ENGINEERS' LICENSE LAWS 267 



Los Angeles, Cal. The license laws in Los Angeles are admin- 

 istered by the city boiler inspector and an assistant inspector 

 appointed by the city council, together with a board of examin- 

 ing engineers, of which there are three in number. 



The board, so the law states, shall hold one meeting on the 

 first and third Wednesday in each month for the purpose of 

 examining applicants for engineer's license, and shall hold the 

 meeting on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month for 

 the purpose of examining applicants for elevator license. The 

 board shall make a careful and thorough examination as to the 

 qualifications of all applicants for engineer's license, and shall 

 grant certificates of license to all persons found qualified; it 

 shall charge and collect from each applicant for a chief, or first- 

 class, license, the sum of $5, and from each applicant for a 

 second or a third-class license, the sum of $3. Such licenses are 

 good for the term of 1 yr., unless revoked for cause. 



In case any owner or user of any boiler shall for any cause be 

 deprived of the services of a licensed engineer, he muct notify 

 the boiler inspector at once, and may place an experienced per- 

 son in charge, for a time not beyond the date of the next regular 

 meeting of the board of engineers. When boilers are used and 

 engines run night and day, the owner or user of them must 

 employ at least two licensed engineers, who shall stand watch 

 alternately. No person shall use or operate any steam boiler 

 or steam-generating apparatus in the city of Los Angeles with- 

 out obtaining a certificate of license as provided for; this applies 

 to apparatus of over 5 H. P. 



Applicants for license who fail to pass the examination of the 

 board of engineers, shall be required to wait for 4 wk. before 

 making another application. Applicants who fail to pass after 

 a third trial shall not be permitted to again appear before 

 the board for 6 mo. An engineer must notify the boiler 

 inspector of any employment that he may enter into as an engi- 

 neer, and within 3 da. after, the name of his employer and the 

 location of the plant in his charge. Engineers must also report 

 semiannually to the boiler inspector, during the first 3 da. of 

 the months of January and July of each year, the condition of 

 the boiler or other apparatus and their connections under or 

 in his charge. 



