Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-05-20
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
Requirements from Plumbers and
Contractors as to Sanitation.

NJ ltlHutlUle ana hereinafter prOVld-
ed shall be paid to the State Treasur-
er for the use of the State
1S9-Said Commissioners shall
hold their several offices for the
period of two years, commencing the
first day of May, 1910, and thereafter
until their successors have been ap-
pointed and qualified; each Commits
sioner within thirty days after mott
hcation 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 Commission
er 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 Section 1856 of this Arti-
Gle. to fill the vacancy thus created;
each of said Commissioners shall re-
ceive the sum of five dollars for
every day that he shall attend any
trial in any court of any kind in the
State, or before any Justice of the
Peace of this State, with reference
to the execution of this law or the
prosecution of any violations thereof,
and for every day that he shall be
present at a meeting of said board
for the transaction of business, and
shall further receive his reasonable
travelling expenses in attending meet
ings of said board; 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 Plumb
ing, under the local laws of Balti-
more city, shall continue in office,
with all the powers and duties here
tofore held by them in Baltimore city,
until the Commissioners authorized
by this Act to be appointed shall be
appointed and qualified. and thereup-
on the duties and authorities Of said
board under the local laws of Balti-
more 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 I'M
der the provisions of this Act; but
nothing herein contained shall be
deemed in any way to affect or alter
provisions of said local laws or to ar
feet the punishment for any viola
lions of said local laws and all viola
tions of said local laws before
the same shall be superseded by this
law snail be punishable in the same
manner as if this law had not been
enacted.
190-The said Board of Commits
sioners are empowered to make such
rules and regulations for the enforce
ment of the provisions of this Act
and for the performance of their du-
ties hereunder, from time to time, as
in their judgment they may deem
necessary and requisite; and they
may provide for the examination of
applicants for journeyman plumbers
certificates or permits, and for the
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Journeyman plumbers after passing
such examination as said Commits
sioners may deem proper, said Com
missioners designating them either
certificates" or permits" as they
may deem proper, and they may pro-
vide for the Issuing of permits to APP
prentices, so that, however, said
jonrneyman plumbers and said APP
prentices shall be authorized to work
only under the direction and control
of duly certified master plumber;
and that said certificate or permits
shall be so framed as to show that
said journeyman plumbers and said
apprentices are authorized to WORK
only as above provided. Said board
may demand and receive from each
journeyman plumber the sum of two
dollars at the time of issuing of the
first certificate to said journeyman
plumber, 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 APP
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; but no charge shall be
made for the issuing of permits or
renewals of permits to apprentices.
Said Commissioners may fix the re-
quirements of the competency and
qualification of applicants, whether
of master plumbers or OF journeyman
plumbers, as different standards, in
their Judgment, for different parts of
the State. and may accordingly limit
the certificates so as to permit the
holder thereof to do plumbing work
only in certain specified sections Of the
State, as said Commissioners may
determine. Whenever by any of the
general or local laws of this State IL
is or shall be provided that per-
init shall be granted to anyone quail
fed to work at the plumbing bus
mess or to do plumbing work, how
ever the same may be designated,
or that certain appointments shall be
given to or certain duties shall be
performed by one qualified to do
plumbing work, or any other refer
ence is made to one qualified to do
work which shall be included under
the term plumbing work." however
the same shall be designated, then
such general or local laws shall be
held to refer only to one qualified to
work at the plumbing business under
his own direction: that Is, one hold
! ing a certificate authorized to be
called a Master Plumbers Certifi-
/ cate" and shall not be held to refer
| to a journeyman plumber or to an APP
| prentice. Said Commissioners may
] revoke any certificate or permit
/ which after notice to the holder and
! hearing they may determine has
/ been issued by mistake or inadvert-
/ ence. and said Commissioners may
| revoke or suspend for such time as
| they may deem proper the operation
/ of any certificate or permit when the
/ said Commissioners. after notice 10
| the holder and a hearing, shall de
/ termine that the holder thereof has
used such certificate or permit con
/ trary to the provisions Of this sub.
/ title, or to any rules or regulations OF
/ said Commissioners adopted In pur-
/ suance Of the provisions OF this sub
/ title or contrary to the limitations CON
tanned in said certificates or permit, or
/ has violated any OF the provisions OF
this subtitle: nothing in this Act shall
1 be construed to prevent Incorporated
/ gas companies from making connec-
] tiOuS of gas aDDliancps for domestic