certificate according to the provisions of this sub-title shall be styled and known as a "Registered Nurse." No other person shall assume such title or use the abbreviation "R. N.," or any other letters or figures to indicate that he or she is a registered

nurse.

1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 6.

167. This law shall not be construed to affect or apply to the gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, and also it shall not apply to any person nursing the sick for hire, but who does not in any way assume to be a registered nurse.

Ibid. sec. 7.

168. Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions or who shall wilfully make any false representation to the board of examiners in applying for a certificate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 8.

169. The State board of examiners of graduate nurses may revoke any certificate for sufficient cause, but before this is done, the holder of said certificate shall have thirty days' notice, and, after a full and fair hearing of the charges made, by a majority vote of the whole board the certificate can be revoked.

State Board of Barber Examiners.

1904, ch. 226, sec. 1.

170. The governor shall appoint a board of barber examiners for the State of Maryland. The board shall consist of three members, two of whom shall be journeymen barbers and one of whom shall be a master barber, and each of whom shall serve for a term of two years from the date when his appointment shall take effect, except in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy. No person shall be eligible to appointment as a member of said board unless he has been continuously for five years last past engaged in the occupation of a barber within. this State.

Ibid. sec. 2.

171. Said board so appointed and its successors shall be known by the name "Board of Barber Examiners of the State of Maryland." Every person so appointed to serve on said board shall receive a certificate of his appointment from the governor

of the State of Maryland, and within ten days after receiving such certificate shall take, subscribe and file in the office of the secretary of State the constitutional oath of office.

1904, ch. 226, sec. 3.

172. Each member of such board shall receive as compensation the sum of five dollars for each day necessarily and actually engaged in the performance of his duty as a member of said board, and three cents for each mile necessary and actually traveled by him in attending the meetings of said board, which sum or sums shall be paid out of any moneys in the hands of the treasurer of said board.

Ibid. sec. 4.

173. The first meeting of said board shall be held within thirty days after their appointment as aforesaid at a time and place to be fixed by a majority thereof, who shall give suitable notice thereof to all the members of said board. At such meeting the board may adopt a common seal, and shall elect from its members a president, a secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall receive all fees paid for licenses or certificates, and shall keep a record thereof and of all disbursements of said board in a book to be kept for that purpose. The treasurer shall not pay out or disburse any of the moneys received by him except upon the order of the board. Before entering upon the performance of his duties, the treasurer shall file with the State comptroller a bond, with sufficient sureties, to the people of the State of Maryland, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the State comptroller, conditioned that he will well and truly pay over all moneys received by him, according to law and in compliance with the provisions of this sub-title, and that he will otherwise faithfully discharge the duties of his office.

Ibid. sec. 5.

174. The board of examiners shall have power to appoint sub-boards of examiners in such cities and villages of this State as they in their judgment shall deem necessary. Said sub-boards shall each consist of one master barber and one journeyman barber, and shall possess the same qualifications, receive the same compensation, and have the same power as the said board of examiners of the State of Maryland, while conducting the examinations hereinafter provided for; said sub-boards shall be subject at all times to the jurisdiction and control of the

"Board of Barber Examiners of the State of Maryland," and shall serve during the pleasure of said State board. The subboards shall report the result of their examinations without delay to the State board of examiners, and the latter shall issue certificates of qualification to the persons who have qualified in said examinations.

1904, ch. 226, sec. 6.

175. No person shall hereafter practice the occupation of a barber in this State unless such person shall have first received a certificate of qualification from the board of examiners provided for in section 170 for the purpose of examining applicants for certificates of qualification as barbers. The said board of examiners shall appoint the time and places for holding examinations. Such appointment shall be made with due regard to the convenience of the applicants and the public service. Said board of examiners shall prescribe the mode and manner of conducting such examinations, said State board to conduct examinations, or said board may designate a subboard to conduct such examinations. Said board of examiners is authorized to incur all expense necessary to carry out, in a prompt and efficient manner, the provisions of this sub-title, and to pay the same out of any money in the hands of the treasurer of said board; except, however, said board of examiners shall not incur any expense or obligation for which the State of Maryland shall be liable.

