246 . ENGINEERS' LICENSE LAWS 



for not less than 1J yr., or he must have held a first-class 

 fireman's license for not less than 1 yr. To be eligible for 

 examination for a second-class engineer's license, a person must 

 have been employed as a steam engineer in charge of a steam 

 plant or plants having at least one engine of over 50 H. P., 

 for not less than 2 yr.; or he must have held and used a third- 

 class engineer's license for not less than 1 yr., or have held and 

 used a special license to operate a first-class plant for not less 

 than 2 yr.; except that any person who has served 3 yr. as 

 apprentice to the machinist in charge or boilermaking trade 

 in stationary, marine, or locomotive engine or boiler works, 

 and who has been employed for 1 yr. in connection with the 

 operation of a steam plant, or any person graduated as a 

 mechanical engineer from a duly recognized school of tech- 

 nology, who has been employed for 1 yr. in connection with 

 the operation of a steam plant, shall be eligible for examination 

 for a second-class engineers' license. 



To be eligible for examination for a first-class engineer's 

 license, a person must have been employed for not less than 

 3 yr. as a steam engineer in charge of a steam plant or plants 

 having at least one engine of over 150 H. P., or he must have 

 held and used a second-class engineer's license, in a second- 

 class or first-class plant, for not less than 3J yr. The appli- 

 cant shall make oath to the statements contained in his 

 application. 



Section 82 provides that licenses shall be granted according 

 to the competence of the applicant and shall be distributed 

 in the following classes: 



Engineers' licenses: First class, to have charge of and 

 operate any steam plant; second class, to have charge of and 

 operate a boiler or boilers, and to have charge of and operate 

 engines, no one of which shall exceed 150 H. P., or to operate 

 a first-class plant under the engineer in direct charge of the 

 plant; third class, to have charge of and operate a boiler or 

 boilers not exceeding in the aggregate 150 H. P., and an engine 

 not exceeding 50 H. P., or to operate a second-class plant 

 under the engineer in direct charge of the plant; fourth class, 

 to have charge of and operate hoisting and portable engines 

 and boilers. 



