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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 770

appointed and qualified; each Commissioner within thirty
days after notification of his appointment shall take and
subscribe the oath or affirmation required by law before the
clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City; every person
appointed Commissioner who shall refuse or neglect to take
the said oath or affirmation within the period named shall
be deemed to have refused said office, and the Governor
shall immediately appoint some person qualified, as provided
in [§ 329] § 449 of this article, to fill the vacancy thus
created; each of said Commissioners shall receive the sum of
thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600) annually, and shall
further receive his reasonable traveling expenses in
attending meetings of said Board in accordance with the
standard travel regulations; provided, that said
compensation shall be paid out of the fees or other sums
received by said Board. The present State Board of
Commissioners of Practical Plumbing, under the local laws of
Baltimore City, shall continue in office, with all the
powers and duties heretofore held by them in Baltimore City,
until the Commissioners authorized by this subtitle to be
appointed shall be appointed and qualified, and thereupon
the duties and authorities of said Board under the local
laws of Baltimore City shall be at an end, and they shall
turn over all books and papers, and any balance of money
received by them and not expended by them, to the Board
appointed under the provisions of this subtitle; but nothing
herein contained shall be deemed in any way to affect or
alter any act heretofore done under the provisions of said
local laws, or to affect the punishment for any violation of
said local laws, and all violations of said local laws
before the same shall be superseded by this law shall be
punishable in the same manner as if this law had not been
enacted.

[338.] 459.

The provisions of this subtitle shall not apply to
Washington County, except as hereinafter provided:

(1) There shall be a Washington County plumbing
board which shall consist of five members. Two of the
members shall be master plumbers residing in the county, and
they shall be appointed annually by the County Commissioners
of Washington County. The County Commissioners shall also
select annually two members from among the residents of the
county. The compensation of these four members shall be as
provided by the County Commissioners. The compensation shall
be paid, to the extent possible, from the fees of applicants
for certificates or permits. The Washington County health
officer shall be the fifth member of the board, and he shall
receive no additional compensation for serving as a member
of the board.

The Washington County plumbing board shall have the
sole power to grant certificates and permits to persons