factory testimony as to his character for sobriety and probity. Any authorized Land Surveyor of any Province in the Dominion of Canada may, by an instrument in writing, transfer a pupil with his own consent to any Provincial Land Surveyor in the Province of British Columbia, with whom such pupil may serve the remainder of his term, and the time that such pupil has served with such a Land Surveyor of any other Province shall be deducted from and count as part of the term of three years mentioned in this Act:

Provided that if any candidate for admission as a Provincial Land Proviso. Surveyor can show to the satisfaction of the Board of Examiners, by certificate from authorized Surveyors, that he has, prior to the passage of this Act, served regularly, though not under written articles, as an assistant of such authorized Surveyor or Surveyors for a full period of three years, including at least twelve months actual practice in the field, he shall be entitled to present himself to be examined for admission as a Provincial Land Surveyor: Provided also that it shall not be necessary for any candidate for admission as a Provincial Land Surveyor, who may have served regularly under articles for a term of three years with a Surveyor in regular practice in any of Her Majesty's dominions other than Canada, to serve the said term of three years under a Provincial Land Surveyor of this Province, but he may present himself for examination for his final certificate after serving one year (of which six months must have been in the field) with a Provincial Land Surveyor of this Province, but he shall also produce satisfactory testimony as to his character for sobriety and probity.

10. If any Provincial Land Surveyor dies, or leaves the Province, If surveyor dies artior is suspended, or has his commission cancelled, his pupil may com- pleted with another cles may be complete his term under articles as aforesaid with any other Provincial surveyor. Land Surveyor of the Province of British Columbia.

of

11. Any person who shall have been duly qualified before the Case of persons holding certificates passing of this Act, by certificate, diploma, or commission, to survey some other Province. Crown lands in any other of the Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, or who may hereafter become so qualified, and in which, in order to be so qualified, a course of study, including the subjects prescribed by this Act, is required by law of such Province, or the Dominion, shall be entitled to obtain a commission as a Provincial Land Surveyor of the Province of British Columbia without being articled for the term aforesaid, and without being subjected to any examination other than as regards the system of surveys of the Provincial lands of the Province of British Columbia.

12. It shall not be necessary for any Land Surveyor duly admitted Case of persons holdto practise in any of Her Majesty's dominions other than Canada, in ing certificates of some other part of which the standard of requirements is shown to the satisfaction of the Her Majesty's doBoard of Examiners to be similar both in theory and practice to that

minions.

Cases of persons hav ing attended Colleges.

Notice of examination to be given by candidates.

Examination fee.

Who may receive

commission as Pro

veyor

prescribed in this Act, to undergo any examination other than as regards the system of surveys of the Provincial lands of the Province of British Columbia, or to be articled for the said term.

13. Any person who shall have followed a regular course of study in all the branches of education required by this Act for admission as a Provincial Land Surveyor, through the regular sessions for at least two years, in any college or university where there may be organized a complete course of such instruction, and who has thereupon received from such college or university a certificate, diploma, or degree vouching therefor, shall not be obliged to serve three years as aforesaid, but shall be entitled to examination after one year's service under articles with a Provincial Land Surveyor, such service to include at least six months actual practice in the field.

14. Every person who desires to be examined before the Board for a commission as a Provincial Land Surveyor for the Province of British Columbia shall give at least one month's notice in writing to the Secretary, previous to the meeting of the Board, and shall with such notice transmit the fee hereinafter prescribed.

15. Before being so examined, each candidate shall pay to the Secretary of the Board the examination fee hereinafter prescribed.

16. No person shall, unless he is thereto entitled under any other vincial Land Sur- clause of this Act, receive a commission from the Government authorizing him to practise as a Provincial Land Surveyor, unless he has complied with the foregoing provisions of this Act, nor until he has attained the full age of twenty-one years and has passed a satisfactory examination before the Board on the following subjects, viz. :—Plane and solid geometry; spherical trigonometry, so far as it includes the solution of triangles; the use of logarithms; measurement of areas, including their calculation by latitude and departure; and dividing or laying off lands; a knowledge of the elements of practical astronomy, and the solution of the following elementary problems:

(a.) To ascertain the latitude of a place, from an observation of a meridian altitude of the sun or of a star:

(b.) To obtain the local time and the azimuth, from an observed altitude of the sun or a star:

(c.) From an observed azimuth of a circumpolar star, when at its greatest elongation from the meridian, to ascertain the direction of the latter.

He shall be practically familiar with surveying operations, and capable of intelligently reporting thereon, and be conversant with the keeping of field-notes, their plotting and representation on plans of survey, in a style of draughtsmanship satisfactory to the Board; description of land by metes and bounds for title, and with the adjust

ment and methods of use of ordinary surveying instruments; and shall also be perfectly conversant with the system of survey as embodied in the Land Acts and the law regarding the registration of plans in the Province of British Columbia.

commission to take

17. Every person who is entitled to receive a commission under Person receiving this Act shall receive a commission from the Board of Examiners in oaths of allegiance accordance with Form C in the Schedule of this Act, constituting him and office. a Provincial Land Surveyor of the Province of British Columbia, and shall take and subscribe before any member of the Board of Examiners, who is hereby authorized and required to administer, the oath of allegiance and an oath in the form following:

"I,

do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be)

that I will faithfully discharge the duties of a Provincial Land
Surveyor according to law, without favour, affection, or par-
tiality; so help me God."

