Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1721

CHAPTER 666
(Senate Bill 172)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 217(c)
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supple-
ment), title "Licenses," subtitle "Real Estate Brokers," to pro-
vide that the Maryland Real Estate Commission may determine
the type of examination given to applicants for a real estate sales-
man's license or a real estate broker's license.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 217 (c) of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1971 Supplement), title "Licenses," subtitle "Real Estate Bro-
kers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

(c) Qualifications; examination; continuation of business of
licensee in armed services or deceased licensee; temporary license
and apprenticeship—

(1)    The Commission shall have the power to require all appli-
cants for a license under this subtitle to act as real estate broker
or as a real estate salesman, including members of copartnerships
and associations 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
educational qualifications through other sources and in either event
that they are trustworthy and qualified to perform the functions
authorized 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 success-
fully completed a course of instruction approved by the Real Estate
Commission or that they are duly qualified to practice law in this
State. All applicants for a licensee as a real estate broker under this
subtitle 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 knoweldge
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 suspended or revoked for cause as provided in Section 224 of this
subtitle; and provided further that any licensed real estate broker
going into the armed services of his country shall have the right to
designate 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.

(2)    From and after September 1, 1967, all applicants for a license
as a real estate salesman under this subtitle shall be required to pass