8 trict of Columbia, in any state or territory of the United 9 States, or in any province of Canada, in which the require10 ments for the registration of engineers are of a standard sat11 isfactory to the board.

12 Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for reg13 istration who is under twenty-one years of age, who is not a 14 citizen of the United States or Canada, or who has not made 15 declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United 16 States, who does not speak and write the English language, 17 who is not of good character and repute and who has not been 18 actively engaged for six or more years in engineering work 19 of a character satisfactory to the board. However, each year 20 of teaching, or of study satisfactorily completed in engineer21 ing in a school of engineering of standing satisfactory to the 22 board, shall be considered equivalent to one year of such 23 active engagement.

24 Unless disqualifying evidence be before the board, the fol25 lowing facts established in the application shall be regarded 26 as prima facie evidence satisfactory to the board, that the 27 applicant is fully qualified to practice engineering:

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(a) Ten or more years of active engagement in engineer29 ing.

30 (b) Graduation, after a course of not less than four years 31 in engineering from a school or college approved by the board 32 as of satisfactory standing, and an additional four years of 33 active engagement in engineering.

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(c) Full membership in the American Association of En35 gineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American 36 Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Electrical 37 Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Amer38 ican Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society 39 of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, or such other na40 tional or state engineering societies as may be approved by 41 the board, the requirements for full membership in which are 42 not lower than the requirements for full membership in the 43 professional societies named above.

44 (d) Certificate of reciprocal registration issued under 45 articles of agreement of the council of state board of engi46 neering examiners providing the requirements for such cer47 tificate are of a standard satisfactory to the board.

48 Applicants for registration, in cases where the evidence 49 originally presented in the application does not appear to the 50 board conclusive or warranting the issuance of a certificate, 51 may present further evidence, which may include the results 52 of a required examination, for the consideration of the board. 53 In determining the qualifications of applicants for registra54 tion a majority vote only of the board shall be required. 55 In case the board denies the issuance of a certificate to an 56 applicant, the registration fee deposited shall be returned by 57 the board to the applicant.

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Certificates of registration shall expire on the thirtieth day 59 of June following their issuance or renewal and shall become 60 invalid on that date unless renewed. It shall be the duty of 61 the secretary of the board to notify by mail every person rg62 istered hereunder of the date of the expiration of his certif 63 cate and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for 64 one year; such notice shall be mailed at least one month in 65 advance of the date of the expiration of said certificate. 66 Renewal may be effected at any time during the month of 67 June by the payment of a fee of ten dollars. The failure on 68 the part of the registrant to renew his certificate annually in 69 the month of June as required above shall not deprive such 70 person of the right of renewal thereafter, but the fee to be 71 paid for the renewal of a certificate after the month of June 72 shall be increased ten per cent for each month or fraction of 73 a month, that payment for renewal is delayed; provided, how74 ever, that the maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not 75 exceed twice the normal fee.

Sec. 9. The board shall have the power to revoke the cer2 tificate of registration of any engineer registered hereunder 3 who is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a 4 certificate of registration or of gross negligence, incompetency 5 or misconduct in the practice of engineering. Any person 6 may prefer charges of such fraud, deceit, negligence, incom7 petency or misconduct against any engineer registered here8 under; such charges shall be in writing and sworn to by the 9 complainant and submitted to the board. Such charges un10 less dismissed without hearing by the board as unfounded or 11 trivial, shall be heard and determined by the board within 13 three months after the date on which they are preferred. A 13-a time and place for such hearing shall be fixed by the board.

14 A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and 15 place of hearing, shall be legally served on the accused at 16 least thirty days before the date fixed for such hearing and 17 in the event that such service can not be effected thirty days 18 before such hearing then the date of hearing and determina19 tion shall be postponed as may be necessary to permit the 20 carrying out of this condition. At said hearing the accused 21 shall have the right to appear personally and by counsel and 22 to cross-examine witnesses against him and to produce evi23 dence and witnesses in his defense. If after said hearing 24 three or more members of the board vote in favor of finding 25 the accused guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a cer26 tificate, or of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in 27 the practice of engineering, the board shall revoke the certifi28 cate of registration of the accused.

29 The board may re-issue a certificate of registration to any 30 person whose certificate has been revoked; provided, three or 31 more members of the board vote in favor of such re-issuance 32 for reasons the board deem sufficient.

