Head office Governing body Membership by-laws or amendments thereto shall be valid 4. The head office of the association shall be in the city of Edmonton. [1906, c. 43, s. 4.] 5. The association shall be governed by a council, hereinafter referred to as "the council," consisting of a president, two vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and six members, all of whom shall be members of the association and shall be elected annually in the manner provided for in the by-laws of the association. Members and Associates. [1906, c. 43, s. 5.] 6. (1) The following persons may, upon payment of the proper fees in that behalf, become members of the association, that is to say: (a) All members of associations of architects incorporated by special Act of any other province of Canada; (b) All members or associate members of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and of foreign associations of architects of equal standing, and of any association of architects approved for that purpose by the Lieutenant Governor in Council; (c) Any person being a graduate of a recognized school of architecture or technology after one year's study under a principal approved by the council, provided the course of studies followed by such candidate has been not less than four years; (d) Any other person not less than twenty-one years of age who has served as a student not less than four years with a principal or principals entitled to register under this Act, or with any other principal or principals approved by the council, and who has passed such qualifying examination as may be required by the by-laws of the association, except in the cases provided for by this Act; (e) Any person who holds a degree in architecture from the University of Alberta, or from any university approved by the University of Alberta, and who satisfies the University that he or she has served a total of one year in the office of an architect in Alberta or elsewhere. (2) Architects who are not members of the herein before mentioned associations who have practised for five years shall be admitted without serving as students, but shall be required to pass the final examination. [1906, c. 43, ss. 7, 8; 1911-12, c. 4, s. 18(1); 1921, c. 5, s. 9.] 7.-(1) The council shall admit as student associates Student those desirous of entering the profession of architecture. associates fees (2) Applicants for admission as student associates shall Notice and give one month's notice to the secretary, giving their full names, and shall pay such fees and submit to such examinations as may be necessary in that behalf. (3) Graduates in arts, sciences and letters of any univer- Graduates sity in His Majesty's Dominions shall not be required to pass any preliminary examinations. [1906, c. 43, s. 9.] indenture 8. (1) Students shall serve for four years under in- Service under denture to a registered architect, which indenture and any assignment thereof, with affiadvit of execution thereto attached, shall be filed with the secretary upon payment of such fee as the council may by regulation direct. (2) The council may shorten the period of service under indenture to a term of not less than three years in favour of graduates of any recognized college or school of architecture or technology. [1906, c. 43, s. 9.] 9.—(1) The council shall appoint an examiner or ex- Examiners aminers for the purpose of ascertaining and reporting on the qualification of all persons who shall present themselves for admission to the study or practice of architecture. (2) Such examiners shall be approved of by the Minister of Education. (3) The council shall also prescribe the subjects for such examinations which shall take place in January and July on the days previously fixed and advertised by the council. [1906, c. 43, s. 10.] use of name by 10.-(1) No person shall take or make use of the name Prohibition or title of architect, either alone or in connection with any "architect" other word, name, title or designation, giving it to be unregistered understood that he is an architect, unless he is registered under this Act as a member of the said association. person (2) Any person who, not being registered as a member of Penalty the said association, so takes or makes use of any such name or title shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for the first offence, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for every subsequent offence. Annual and special meetings Register of members Annual fee (3) In any prosecution under this section the burden of proving that he is registered under this Act shall rest upon the accused. [1906, c. 43, s. 13; 1911-12, c. 4, s. 18(2).] Meetings. 11. (1) The time and place of the annual meeting of the association and of special meetings thereof, and for meetings of the council, and the mode of summoning and conducting the same, shall be fixed by by-laws. (2) In the absence of any rule or regulation as to the calling of meetings of the association or of the council it shall be lawful for the president, or in the event of his absence or death, for the secretary to call the same at such time and place as to such officer seems suitable by circular letter mailed to each member. [1906, c. 43, s. 11.] Register and Fees. 12. (1) The secretary shall, in every year, cause to be printed, published and kept at his office for inspection free of charge, under the direction of the council, a correct register of the names in alphabetical order according to the surnames with the respective residences of all persons appearing on the general register on the first day of January in every year, and such register shall be called the "Architects' Register," and a copy of such register for the time being, purporting to be printed and published as aforesaid, shall be evidence in all Courts and before all justices of the peace, and others, that the persons therein specified are registered according to the provisions of this Act. (2) In the case of any person whose name does not appear in such copy the entry of the name of such person in this register or any copy so printed, verified by the hand of the secretary, shall be evidence that such person is registered under the provisions of this Act. (3) The secretary shall keep a similar register of student associates. [1906, c. 43, s. 14.] 