Until the above formalities have been complied with, the said com

mission of Provincial Land Surveyor shall have no effect.

18. The said oaths of allegiance and office shall be deposited in the Where deposited. office of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.

A register of all Provincial Land Surveyors, showing the dates of their commissions, shall be kept in the office of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.

19. The following fees shall be paid under the provisions of this Fees to be paid to Act:

(a.) To the Secretary of the Board by each pupil on giving notice of his desire for examination before being articled, two dollars: (b.) To the Secretary of the Board as examination fee, under section 8 hereof, ten dollars, and a further fee of five dollars for the certificate:

(c.) To the Secretary of the Board by each candidate for examination as Provincial Land Surveyor, with his notice thereof, three dollars:

(d.) To the Secretary of the Board as examination fee, under section 15 hereof, twenty dollars:

(e.) To the Secretary of the Board, as an admission fee, by any candidate receiving a commission, thirty dollars.

All the above fees shall be paid over to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

the board.

veyors.

20. A Board, consisting of the said Board of Examiners, may in its When board may discretion suspend for such a time as it shall think fit, or cancel the suspend licensed sur commission of any Provincial Land Surveyor whom it finds guilty of gross negligence or corruption in the execution of the duties of his office; but such action shall not be taken without such surveyor having been previously summoned in order to be heard in his defence, nor

Recovery of penalties.

Short title.

until the Board has heard the evidence offered, both in support of the complaint and on behalf of such surveyor; and if after being summoned as aforesaid the surveyor does not appear, the above-mentioned Board may appoint a fit and proper person to present the evidence on behalf of the surveyor.

21. Any penalty recoverable under this Act may be recovered by way of summary proceedings before any single Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction in the locality in which the offence was committed, and every such penalty may, together with the costs of conviction, be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of any offender, and in case such goods and chattels shall prove insufficient to satisfy such penalty and costs, then by imprisonment of such person so offending, for any term not exceeding one calendar month.

22. This Act may be cited as the "Provincial Land Surveyors' Act, 1891."

I,

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

(Section 5.)

Oath of Member of Board of Examiners.

of

having been appointed a member of the Board of Examiners for the admission of Provincial Land Surveyors for the Province of British Columbia, do sincerely promise and swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will faithfully discharge the duties of such office without favour, affection, or partiality; so help me God.

Articles of Pupil to Provincial Land Surveyor.
THESE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, made the

one thousand eight hundred and

day of

, between A. B., of

That the said E. F., of his own free will, and by and with the consent and approbation of the said C. D., doth, by these presents, place and bind himself pupil to the said A. B., to serve him as such from the day of the date hereof, for and during and until the full end and term of three years from hence next ensuing, and fully to be completed and ended :

And the said C. D. doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said A. B., his executors, adminis

trators and assigns, that the said E. F. shall well and faithfully, and diligently, according to the best and utmost of his power, serve the said A. B. as his pupil in the practice or profession of a Provincial Land Surveyor, which he, the said A. B., now followeth, and shall abide and continue with him from the day of the date hereof, for and during and unto the full end of the said term of three years:

And that he, the said E. F., shall not, at any time during such term, cancel, obliterate, injure, spoil, destroy, waste, embezzle, spend or make away with any of the books, papers, writings, documents, maps, plans, drawings, field-notes, moneys, chattels or other property of the said A. B., his executors, administrators or assigns, or of any of his employers; and that in case the said E. F. shall act contrary to the last mentioned covenant, or if the said A. B., his executors, administrators or assigns, shall sustain or suffer any loss or damage by the misbehaviour, neglect, or improper conduct of the said E. F., the said C. D., his heirs, executors, or administrators, will indemnify the said A. B., his executors, administrators or assigns, and make good and reimburse him or them the amount or value thereof:

And further, that the said E. F. shall, at all times, keep the secrets of the said A. B., in all matters relating to the said business and profession, and will, at all times during the said term, be just, true and faithful to the said A. B., in all matters and things, and, from time to time, pay all moneys which he shall receive of or belonging to or by order of the said A. B. into his hands, and make and give true and fair accounts of all his acts, and doings whatsoever in the said business and profession, without fraud or delay, when and so often as he shall thereto be required; and will readily and cheerfully obey and execute his lawful and reasonable commands, and shall not depart or absent himself from the service or employ of the said A. B. at any time during the said term, without his consent first had and obtained, and shall, from time to time, and at all times during the said term, conduct himself with all due diligence and with honesty and sobriety:

And the said E. F., doth hereby, for himself covenant with the said A. B., his executors, administrators and assigns, that he, the said E. F., will truly, honestly and diligently serve the said A. B. at all times, for and during the said term, as a faithful pupil ought to do, in all things whatsoever in the manner above specified :

In consideration whereof, and of

of lawful money by the said C. D. to the said A. B. paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), the said A. B., for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth covenant with the said C. D., his heirs, executors, and administrators, that the said A. B. will accept and take the said E. F. as his pupil, and that he, the said A. B., will, by the best ways and means he may or can, and to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, the said E. F. in the course