3086                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 805

connected to the commission's sanitary sewerage system,
within the sanitary district or on premises connected to the
commission's system. The commission shall require that any
person, firm or corporation engaged in or holding himself or
itself out to the public as engaged in sewer cleaning within
the sanitary district or on premises connected to the
commission's sanitary sewerage system, be licensed by the
commission, and may require a bond of the licensee to insure
compliance with and adherence to the rules and regulations
adopted by the commission. The commission may prescribe
qualifications and examine applicants concerning their
competency and qualifications for a license hereunder, and
may require a reasonable fee for the license and renewals
thereof in an amount not more than one-half [(1/2)] of the
fee charged for a master plumber's license. In order to
qualify for a sewer cleaner's license a person need not be a
master plumber, but the license for sewer cleaning shall not
permit or authorize any installation, maintenance,
extension, removal or alteration of any pipe, sanitary
fixture or other sewer apparatus, nor shall a license for
sewer cleaning authorize the licensee to engage in the
plumbing business unless he be otherwise qualified and
possess the license required of plumbers. No further
license shall be required of a master plumber, however, to
engage in sewer cleaning activities. No person, firm, or
corporation shall engage in the business of sewer cleaning
of sewer pipes or appurtenances thereof connected to the
commission's sanitary sewerage system unless he or it first
obtains a license from the commission, but this provision
shall not apply to nor prohibit the cleaning by any person,
firm or corporation of a sewer or sanitary fixture of any
dwelling, commercial or industrial establishment or premise
owned or operated by it or him; provided, however, that no
test or other demonstration of qualification shall be
required of any person who is engaged in the sewer cleaning
business on June 1, 1961, and who has been actively engaged
in such business since January 1, 1961, and who makes
application to the commission on or before December 31,
1961, and such person shall be granted a license by the
commission upon making application therefor and paying the
fee and filing the bond which may be required by the
commission.

(b)  Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply
with the provisions of this section or violating the
regulations adopted hereunder by the commission shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable, as are other
misdemeanors under this [subtitle] ARTICLE, as specified in
section [83-108] 18-7.

(c)  Nothing in this section shall be construed or
applied to require a sewer cleaner's license of a person who
is performing any of the work described herein on and to his
own property, or to prevent a person from performing any of
such work on or to his own property.