13. (1) Members and student associates shall pay on registration such annual fee as may be required by the by-laws. (2) The names of persons in default shall be removed from the respective registers by the secretary, after one month's notice to such persons, and shall not be re-inserted except upon the payment of all arrears and such fines, if any, as may be imposed by the by-laws of the association. [1906, c. 43, s. 15.] 14. (1) The council may direct that a name be removed Removal of from either of the registers in the following cases, that is to say: (a) At the request or with the written consent of the (b) Where the name has been incorrectly entered; more; (d) Where a person registered is shown to have been guilty after his registration, either in His Majesty's dominions or elsewhere, of any breach of the by-laws, orders or regulations of the association or of conduct infamous in a professional respect. (2) When the council has removed the name of any person from a register, the name of that person shall not be again entered upon a register except by a resolution of the council or by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (3) In the event of the removal of a name from the register an appeal shall lie to the association in general meeting, which may reverse the decision of the council. [1906, c. 43, s. 16.] names names 15. (1) The council may, by resolution, direct the Restoration of secretary to restore to a register any name removed therefrom, either without fee or upon payment of such fee, not exceeding the fees in arrears or unpaid and one additional renewal fee, as the council may from time to time fix; and the secretary shall restore the name accordingly. (2) The name of any person removed from a register at the request of such person, or with his consent, shall, unless it might, if not so removed, have been removed by order of the council, be restored to the register on his application and on payment of such fees not exceeding such fees as shall be in arrears, and one additional registration fee, as the council may from time to time fix. [1906, c. 43, s. 16.] Notices. 16. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, all Notices notices and documents required by or for the purpose of this Act to be sent may be sent by post, and shall be deemed to have been received at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of mail; and in proving such sending it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notices or documents was prepaid and properly addressed and put in the post and registered. Disposition of fees Duty of secretary to keep register Signing and sealing of deeds Tariff of fees (2) Such notices and documents may be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print, and when sent to the council or other authorities shall be deemed to be properly addressed, if addressed to the said body or authorities, or to some officer of the council, or authority, at the principal place of business of the council or authority, and when sent to a person registered under this Act shall be deemed to be properly addressed, if addressed to him according to his address registered in the register of the association. [1906, c. 43, s. 17.] Disposition of Fees. 17.-(1) All moneys arising from fees payable on registration or the annual renewal fees, or from the sale of copies of the register or otherwise, shall be paid to the secretary of the council, and by him paid over to the treasure, to be applied, in accordance with such regulations as may be made by the council, for defraying the expenses of registration and the other expenses of the execution of this Act, and, subject thereto, towards the support of museums, libraries or lectureships, or for other public purposes connected with the profession of architecture. or towards the promotion of learning and education in connection with architecture. (2) The council shall have power to invest, in the association's name, any sum not expended as above in such securities as shall be approved by the Government of the Dominion of Canada or of the Province of Alberta, and to change the same at will, and any income derived from such invested sums shall be added to and considered as part of the ordinary income of the association. (3) The association may also use surplus funds or invested capital for the rental or purchase of land or premises, or for the building of premises to serve as offices, examination halls, libraries, museums, or for any other public purpose connected with architecture. [1906, c. 43, s. 18.] General Provisions. 18. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep the register in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the by-laws, orders, and regulations of the council. [1906, c. 43, s. 19.] 19. All deeds of the association shall be signed by the president and secretary and sealed with the common seal of the association. [1906, c. 43, s. 19.] 20. Nothing in this Act shall authorize the association to impose any fees higher than the following: Admission as student associate. Each examination. Annual fee. ... Admission to practise. Fines... $20 10 15 25 5 [1906, c. 43, s. 20.] |