The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-05-20
CHAPTER 436.

Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland (Code of 1900 title
N'Health,'' by adding to said Article
Seven sections under the subtitle
''Plumbing,'' to be known as Sec
tions 1874, 1856, 1856, 1S7, 1SS, 1S9
and 100.
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Article 43 of the Code of Public Gen
,eral Laws of Maryland (Code of 1904
title Health be and the same is
hereby amended by adding seven
sections thereto under the subtitle,
-'Plumbing,' to be known as Sections
1874, 1856, 1856, 1877, 1873, 1S9 and 1870,
and to read as follows:
Plumbing.
1S4-It shall not be lawful for any
person, firm or corporation to en-
ploy as workmen to do plumbing
work in the State Of Maryland any
persons except those qualified to
work at the plumbing business, as
provided in this subdivision of this
Article: and no person shall be quail
flied to work at the plumbing busl-
ness in this State unless he has made
application to and received from the
State Board of Commissioners OF
Practical Plumbing the certificate OF
competence described in Section 1856
of this Article and is otherwise quail
ified as required by this subdivision
of this article. Any person or hrm
engaged in the plumbing business IN
this State, and the superintendent,
manager, agent or other officer OF
any corporation engaged in the
plumbing business in this State, VINO
shall employ any person to work at
the plumbing business who is not
qualified as required by this subdlvl-
sion of this Article, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conVlc-
ton thereof, shall be fined not less
than ten dollars, nor more than hfty
dollars, for every day or part OF
every day that such employer shall
employ such workman. And any per-
son or firm not engaged in the
plumbing business in this State, and
the superintendent, manager, agent
or other officer of any corporation not
engaged in the plumbing business in
this State, who shall employ any per-
son to do plumbing work in this
State, knowing the person so en-
ployed is not qualified to work at the
plumbing business as required by
this subdivision of this Article, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, up
on conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than ten dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars, for every day or
part of every day that such en-
ployer shall so employ such work
man.
1S5-If any person shall work at
the plumbing business in this State
without being qualified as required
by this subdivision of this Article,
he shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than
five dollars, nor more than fifty dol
lars, for every day or every part OF
every day that such workman shall
work at the plumbing business.
1S6-The governor snail appoint
biennially five persons who shall con-
stitute a Board of Commissioners,
which shall be known and designat-
ed as "The State Board of Commis-
sioners of Practical Plumbing" and
who shall be selected as follows:
Three persons who are practical and
skilled plumbers from the city Of
0e
Health of Baltimore City, and a mem
Der of the State Board of Health
from the State at large, whose duty
it shall be to faithfully and impair
TALLY execute, or cause to be exc
cuted, all the provisions and require
ments of this subdivision of this Ar
l.cle; upon application and at such
place or places in this State as they
may determine, provided at least
once in each year the examination
shall be held in Baltimore city, they
shall examine each and every per-
son who shall desire to work at the
plumbing business, touching his COM
potency and qualifications; and, up
on being satisfied that the person SO
examined is competent and qualified
W "O1 N dI, COHuuCI dHu SuSdSC LII
the said plumbing business for the
period for which such certificate
shall be granted, and such certificate
may be called or designated by SAID
board a Master Plumbers Certifi-
cate.''
187-The said Board of Commis-
sioners shall demand and receive
from such applicant for a certificate
of competency whom they examine
and pass, the sum of three dollars at
the time of the issuance of said GER
tifcate, and the sum of one dollar
for the renewal thereof each and
every year thereafter, on or before
the first day of May, and said board
at any time may require on any ap-
plication for renewal any applicant
to pass another examination before
issuing any renewal, or may issue
any renewal without requiring any
other examination, as said board in
each case from year to year may
deem proper.
1SS-The money received under
the provisions of the foregoing sec
ton shall be used and applied by
said Commissioners to pay their com
pensation and all their expenses, in