Every person shall have the power and authority to employ an unlicensed plumber or a mechanic to do repair work about his premises situated in the county, such as the repair of pumps, windmills, pipes, machinery and work of like nature. Such plumber or mechanic shall not be compelled to take out any master plumber license; provided, that if such premises are situated in any town, village or city in the county having more than one thousand inhabitants and the repair work to be done is plumbing work, then no such plumber or mechanic shall perform such work, unless he is licensed as a plumber in accordance with Title 12, Subtitle 3 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
(Code 1930, Art. 11, § 659; Code 1959, § 11-1; 2007, Chapter 5, § 1)