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SCHEDULE B-(SECTION 21.)

CONVEYANCE OF BURIAL LOT.

Know all men, by these presents, that the (giving name of trustees) Form of conin consideration of of

dollars, paid to them by

veyance of

(the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), doburial lot.
his heirs and assigns

grant unto the said
lot of land in the cemetery of the said trustees, called

which lot is

and situate in the
delineated and laid down on the map of the said cemetery, and is
therein designated by
containing by admeasurement
superficial feet; to have and to hold the herein

above named premises, etc.

R.S.M. c. 23, sch. B.

CHAPTER 32.

An Act respecting the Profession of Civil Engineers.

Short title.

Incorporation

of the
Canadian
Society of
Civil
Engineers.

Members.

Council.

How composed.

Council.

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Act may be cited as "The Manitoba Civil Engineers Act." R.S.M. c. 24, s. 1.

INCORPORATION.

2. The civil engineers of Canada, heretofore incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of Canada, being chapter 124 of the Acts passed at the session held in the fiftieth and fifty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, under the name and style of "The Canadian Society of Civil Engineers," shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the purposes of its constitution, and to sue and to be sued in the manner usual with such corporations. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 2.

3. All persons who are members of the said existing Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, and all persons who shall hereafter be admitted as members of the society hereby incorporated, and who shall be registered under the provisions of this Act, shall be members of the said society. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 3.

COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT.

4. There shall be a council of management of the said society, to be appointed in the manner provided for in this Act, and hereinafter referred to as "the council." R.S.M. c. 24, s. 4.

5. The council shall be composed of twenty-one persons. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 5.

6. The council shall be elected by ballot, each member having one vote, and the member or members obtaining the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 6.

office.

7. The members of the council shall hold office for the Terms of term of three years, seven retiring yearly. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 7.

tions.

8. No person shall be eligible for election to the council, Qualificaor qualified to fill any vacancy therein, or to vote for any member thereof at the first election, unless at such time he shall be a duly qualified member of the said existing Canadian Society of Civil Engineers; and no person shall be eligible for election to the council, or qualified to fill any vacancy therein, or to vote for any member thereof at any subsequent election, unless duly qualified under the provisions of this Act and the by-laws of the society. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 8.

9. In the case of the death or resignation of any members Vacancy. of the council, the other members of the council shall have power to fill all vacancies so caused until the time of the holding of the next annual meeting. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 9.

MEETINGS.

10. Meetings of the society and council shall be held Meetings. at such times and places as may be fixed by by-law of the society, and at all meetings of the society or council the president or chairman for the time being shall have a casting vote. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 10.

BY-LAWS.

Power to

11. The council shall have full power to enact by-laws enact

for

(a) the qualification, election and registration of members of the society;

(b) the appointment and removal, and the defining of the functions and duties, of all officers and servants of the society, and their remuneration, the time and place of holding meetings of the society and council, and the notice to be given therefor;

(c) the calling of all meetings, the quorum and the procedure in all things at such meetings;

(d) the suspension, expulsion, disciplining and re-admission of members;

(e) the appointment of examiners for the purpose of ascertaining and reporting upon the qualifications of persons who shall present themselves for admission and enrolment as students at any examination;

by-laws, etc.

Repeal of by-laws, etc

Registrar

Penalty for false

registration.

Right to title

of civil engineer.

(f) the admission and regulation of students, the periods and conditions of study, and all matters relating to the discipline and honor of the profession;

(g) the regulating and fixing of the admission and annual fees payable by members and students;

(h) and the dealing with and regulating of all other matters necessary for the government of the society, and for effectually carrying out its objects, and generally for administering the affairs of the society. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 11.

12. The council may from time to time repeal, amend and re-enact the by-laws of the society; but every such bylaw and every repeal, amendment and re-enactment thereof, unless in the meantime confirmed at a general meeting of the society, duly called for that purpose, shall only have force until the next annual meeting of the society, and in default of confirmation thereat shall, at and from that time only, cease to have force, and in that case no new by-law to the same or like effect shall have any force until confirmation at a general meeting of the society. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 12.

REGISTRAR.

13. The council shall cause to be kept by an officer appointed by it, to be called the registrar, a book or register, in which shall be entered the name of every person registered as a member of the society, according to the provisions of this Act; and those persons only whose names are inscribed in the book or register above mentioned shall be deemed to be members of the society; and such book or register shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by any member of the society or by any other person. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 13.

14. If the registrar shall wilfully make or cause to be made made any falsification in any matter relating to the register, or shall refuse to allow the register to be inspected, he shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve months. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 14.

15.

WHO MAY PRACTISE..

No person shall be entitled within this Province to take or use the name and title of "Civil Engineer" or any abbreviation thereof, either alone or in combination with any other word or words, or any name, title or description implying that he is a member of the said Society of Civil Engineers, or act as engineer in laying out, advising on, constructing or superintending the construction of any rail

way or public work, or any work upon which public money is expended, the cost of which shall exceed five hundred dollars, unless such person is a member of the society hereby incorporated and registered as such under the provisions of this Act, or unless he is a duly qualified civil engineer and entitled to use the title of civil engineer by virtue of some statute in force in this Province, or by the authority of some institution of learning in this Province having authority to confer degrees in civil engineering, or unless he has been practising as a civil engineer in this Province at the time of the passing of this Act, or unless he is a member in good standing of some institution of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, or of some national society of civil engineers of good standing in any foreign country. R.S.M. c. 24, s. 15.

PUBLIC ACT.

Act deemed

16. This Act shall be deemed a public Act. R.S.M. c. 24, public Act.

s. 16.

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