Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
ARCHITECTS BILL.
An Act which is Proposed to Regulate the
Practice of Architecture in the
State OF Texas.
corresnondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Jan. 16.-Following is
the text of the bill drawn up and ap-
proved by the State association of archi-
tects at its session here to-day:
Section l. Be it enacted by the legis-
lature of the state of Texas: That it shall
be unlawful for any person TO practice
the architectural profession within the
limits of this state except in the manner
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The governor of this state
within thirty days from the approval of
this act appoint a board of examiners Of
architects, to be composed of five mem
bers of the Texas State association of
architects, who shall have been engaged
in the honorable practice of their pro-
fesSion at least seven years, and shall be
so selected that different sections of the
state shall be represented. The term of
office of the members of said board first
appointed shall be two for one year and
three for two years respectively, and
their successors shall be appointed for a
term of two years.
Sec g. Said board of examiners of
architects shall organize within sixty (60)
shall procure a seal and books of record
in which all proceedings of said board
shall be kept. Said records shall be kept
in the archives of the secretary of
state, and the said board shall have the
power to administer oaths and to solicit
and receive testimony OH all matters re-
lating to its duties. Said board shall
hold its meetings at the state capital at
least twice year and at such times as it
may elect, and due notice shall be pub
lished of the time and place of such meet
ings of said board, and three members
shall form quorum.
Sec. 4. Said board of examiners of
architects shall receive application for
licenses, and act upon them as follows:
All architects who are at the time of the
passage of this act members of the Texas
State association of architects, and shall
produce q statement to that effect under
seal of the secretary of said association,
and if at a meeting of said board held
thirty days or more after such applica-
ton, they be found competent, and no
good objection be made to the granting
of a license, said board shall issue to
each of said persons license to practice
architecture within the limits of this
state without subjecting him to further
examination.
Sec. 5. The said board shall examine
all applicants FOR licenses who comply
with the following conditions, viz: ca
All who are engaged in the practice of
architecture at the time of the passage of
this act and not members of the Texas
State association of architects, or who
may desire to practice the profession of
architecture hereafter in the state of
Texas. (B) Any graduate of univeT-
sity, scientific or technical college of
architecture.
Sec. 6. All examinations shall be made
directly by said board, and shall extend
over the entire field of the construction
of buildings, with special reference to
test Of the knowledge of the candidate of
the strength of materials, and of his
ability to make practical application of
such knowledge in the ordinary profess
sioanl work Of the architect, and should
also seek to determine his knowledge of
the laws of sanitation as applied to build
ings.
Sec. 7. a license to practice architec-
ture within the limits of the state shall be
issued by said board to each candidate,
including architects from other states,
who has fulfilled the above conditions,
and whose fitness to assume the duties
and responsibilities of an architect shall
have been demonstrated to said board by
the examination to which said candidate
has been subjected.
Sec. s.. If any architect be accused of
gross carelessness or recklessness in the
discharge of his duties, and after giving
due hearing to the accused and his ac-
cusers, said board shall find him guilty
of such offense, his license may be tenn
as may seem proportionate to the gravity
of the offense.
Sec. 8. The aforesaid fee to be paid for
a license shall be $50, which shall be paid
into the treasury of the state.
Sec. 10. The members of said board of
examiners shall serve without conpensa-
ton, but their actual expenses incurred
in the discharge OF their duties shall be
paid out of the state treasury general
fund.
Sec. IL. Any person who shall be en-
gagged in the planning or supervision of
the erection of buildings or presenting
plans for competition shall be regarded
as an architect within the provisions of
this act, and shall be held to comply with
the same; but nothing contained in this
act shall prevent the students or en-
ployes of those lawfully practicing as
architects, under license from said board,
from acting under instruction or super
vision of their employers.
SEC. u. Any person performing the
duties of an architect in this state with
out first complying with the provisions of
this act, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not less than
500 and not more than $500 and costs of
prosecution for each and every offense,
and shall stand committed until such fine
and costs are paid. Said fine to be paid
into the state treasury, But the penal
ties of this act shall not apply until six
months after its approval. Nor shall
the penalties of this act apply TO well
known architects of other states who may
visit our state for temporary competition
on public or private buildings in person,
and in case any work may be awarded to
such an architect he shall be compelled
to procure license TO practice the same
as other licensed architects OF the state,
in case he remains or intends TO superin-
tend such work. In case such architect
fails to take out such license he shall be