1610 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 752
CHAPTER 752.

(Senate Bill 206)

AN ACT to add a new article to the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition), said new Article to be known
as Article 75½, to be under "Professional Engineers, and
Land Surveyors", and to follow immediately after Arti-
cle 75 of said Code, to regulate the practices of profes-
sional engineering and land surveying; creating a State
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors; defining its powers and duties; impos-
ing certain duties upon the State; and providing pen-
alties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new Article be and it is hereby added to
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), said new
Article to be known as 75½, to be under title "Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors", and to follow immediately
after Article 75 of said Code and to read as follows:

Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

1. General Provisions. Only qualified persons to hold
themselves out as professional engineers and land survey-
ors. It is hereby declared that in order to safeguard life,
health and property and to promote the public welfare by
requiring that only properly qualified persons shall hold
themselves out as professional engineers or land surveyors
or use the designation of professional engineer or land
surveyor in the State of Maryland, such persons shall be
compelled to submit evidence that they are qualified to
practice professional engineering or land surveying, and
shall be registered as hereinafter provided.

2. Definition—Engineer. The term engineer as used
in this Article shall mean a professional engineer as here-
inafter defined.

Definition—Professional Engineer. The term profes-
sional engineer as used in this Article shall mean a person
who is qualified by reason of his knowledge of mathematics,
the physical sciences, and the principles of engineering,
acquired by professional education and practical experi-
ence, to engage in the practice of professional engineering
as hereinafter defined.

Definition—Engineering. The term engineering as used
in this Article shall mean professional engineering as
hereinafter defined.