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undertaken by said Master Electrician, or his agents or employees, and an action
may be maintained thereon in the name of such owner or real party in interest
only, if commenced within one (1) year from and after the date of the installation
of the materials furnished or performance of such work or service.
108.

No person granted a license under the provisions of this subtitle shall install or
repair electrical wires, conductors or apparatus for electric light, heat or power
purposes after the expiration of said licenses, or after said license shall have been
revoked as herein provided, unless the said license or renewal of same shall have
been renewed as herein provided; provided, that any person so granted a license
under the provisions of this subtitle (unless the said license shall have been revoked
as hereinafter provided) shall be granted a renewal of said license without
examination of the applicant, provided, application is made to the said Board by
the holder of such license within three months preceding the expiration of such
license, upon the payment of a fee of [fifteen] TWENTY-FIVE dollars [($15.00)]
($25.00), and the said renewal of said license shall be for a period of one (1) year,
and any such renewal of such license shall have the same weight as evidence in any
court of this State as hereinbefore provided for said original license; provided, also,
that one year renewals shall be granted in like manner upon expiration of any
renewal of license upon making like application and paying like fee, within three
months preceding the expiration of said renewal.

[[SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions of
this Act shall not be construed to extend or apply to the Board of Examiners and
Supervisors in office on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
shall take effect with the next term of office.]]

SECTION [[3]] 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 576
(House Bill 865)

AN ACT to add new Section 9G(h) to Article 64A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Merit System," to follow
immediately after Section 9G(g) thereof, to provide for the transfer of all
employees of the Harford County Board of Supervisors of Elections from the
local merit system to the classified service of the State, without further
examination or loss of benefits, and to provide for credit for years of service.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 9G(h) be and it is hereby added to Article 64A
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Merit
System," to follow immediately after Section 9G(g) thereof, and to read as
follows:

9G.

(H)(1) AS OF JULY 1, 1973, ALL PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE
HARFORD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS, BOTH
FULL TIME AND PART TIME, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL
MERIT SYSTEM, SHALL BE IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE
STATE AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY
OF PERSONNEL.