ENGINEERS' LICENSE LAWS 265 



Kansas City, Mo. In Kansas City, Mo., a board of engineers 

 appointed by the mayor, with the consent of the council, 

 administers the license laws. The board convenes for business 

 once each month, to examine into the qualifications of appli- 

 cants for engineers' licenses. According to the laws, the board 

 shall grant certificates of license, charging $5 to each applicant 

 for the first certificate, $3 of which is to be deposited at once. 

 Each applicant is to be allowed three trials, and if he then fails 

 to pass a satisfactory examination, the applicant shall forfeit 

 the money deposited (namely, $3) with the clerk of the board. 

 But if the applicant has the capacity, skill, experience, and 

 habits of sobriety requisite to perform the duties of an engineer, 

 and shall pass the examination, the board shall grant him a 

 license for the term of 1 yr. upon the payment of an additional 

 $2. Any person so qualified shall not be refused a license. 



Renewal of license will be granted to applicants, upon 

 payment of $2.50, if renewed on or before the next regular 

 meeting of the board of engineers after its expiration. All 

 engineers, engines, and boilers of the fire department of Kansas 

 City, the locomotive boilers used on railroads, and steam 

 boilers supplied with water automatically, when used only for 

 heating dwelling houses and not carrying a pressure over 

 10 lb- per sq. in., are exempt from the provisions of this 

 ordinance. 



Every applicant for a license who fails to pass the exami- 

 nation of the board is required to wait 4 wk. before again 

 making application for license, and the board shall then give 

 him another examination. Applicants failing to pass the 

 examination after the third trial shall not be permitted to 

 appear again before the board for 6 mo. 



Every engineer licensed by the board and under control 

 of the board is required to notify the boiler inspector who is 

 a member of the examining board referred to when he accepts 

 employment, and within 3 da. thereafter, the name of his 

 employer, and the location of the boilers in his charge. Any 

 engineer who shall neglect or refuse to comply with this rule 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Engineers shall 

 report semiannually to the boiler inspector, during the first 

 3 da. of the months of January and July, the condition of the 



