MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        639

land (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Real
Estate Brokers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

217.

(c) The Commission shall have the power to require all applicants
for a license under this subtitle to act as real estate broker or as a
real estate salesman, including members of copartnerships and asso-
ciations and officers of corporations, to present reasonable proof of
graduation from a recognized elementary school, or that they have,
in the judgment of the Commission, acquired comparable educa-
tional qualifications through other sources and in either event that
they are trustworthy and qualified to perform the functions author-
ized 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 three years' practical experience in selling real estate
as a licensed real estate salesman and that they have successfully
completed a course of instruction approved by the Real Estate Com-
mission or that they are duly qualified to practice law in this State.
All applicants for a license as a real estate broker under this sub-
title 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 provisions of this subtitle on September 1, 1967 shall be
entitled to a renewal of their license upon applying therefor and
paying the prescribed fee unless their license shall have been sus-
pended or revoked for cause as provided in Section 224 of this sub-
title; and provided further that any licensed real estate broker going
into the armed services of his country shall have the right to desig-
nate 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 licensed 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.

From and after September 1, 1967, all applicants for a license as
a real estate salesman under this subtitle shall be required to pass
a State Real Estate Commission's qualifying examination after which
they shall receive a temporary real estate salesman's license effective
for a period of one year from date of issuance. For and during the
year in which the temporary license is effective, the licensee is re-
quired to serve as an apprentice with a State lice