1466                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 516

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Health,"
subtitle "Plumbing," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

329.

The Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of Licensing and
Regulation, shall appoint biennially seven persons, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, who shall constitute a board of com-
missioners, which shall be known and designated as "The State
Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing" and shall be a part
of the Department of Licensing and Regulation. The Board of Com-
missioners shall be selected as follows: 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, Fred-
erick, and Montgomery counties and 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]
subtitle; upon application and at such place or places in this State
as they may determine, provided at least once in each year the exam-
ination shall be held in Baltimore City, they shall examine EACH
and every person who shall desire to work at the plumbing busi-
ness, touching his competency and qualification[:]; each applicant
for a master's license shall pay an examination fee of twenty dollars
($20.00) and each applicant for a journeyman's license shall pay an
examination fee of ten dollars ($10.00) to the Board before taking
the examination; and upon being satisfied that the person so examined
is competent and qualified to work at said business, they, or any four
of them, shall grant to such a person a certificate of competency
and register him in their books as a practical plumber, which shall
operate as full authority to him to work at conduct and engage in
the said plumbing business for the period for which such certificate
shall be granted, and such certificate may be called or designated by
said Board a "master plumber's certificate." The exercise or perform-
ance of all powers, authority, duties and functions vested in the
Board by the provisions of this subtitle, shall be subject to the
power and authority of the Secretary of Licensing and Regulation
as set forth in Article 41 of this Code, or elsewhere in the laws of this
State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 516
(House Bill 484)

AN ACT to add new Section 5A to Article 78 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Public
Service Commission Law," subtitle "Public Service Commission,"
to follow immediately after Section 5 of said article, authorizing