Evening star., 1925-02-08
ARCHITECTS BOARD
|SFRAM|NG TESTS
Regulation of Practice Will
Be Effective Here in a
Few Weeks.

Plans for the administration of the
law requiring registration of archi-
tects in the District of Columbia are
taking shape, members of the board
created to administer the measure,
passed by Congress on December 13,
report.
tentative program. specifying
regular and special examinations, al
ready has been drafted by the board,
which expects to be functioning full
ly in a few weeks.
All persons practicing or desiring
TO practice architecture in the Dis
trict, save those practicing solely
for the Federal or Municipal govern
ments or those employed by register
ed architects, are required to record
with the board within one year of
the passage of the act, their names
aud proof of their right to use the
ply with this provision shall bar an
individual from claiming registra-
Lon.
Requirements Given.
With regard to the use of the title
of architect, the measure declares:
That no person presumed to have
the right to secure such certificate
tof registration) because of his or
her use of the title architect prior to
the time this act goes into effect
shall assume any title indicating that
he or she is an architect or any
words, letters or figures to indicate
that the person using them is an
architect, unless he or she shall have
qualified and obtained Il certificate
OF registration or unless ne
or she shall have filed an affidavit
establishing the fact that he or she
was in practice as an architect pre-
Nious TO the passage of this act and
has a legal right to practice without
certificate"
The measure further provides that
each member of a firm or corporation
praCticing shall be registered before
the firm is entitled to style itself as
registered.
Examinations have been set for
Arril and November of each year
though special examinations may be
given any person desiring to take it
a other than the specified dates.
Provision for Certificates.
Certificates will be given upon sue
cessful completion of the examina-
ton, which will entitle the candidate
to the use of the title registered
architect"
Passage of the measure has given
q Decided impetus to the cause of
good building in the District" mem
bers of the .oard say. Incompetence
in the building industry, the second
largest III tno world, heretofore re-
Stricted by an etuIcal code that failed
To reach all practitioners, now is pre-
vented over the enl.re field by pas
sage of the registration measure.
The bill was framed as Z measure
for protection of the pubic and not
as means for giving undue and i'm
proper influence to any group OF pro-
fessional men to the prejudice of
others.
provision is made in the measure
for annulment of registration of
practitioners guilty OF gross in
competency or recklessness in prac-
tice. Failure to comply with pro-
visions of the act constitutes a mis-
demeanor punishable by heavy
fine"
the board appointed by the Dis
trict Commissioners is composed of
the following:
Edward W. Donn, jr.. president;
Delos H. Smith, secretary; Frederick
II. Brookes, treasurer; Appleton Z.
Clark, jr., and l. NJ. Leisenring.
Copies of the act, together with
rules of operation, soon Will be in the
hands of the building Inspector of
the District for distribution. All COM
munications should be addressed to
the secretary, Municipal Building.