WM. PRESTON LANE,, JR., GOVERNOR. 1463
CHAPTER 604
(House Bill 627)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
2 (f), 3 and 4 of Article 75% of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition and 1947 Supplement), title
"Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors", relating to
the membership of the board and clarifying and revising
said sections.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted Toy the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 2 (f), 3 and 4 of Article 75y2 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1947 Sup-
plement), title "Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

2.

(f) The practice of land surveying within the meaning and
intent of this Article includes surveying of areas for their
correct determination and description and for conveyancing,
or for the establishment or re-establishment of land bound-
aries and the plotting of lands and sub-divisions thereof.
The plotting of lands and sub-divisions may include topog-
raphy and contours, setting grades and determining drainage
of streets and roads, and providing for small drainage struc-
tures.

3. (Board Appointment—Terms. ) A State Board of Regi-
stration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is
hereby created whose duty it shall be to administer the pro-
visions of this Article. The Board shall consist of four pro-
fessional engineers and a land surveyor all of whom shall be
appointed by the Governor from lists of not more than three
nominees recommended by each of the following: the Mary-
land chapter or section of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Maryland Society
of Surveyors and who shall have the qualifications required
by Section 4. The Board shall consist of one Civil Engineer,
one Mechanical Engineer, one Electrical Engineer, one Chemi-
cal Engineer and one Land Surveyor.

The members of the first Board shall be appointed within
ninety days after June 1, 1939, to serve for the following
terms: One member for one year, one member for two years,
one member for three years, one member for four years, and