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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)] Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), the bond to be conditioned upon the faithful perform-
ance 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 con-
tracted for or undertaken by said Master Electrician, or his agents or
employees. Said Board of Electrical 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved March 24, 1969.

CHAPTER 20
(House Bill 332)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 80C of
Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Supplement),
title "Work, Labor and Employment," subtitle "Discrimination,"
amending certain laws concerning discrimination in employment
in order to correct and clarify the language thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 80C of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Supplement), title "Work, Labor and Employment," subtitle
"Discrimination," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

100C.

Whoever shall [(1)] forcibly resist, oppose, impede, intimidate,
or interfere with a duly authorized representative of the Commis-
sioner while he is engaged in the performance of duties under this
subtitle shall be deemed to have been guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment
for not more than one year, or by both: Provided, however, that
no person shall be imprisoned under this section except when there
has been a prior conviction hereunder.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved March 24, 1969.