accordance with the provisions of this act. The board shall before issuing any such certificate examine into the character and qualifications of the applicant to practice in the branch or classification for which he makes application and become satisfied that such applicant is a proper person and qualified so to do, before it shall issue the certificate for which application has been made. No person shall use any of the titles "registered architect," "registered civil engineer," "registered mining engineer," "registered mechanical engineer," "registered electrical engineer," "registered chemical engineer," or "registered surveyor," or any other registered title that the board may designate, unless he has been duly authorized to do so by the board: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to engineers or architects employed by railroad or other interstate corporations whose employment is confined to such corporation, whether such employe is or is not a citizen of this State.

Section 8. The board shall hold its first meeting within thirty days after its members are appointed and thereafter shall hold meetings not less than four times each year, and shall submit to the Governor biennially a report covering its activities.

Section 9. The members of the board shall be entitled to no compensation for their services; they shall, however, be reimbursed for traveling, and other actual expenses incurred in the performance of their specific duties under this act, and for clerical and other assistance: Provided, That all expenses of the board shall at no time exceed the amount of moneys received and on deposit to the credit of the board under the workings of this act.

Section 10. All moneys and fees collected or received under this act shall be properly recorded and receipted for and deposited with the State Treasurer.

Section 11. All moneys expended by the board shall be paid through the State Treasurer on properly drawn vouchers, signed by the president and secretary of the board.

Section 12. All moneys received by the State Treasurer under the provisions of this act shall be kept in a separate fund to be drawn against only for the expenses of the board.

Section 13. Any citizen of the United States of legal age and of good moral character, who has had not less than six years of praetical experience in architectural or engineering work or surveying under the direction or supervision of a registered architect or a registered engineer or a registered surveyor, or of an architect or engineer or surveyor of equivalent pofessional standing, or who is a graduate in architecture or engineering of a college or school of recognized standing, and who has had not less than two years of such experience under like conditions, who desires to begin the practice

of architecture or engineering or surveying as a principal or in responsible charge of such work, may upon the payment of a fee of five dollars, apply for examination for a certificate under this act, and before receiving such certificate shall satisfactorily pass an examination in the English language and in such other appropriate subjects as are established by the board, and satisfy it as to his practical experience and general standing and ability; and shall pay the fee hereinafter provided for the certificate of registration: Provided, That time spent as a student of architecture or engineering in a college or school of recognized standing shall be considered the equivalent of an equal amount of practical experience.

Section 14. The board shall register architects and engineers of other states and of foreign countries to engage as principals, in the practice of architecture and engineering within the State of Michigan, when they are recognized as consulting specialists in some branch of their profession and have had at least ten years of experience as such, or when they present credentials showing that they have qualified for such work under equivalent laws of their own states or governments, and are still in good standing thereunder: Provided, That such laws extend similar privileges to registrants under this act.

Section 15. The result of every examination or other evidence of qualification, as provided by this act, shall be recorded by the secretary of the board, and the board shall issue a certificate to every person having passed such examination and being otherwise qualified to receive the same. All certificates issued before the first day of January, nineteen hundred twenty-five, shall expire on that date, and those issued thereafter shall expire on the first day of January of nineteen hundred thirty and of each fifth year thereafter, and shall be subject to renewal upon application therefor not less than thirty days preceding the date of expiration, upon payment of the fee hereinafter provided.

Section 16. The board may by a five-sevenths vote revoke any certificate upon written notice to the holder thereof giving him not less than thirty days' notice of an opportunity for a hearing before the board, upon proof that such certificate has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or upon proof that the holder of such certificate has been guilty of malfeasance or gross incompetency in connection with his practice of architecture or engineering or surveying.

Section 17. Every person having passed an examination as hereinbefore provided shall pay upon registration a fee of fifteen dollars to the board and every person registered without examination shall pay a fee of twenty dollars to the board, and each person shall thereupon

receive a certificate of registration, and before the issuance of a renewal certificate shall pay an additional fee of five dollars.

Section 18. The board shall forward each original certificate to and register the same with the Secretary of the State of Michigan, by whom it shall be signed and scaled and returned to the board to be mailed to the registrant.

Section 19. After the first day of March, nineteen hundred twenty, ncither the State, nor any county, township, municipality or village, shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any public work of an architectural or engineering character, for which construction or maintenance, the plans, specifications and estimates shall not have been prepared by a registered architect or a registered engineer under this act with qualifications appertaining to such work, and the construction of which is not supervised by such a registered architect or registered engineer: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be held to apply to items of maintenance, repair or construction wherein the contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not exceed two thousand dollars.

Section 20. After the first day of March, nineteen hundred twenty, no city or village plat, or plat of an addition thereto or of a subdivision thereof, or any plat dividing land into streets, lots or blocks, shall be received for record, which has not been prepared by a registered engineer or a registered surveyor and signed by him as such. Section 21. Nothing in this act shall prevent any person from doing any of the engineering, architectural or surveying work mentioned herein upon or in connection with the construction of residence buildings, barns or garages and other private buildings.

Section 22. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Section 23. Act number one hundred twenty of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration of architects and regulating the practice of architecture as a profession," and all other acts or parts of acts in contravention hereof, are hereby repealed, and all moneys remaining with the State Treasurer in the separate fund created by said act shall be transferred to the corresponding fund herein provided for within thirty days of the time at which this act goes into effect, and all records accumulated by the board under said act shall be delivered to the board herein created.

ASPHALT, ROAD OILS AND BINDERS

Our Service Department composed of experienced highway engineers is at the disposal of persons interested in highway construction and will be glad to co-operate in designing, furnishing specifications, inspections, investigations and reporting on various construction. There is no charge for this service.