258 ENGINEERS' LICENSE LAWS 



Third class licenses shall be limited to 25 H. P. and shall be 

 granted to any citizen having experience in firing steam boilers 

 for 2 yr., provided he can pass a satisfactory examination. 



If any person makes application for a certain class of license 

 and fails to procure it for any cause, the inspector can assign 

 him to the class to which his examination entitles him, and he 

 cannot make application again for a period of less than 3 mo. 

 Any person having a second-class or a third-class license can 

 act as assistant to a first-class engineer. 



The fee for licenses shall be $1, payable before examination, 

 but one-half of the amount paid shall be refunded if the license 

 is refused. The provisions of the ordinance do not apply to 

 locomotive boilers used on railroads, boilers under the jurisdic- 

 tion of the United States, boilers in the fire department of the 

 city, and boilers used in private residences for heating purposes. 



Elgin, 111. The engineers' license laws for Elgin, 111., are, 

 in part, as follows: 



There shall be and there is hereby authorized to be appointed 

 by the mayor, by and with the consent of the city council, a 

 board of examining engineers. The said board shall consist 

 of three practical engineers. The duties of the board shall be 

 to examine into the qualifications of applicants for engineer's 

 license; to license those found qualified, and, for cause, to 

 suspend or revoke the same. 



The examination may be written or oral and shall be entirely 

 practical. Applications for license shall be made on a printed 

 blank furnished by a board of examiners and shall set lorth 

 the name, age, citizenship, residence, experience, etc., of the 

 applicant, together with the location of the plant for which a 

 license is desired. Each application for license shall be accom- 

 panied with $1, which fee shall be returned in case of failure 

 to secure a license. 



The board of examiners may suspend the license of any 

 engineer for carelessly permitting the water to get too low and 

 burning the boiler; for carrying the steam pressure higher than 

 allowed by law; for absence from his post of duty; for neg- 

 lect, incapacity, or intoxication while on duty; provided that 

 no license be suspended or revoked without first giving the 

 accused person an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 





