Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.
STATE BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS.
CHAPTER $50.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 1, 8 and
of Chapter 100 of the Acts OF 1909,
entitled, An Act to create the State
Board of Undertakers of Maryland,
and to prescribe the powers and du-
ties OF the said board. and to re-
enact the same with amendments.
Sec. 1.--Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly OF Maryland, That sec
lions /, 8 and of Chapter 100 of the
Acts of 1902, entitled An Act TO ere
ate and establish the state Board OF
Undertakers of Mary land, and TO pre-
scribe the powers and duties OF the
said board" be and the same are here
by repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:
Sec. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That
board composed of eight members be
and the same is hereby created and
established, to be known as the state
Board OF Undertakes, of Maryland,
and the powers and duties Of the
said board prescribed.
Sec. S.-Betore any person, CO.
partnership or corporation shall here
alter engage in the business OF under
taking in the State OF Maryland and
before any member of any such CO.
partnership, assistant or employee OF
any such persol, partnership, or
corporation or officer OF such corpora
ton whose duties will engage nm or
her in care, preparation, disposition
or burial OF the dead shall discharge
the duties OF such business employ
ment Or office, and before any person,
co-partnership or corporation now 50
engaged in said business of under
taking in this STATE; and before any
member OF such partnership, assl6J-
ant or employee OF any such person,
cO-paTtnershlp or corporation or ON
Ger of suCh corporation, whose duties
now engage him or her IN the care,
preparation, disposition, or burial OF
the dead, who shall have failed to reg
lister with the SAID board In accord
ance with Section Z OF this Act, shall
then continue In such business, such
persons, co-partuer5hips, corporations,
members Of such cO-partnerships and
all assistants and employees OF any
such persons, partnerships, CorpOT-
atoms, and officers OF such corpora
lions, whose duties engage him or her
in the care, preparation, disposition
or burial OF the dead, shall apply TO
the said board for a license TO prac-
uce the same; thereupOn the applicant
as aforesaid shall present himself or
herself before said board at a time
and place to be fixed By said board, and
the said board shall ind upon due eK-
animation that the applicant has been
employed at least two years prior to
said application by some person, Arm
or corporation actively engaged In tho
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dertaklng and Is of good moral char
acter, possessed Of SKIN and know
ledge OF the said business, and has a
reasonable knowledge OF sanitation,
preservation OF the dead, disinfeCtlnE
the body Of a diseased person, tho
apartment, clothing and bedding, In
case OF death resulting from in
tectiOuB or contagious disease, the
board shall issue 70 said applicant,
upon the payment OF a fee OF twenty
dollars, a license to practice said
business Of undertaking in the State
OF Maryland, and SHAH register such
applicant as duly licensed under
taKer; provided, however that such
license snail be issucu TO CORPORA
ton upon application therefor, and,
provided, further, that ono license az
required by this section and Section
10, OF this Act, shall sutlice FOR all the
members OF "a CO-partner5hlp when is
sued in the firm name. Such license
shall be signed by Il majority of the
board and attcsted by It's seal All
persons, partnerships and corpora
lions, Immediately upon receiving the
license provided in this section and In
Section 10 OF tnlS Act, or the Ger
tincate OF registration as provided In
Section I OF this Act, shall cause
copy Of such license or certificate Of
registration to be filed in the once OF
the local Board Of Health Of Maryland
in the respective county or In tho city
OF Baltimore In which it Is proposed
to carry On said business, OF engage
In the discharge OF such employment;
said license Or certificate OF registrar
ton shall be displayed In a cOnspic-
uOus place In the Ol1co or place OF
business Of such liCensee.
Sec. al no board shall have pow
or at any time 10 revoke, cancel or
any license heretofore grant
ed. for and upon proper cause shown,
and after iull hearing OF all the par
ties in interest shall have been had.
At said hearing testimony snail be
given under ,ath Administered by
some person competent under the law
to take alidayitB ana Buch testimony
shall DO taken down by shorthand by
a competent stenOgraphor appointed
by said board, which testimony shall
be typewriter and returned under tho
oath Of said BtenOgrapher 10 said
board.