THE LICENSE APPLIED FOR. THE LICENSE SHALL
AUTHORIZE THE LICENSEE TO ENGAGE IN THE WORK
PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE
YEAR. ALL LICENSES, AND RENEWALS THEREOF, UN-
LESS REVOKED, SHALL EXPIRE ON MAY 1 FOLLOWING
THE DATE OF ISSUANCE. ALL LICENSES MAY BE RE-
NEWED ANNUALLY UPON MAKING APPLICATION TO THE
BOARD ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT OF THE FEE FOR
RENEWAL.

(B)    NO PERSON SHALL BE LICENSED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE
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 YEAR OF AC-
TUAL EXPERIENCE AS A MASTER, JOURNEYMAN, OIL
BURNER, SIGN OR MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN, WITH-
IN THE MEANING of this subtitle, or has had such education
equivalent to 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,
and/or Journeyman Electrician, Oil Burner Electrician, Sign Electri-
cian, or Maintenance Electrician. Any person, whose application for
a license has been rejected by the 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 the Board of Arbitration, or a majority of its
members, shall be final and binding upon all the parties to the appeal.
ALL PERSONS WHO FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS
PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1968 HAVE BEEN PERFORMING THE
WORK FOR WHICH ANY LICENSE IS REQUIRED BY SEC-
TION 240 OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
LICENSING UNDER SECTION 240 WITHOUT BEING RE-
QUIRED TO TAKE AN EXAMINATION, PROVIDED SUCH
PERSONS SHALL APPLY FOR LICENSING NOT LATER
THAN OCTOBER 1, 1968.

(C)    THE FEE FOR EXAMINATION FOR ANY CLASS OF
LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IS TWENTY-
FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) FOR ANY EXAMINATION HELD
ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF FEBRUARY AND AUGUST IN
EACH YEAR AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00) FOR ANY
EXAMINATION HELD ON ANY OTHER DATE. THE FEES
FOR ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF ALL CLASSES OF
LICENSES AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE
SET FORTH IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HARFORD COUNTY.