Author: Engineering Council

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 9781330222348

Excerpt from Recommended Uniform Law for Registration of Architects Title. - An to Act to regulate the practice of the professions of architecture, engineering and land surveying. [Note: (a) In certain States further amplification of title may be required by law.] [Note: (b) The brief terms "architecture", "engineering" and "land surveying" give simpler and clearer understanding of the activities affected by this Act than any definition. Such definitions as have been devised have proven academic, difficult of proper inclusion and exclusion, confusing, laborious and frequently of great, length.] [Note: (c) Laws for the registration of architects and engineers must be either in parallel or in common. Assuming the best interests of each to lie in co-operation, and having in mind economical administration of a law, both arc included in this Act. Surveying is a function of engineering, but land surveying deals with land measurements involving property rights.] Tho People of the State of... enact: Section I. - In order to safeguard life, health and property, any person practicing or offering to practice as an architect, a professional engineer or a land surveyor in this State shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he is qualified so to practice, and shall be registered as hereinafter provided, and from and after six months after this Act becomes effective, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice in this State, as an architect, a professional engineer, hereinafter called engineer, or a land surveyor, except under the provisions of this Act. [Note: (d) The constitutionality of this law is based on its promoting the public welfare by safeguarding life, health and property.] Section 2. - Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring registration by an individual, firm or corporation for the purpose of practicing architecture or engineering on property owned or leased by said individual, firm or corporation, unless the same involves the public safety or health; nor as requiring registration by any person, who prior to the time of the passage of this Act was engaged in the practice of architecture, engineering or laud surveying; provided, however, such poison shall not represent himself as, or use the title of, "Registered Architect", "Registered Professional Engineer" or "Registered Land Surveyor" unless such person is qualified by registration under this Act. [Note: (e) Obviously no modern agriculturist should be prohibited from laying out and building the ditches or roads on his farm, or planning and building his own born.] Appointment of the Board. Section 3. - To carry out the provisions of this Act there is hereby created n State Board of Registration for architects, engineers and land surveyors, hereinafter called the Board, consisting of seven members, who shall be appointed by the Governor within sixty' days after this Act becomes effective. Three members shall ho registered architects and three members shall be registered engineers and one member shall be a registered land surveyor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.