Ibid. sec. 7.

176. Each person filing his application for examination shall pay to the treasurer of the said board of examiners the sum of five dollars, which sum shall be returned in case said applicant shall fail to pass said examination. Such payment shall constitute a part of the fund to pay the compensation and expenses of said board. The board shall keep a list of the names and places of business of all persons to whom certificates of qualifications are granted under the provisions of this sub-title in a book provided for that purpose, with the names arranged in alphabetical order, and said book shall at all times be open to public inspection.

Ibid. sec. 8.

177. Every person now engaged in the business of a barber in this State shall, within three months after April 1, 1904, file an affidavit with the secretary of said board setting forth his

name, place of business, postoffice address, the length of time he has been engaged in the business of a barber, and pay to the treasurer the sum of one dollar for the certificate provided for in section 171.

1904, ch. 226, sec. 9,

178. Said board shall furnish to each person to whom a certificate of registration is issued a card or insignia bearing the seal of the board and the signatures of its president and secretary, certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of a barber in this State; and it shall be the duty of the holder of such card or insignia to post the same in a conspicuous place in the shop where he is working, where it may be readily seen by all persons whom he may

serve.

Ibid. sec. 10.

179. Said board of examiners shall have power to revoke any certificate of registration granted it under section 171 for, (A) conviction of felony, (B) habitual drunkenness of six months immediately preceding a charge duly made, (C) gross incompetence, or (D) the use of unclean towels, cups, or any other unclean utensils used by barbers which are liable to spread contagious or infectious diseases; provided, that before any certificate shall be so revoked the holder thereof shall have notice in writing of the charge or charges against him, and shall, at a day and place specified in said notice, at least ten days after the service thereof, be given a public hearing and full opportunity to produce testimony in his behalf or to confront the witnesses against him. Any person whose certificate has been so revoked may, after the expiration of three months, apply to have the same regranted, and the same shall be regranted to him upon a satisfactory showing that the disqualification has ceased.

Ibid. sec. 11.

180. The board shall cause to be made and filed with the State comptroller, on or before the first day of December of each year, a report showing the receipts and disbursements of said board and the balance in the hands of the treasurer of said board, together with a statement of the amount of such balance necessary to be held in the hands of the said treasurer to meet the expenses of the ensuing year. The comptroller shall thereupon make and file in his office an estimate of the amount of such balance necessary to be held by said board for

the purpose hereinbefore stated, which sum may be retained by said board for said purposes, and the balance of said surplus paid by the treasurer of said board into the State treasury.

1904, chap. 226, sec. 12.

181. Upon the report of a member of the State board of examiners, duly appointed as herein provided, or a member of a sub-board of examiners in a city or village of the State, that a barber shop is in an unsanitary condition, said State board of examiners shall be empowered to call upon the State or local board of health to declare such shop a public nuisance, and should the proprietor of said shop fail to abolish said nuisance within a period of thirty days after a notice to do so by either the State or local board of health, the board of examiners provided for in this sub-title shall be empowered to call upon the aforesaid board to abolish the aforesaid public nuisance.

Ibid. sec. 13.

182. To shave, trim the beard or cut the hair of any person for hire or reward received by the person performing such service, or any other person, shall be construed as practising the occupation of a barber within the meaning of this subtitle, which provisions shall not in any way apply to or affect any person who is now occupied or working as a barber in this State, nor any person employed in a barber shop, or an apprentice, except that a person so employed less than three years prior to April 1, 1904, shall be considered an apprentice, and at the expiration of such three years of such employment shall be subject to the provisions of this sub-title.

Ibid. sec. 14.

183. Any person violating any of the provisions of this subtitle shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

NOTE See ante Article 27, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Health."

NOTE 1902, ch. 160, though framed as a Public General Law, was by an amendment to Section 14, made applicable only to Baltimore city. It is, therefore omitted, as is 1904, ch. 389, repealing and re-enacting Sections 1, 8 and 9 of 1902, ch. 160.