SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor 313
sions may include topography and contours, the preparation of offi-
cial plats or maps of said land, setting grades and determining
drainage of streets and roads, and providing for storm drainage sys-
tems where such systems do not require the hydraulic design or struc-
tural design of system components and are restricted to the use, where
relevant, of any standards as may be prescribed by local or state
authorities. The practice of land surveying shall not include geodetic
surveying, cartography or general real estate practices.
A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice land
surveying, within the meaning and intent of this article, who engages
in land surveying or who by verbal claim, sign, letterhead, advertise-
ment, card or in any other way represents himself to be a land
surveyor or that he is registered under this article, or who represents
himself as able or willing to perform those services which are
commonly recognized as land surveying.
[(g) 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 article.]
(i) The term "board," within the meaning and intent of this
article, shall mean the State Board of Registration for Professional
Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors, provided for by this
article.
(J) THE TERM 'PROPERTY LINE SURVEYOR,' WITHIN
THE MEANING AND INTENT OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL
MEAN A PERSON WHO, BY REASON OF HIS SPECIAL
KNOWLEDGE AND THE USE OF THE PRINCIPLES AND
METHODS OF SURVEYING, ACQUIRED BY SURVEYING
EXPERIENCE, IS QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE PROPERTY
LINE SURVEYING AND WHO IS REGISTERED AND LI-
CENSED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.
(K) THE TERM 'PRACTICE OF PROPERTY LINE SUR-
VEYING' WITH THE MEANING AND INTENT OF THIS
ARTICLE, INVOLVES ONLY THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF
LAND BOUNDARIES, THE DIVISION OF SAID LANDS,
AND THE PLOTTING OF LANDS AND SUBDIVISIONS
THEREOF, AND SHALL INCLUDE PLOTTING TOPOGRA-
PHY AND CONTOURS; BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE
DETERMINING DRAINAGE OF STREETS AND ROADS AND
PROVIDING FOR STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
[(h) The term "responsible charge" as used in this article shall
mean the control and direction of the investigation, design, con-
struction or operation of engineering work requiring initiative, pro-
fessional skill and independent judgment.]
3.
A State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Pro-
fessional Land Surveyors is hereby created whose duty it shall be to
administer the provisions of this article. The Board shall consist of
four professional engineers and a professional 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 Maryland
chapter or section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the [American] Insti-
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