HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1611

Definition—Professional Engineering. The practice of
professional engineering within the meaning and interest
of this Article includes any professional service, such as
consultation, engineering investigation, evaluation, plan-
ning, design, or responsible supervision of construction or
operation, in connection with any public or private utilities,
structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes,
works, or projects, wherein the public welfare or the safe-
guarding of life, health or property is concerned or in-
volved, when such professional service requires the appli-
cation of engineering principles and data.

Definition—Article Inapplicable To Certain Operators,
etc. The practice of professional engineering shall not
include the work ordinarily performed by persons who
operate or maintain machinery, or equipment.

Definition—Land Surveyor. The term land surveyor as
used in this Article shall mean a person who engages in
the practice of land surveying as hereinafter defined.

Definition—Land Surveying. The practice of land sur-
veying within the meaning and intent of this Article
includes surveying of areas for their correct determination
and description and for conveyancing, or for the estab-
lishment or re-establishment of land boundaries and the
plotting of lands and sub-divisions thereof.

Definition—Board. The term "Board" as used in this
Article shall mean the State Board of Registration for
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, provided for
by this act.

Definition—Responsible Charge. The term "responsible
charge" as used in this Article shall mean the control and
direction of the investigation, design, construction or oper-
ation of engineering work requiring initiative, professional
skill and independent judgment.

3. Board Appointment—Terms. A State Board of
Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Survey-
ors is hereby created whose duty it shall be to administer
the provisions of this Article. The Board shall consist of
five professional engineers all of whom shall be appointed
by the Governor from nominees recommended by 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 and
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and who
shall have the qualifications required by section 4. The
Board shall consist of at least one Civil Engineer, one
Mechanical Engineer, one Electrical Engineer, and one
Chemical Engineer.