HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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 [sub-title] TITLE, 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 a duly
licensed Master Electrician; provided, however, no person who
shall have been engaged as a bona fide contractor in the
electrical contracting business in Queen Anne's County for a
period of three (3) years prior to June 1, 1959, shall be
required to take the examination as provided in this section
before the issuance of such license; 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 one (1)
year actual experience as a Master Electrician within the meaning
of this sub-title, or has had such education equivalent to 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 the said Board, shall have the right to
appeal to a Board Arbitration, which shall consist of one person
selected by the person making the appeal, one person selected by
the Board herein created, and a third person to be selected by
these two; and the decision of said Board of Arbitration, or a
majority of its members, shall be final and binding upon all the
parties to said appeal.

(b) The members of [said] THE Board of Arbitration 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] OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS,
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] BY THE TREASURER OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY,
and said deposit of twenty-five dollars ($25,00) THIRTY-FIVE
DOLLARS ($35.00) shall be returned; provided, further, that each
applicant shall pay [to the Treasurer of said Board of Electrical
Examiners,] the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25,00) THIRTY-FIVE
DOLLARS ($35.00) 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