33 The board shall immediately notify the secretary of state 34 and the clerk of each county, town, and city in the state, of 35 its findings in the case of the revocation of a certificate of reg36 istration or of its re-issuance of a revoked certificate of regis37 tration.

38 A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate 39 lost, destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the 40 rules and regulations of the board. A charge of one dollar 41 shall be made for such re-issuance.

Sec. 10. The issuance of a certificate of registration by 2 this board shall be evidence that the person named therein is 3 entitled to all rights and privileges of a registered engineer 4 while the said certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired.

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Each registrant hereunder may, upon registration obtain 6 a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the reg7 istrant's name and legend "Registered professional engineer." 8 Plans, specifications, plats and reports issued by a registrant 9 may be stamped with the said seal during the life of regis 10 trant's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for any one to 11 stamp or seal any document with said seal after the certificate 12 of the registrant named thereon has expired, or has been re

13 voked unless said certificate shall have been renewed or re14 issued.

Sec. 11. Any person who is not legally authorized to prac2 tice as an engineer in this state according to the provisions of 3 this act and shall so practice, or offer so to practice in this 4 state except as provided in section twelve of this act, and any 5 one presenting or attempting to file as his own the certificate 6 of registration of another, or who shall give false or forged 7 evidence of any kind to the board, or to any member thereof, 8 in obtaining a certificate of registration, or who shall falsely 9 impersonate any other practitioner, of like or different name, 10 or who shall use or attempt to use an expired or revoked cer11 tificate of registration, shall be deemed guilty of a misde12 meanor and shall, for each such offense of which he is convicted, 13 be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor 14 more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for three 15 months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 12. The following shall be exempted from the pro

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(a) Persons offering to practice in this state as an engi4 neer, by any one not a resident of and having no established 5 place of business in this state.

6 (b) Practice as an engineer in this state by any person not 7 a resident of and having no established place of business in 8-9 this state, which this practice does not aggregate more than 10 thirty days in any calendar year; provided, that said person 11 is legally qualified for such professional service in his own 12 state or country.

13 (c) Practice as an engineer in this state by any person 14 not a resident of and having no established place of business 15 in this state or any person resident in this state, but whose 16 arrival in the state is recent; provided, however, such person 17 shall have filed an application for registration as an engineer, 18 and shall have paid the fee provided for in section eight of 19 this act. Such exemption shall continue for only such rea20 sonable time as the board requires in which to consider and 21 grant or deny said application for registration.

22 (d) Engaging in engineering work as an employe of a 23 registered engineer, or as an employe of an engineer, author. 24 ized by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section; provided, 25 that said work may not include responsible charge of design 26 or supervision.

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(e) Practice of engineering by any person not a resident 28 of and having no established place of business in this state, as 29 a consulting associate of an engineer registered under the pro30 vision of this act; provided, the non-resident is qualified for 31 such professional service in his own state or country.

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(f) Practice of engineering solely as an officer or as an 33 employe of the United States or of a common carrier en34 gaged in interstate business.

35 (g) Practice of engineering solely as an employe of this 36 state or any political sub-division thereof, or of any corpora37 tion, firm or individual when such engineer's time is drunted 38 exclusively to such employment, and such engineer does not 39 offer his services to the public generally for hire. 40 (h) Any engineer who shall not represent himself as, or 41 use the title of, "Registered professional engineer," unless 42 such person is qualified by registration under this act.

Sec. 13. A corporation or partnership may engage in the 2 practice of engineering in this state; provided, the person or 3 persons connected with such corporation or partnership in re4 sponsible charge of such practice is or are registered as herein 5 required of engineers, or is or are otherwise authorized to 6 practice. The same exemptions shall apply to corporations 7 and partnerships as apply to individuals under this act.

Sec. 14. The provisions of this act shall not affect the term 2 of office of the present members of the state board of regis3 tration for engineers appointed under the provision of section 4 three of chapter one hundred and six of the acts of the legisla5 ture of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, regular ses6 sion, but said members so appointed shall continue to hold un7 der such appointments as though said act were to continue in 8 full force and effect, but in all other respects said members 9 shall be governed by the provisions of this act.

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All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of 11 this act are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 64

(House Bill No. 511-Mr. Hall of Mingo)

AN ACT providing for the establishment of a state home for aged

and infirm colored men and women.