Ch. 575                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1221

104.

Each member of said Board shall receive a compensation of [ten] TWENTY
dollars [($10.00)] ($20.00) per day for actual service in attending meetings of the
Board which compensation shall be paid out of any moneys in the hand of the
Treasurer of said Board; provided, that the Secretary of said Board may receive
such additional compensation as the Board may deem just and reasonable, and for
which the by-laws of the said Board may provide; provided, however, that the
compensation and expenses of said Board shall in no event be paid out of the funds
in the State Treasury or become a charge against the State.

107.

Before any person shall hereafter engage in the business of a Master Electrician
in Charles County, as defined in this subtitle, and before any person now engaged
in said business or any class thereof, shall continue in said business of Master
Electrician, such person shall apply to said Board for a license, as herein required,
whereupon the applicant shall present himself before the said Board at a time and
place fixed by said Board. If the Board shall find upon due examination that the
applicant presenting himself has a reasonable knowledge of electricity and the
natural laws and functions of electric wires, appliances and devices for electric
light, heat and power purposes and is possessed of skill and knowledge in all
matters appertaining to the business of Master Electrician, as defined in this
subtitle, then the said Board, upon payment of the fee and upon executing the
bond herein provided for, shall issue to the said person a license as Master
Electrician to practice said business for a term of one year; and shall register such
person as duly licensed Master Electrician; provided, however, no person who shall
have been engaged as a bona fide contractor in the electrical contracting business
in Charles County for a period of three (3) years prior to June 1, 1951, shall be
required to take the examination as provided in this section, before the issuance of
such licenses, and provided that no license shall be granted to any person under the
age of twenty-one (21) years, nor shall any license be granted to any person who
has not taken and subscribed an oath that he has had at least three (3) years actual
experience as a Master Electrician within the meaning of this subtitle, or as 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. Any person whose application for a license shall have been
rejected by said 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 these two to select a third person,
and the decision of said Board of Arbitration or a majority of them shall be final
and binding upon all of the parties to said appeal; the members of said Board shall
be paid the sum of five dollars ($5.00) each, which sum shall be deposited with the
Board herein created by the person taking said appeal and if the said Board of
Arbitration shall affirm the decision of the Board herein created, the money so
deposited shall be used to pay said Board; if, however, such decision be reversed,
the said Board of Arbitration shall be paid out of the funds in the hands of the
Board herein created, and said deposit of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be returned;
provided, further, that each applicant shall pay to the Treasurer of said Board of
Electrical Examiners, the sum of [twenty-five] FORTY dollars [($25.00)] ($40.00)
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), the bond to be conditioned upon the faithful
performance of any and all work entered upon or contracted for by said Master
Electrician and to save harmless the owner, or real party in interest in the property
for which any such material is furnished, or services 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 contracted for or