are necessary, and at the close of each biennium, or at any other time, upon the demand of the board of control, must be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the board of control and the controller. of § 4. Amounts expendable monthly. Fund for administration normal and special schools. Not more than one twenty-fourth of the amount appropriated under this act for each department or institution for support and salaries for the two years ending June 30, 1925, shall be expended during any one month without the consent of the state board of control, and not more than one-half of such appropriation shall be expended during the seventy-fifth fiscal year, unless the same has been expressly authorized by this act; provided, that the state controller shall at the request of the state director of education set over and transfer from the appropriations for salaries and support for the several teachers colleges and special schools, an amount not exceeding one per cent of such appropriations and the amount SO transferred shall be designated as the administrative allotment of the state department of education and shall be available for use by the director of education for the payment of the salaries and support of the general administrative office of the division of normal and special schools during the seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth fiscal years. § 5. Expenditures in excess of appropriations. The officers of the various departments, boards, commissions and institutions for whose benefit and support appropriations are made in this act are expressly forbidden to make any expenditure in excess of such appropriations, except the unanimous consent of the state board of control be first obtained, and a certificate, in writing, duly signed by every member of said board, of the unavoidable necessity of such expenditure; and any indebtedness attempted to be created against the state in violation of the provisions of this section shall be absolutely null and void; and shall not be allowed by said state board of control nor paid out of any state appropriations; provided, that any member of any such department, board, commission or institution, who shall vote for any expenditure, or create any indebtedness against the state in excess of the respective appropriations made by this act, except by the unanimous consent of the state board of control, and the certificate in this section provided to be first obtained, shall be liable on his official bond for the amount of such indebtedness, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction by the person or persons, firm or corporation to whom such indebtedness is owing. § 6. Fire insurance. No money appropriated by this act shall be used to renew, or pay for the renewal of any fire insurance on any public building or property, nor to effect or pay for any new insurance on any public building or property, except the state printing office and its contents and property of San Francisco harbor. ACT 465. TITLE 33. An act to provide for a state board of arbitration for the settlement of differences between employers and employees, to define the duties of said board, and to appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars therefor. [Approved March 10, 1891. Stats. 1891, p. 49.] Repealed June 1, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 1053. TITLE 34. ACT 475. An act granting to the city of Arcata the tide-lands and submerged lands of the state within the boundaries of, and within two miles of the boundaries of said city. [Approved June 11, 1913. Stats. 1913, p. 699.] See next act. ACT 476. An act granting to the city of Arcata tide and submerged lands of the state of California, including the right to wharf out therefrom to the city of Arcata, and regulating the management, use and control thereof. [Approved May 18, 1917. Stats. 1917, p. 708. In effect July 27, 1917.] An act to regulate the practice of architecture. [Approved March 23, 1901. Stats. 1901, p. 641.] Amended 1903, p. 522. Constitutional: McManus, Ex parte, 151 Cal. 331. 1. State board of architecture created. §2. Oath of office. Officers. §3. May adopt rules and regulations. Meetings. Meetings for examination of applicants. Fees. Duties of secretary of state. § 4. Eligibility of applicants for certificates. Certificates must be recorded. $5. Provisions governing the practice of architecture. §6. Time of taking effect of act. §7. Annual license fee for architects. Receipts for fees. §1. State board of architecture created. Within sixty days from and after the passage of this act, the governor of the state shall ap-point ten persons, which persons so appointed shall constitute a board, which board shall be known and designated as the state board of architecture. Five members of said board of architecture, shall be residents of the northern district of California, and shall constitute the northern district for the examination of applicants for certificates to practice architecture in this state. And five members of said board shall be appointed from the southern district of California, and shall constitute the southern district board for the examination of applicants for certificates to practice architecture in this state. Northern district. The northern district shall be all that portion of the state north of the northerly line of the county of San Luis Obispo and the county of Kern and the county of San Bernardino. Southern district. And the southern district shall be all that portion of the state south of the northerly line of the county of San Luis Obispo and of the county of Kern and of the county of San Bernardino. Qualifications of members of the board. How appointed. Said state board of architecture shall be appointed by the governor as follows: Five members shall be appointed from the members in good standing of the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, or some similar institution or association of architects, two of whom shall be designated to hold office for two years. Five members shall be appointed from the members of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, or some similar institution or association of architects, two of whom shall be designated to hold office for two years. Each person so appointed shall hold office for four years, unless so designated to hold office for two years. And thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of office of the persons so appointed, the governor of the state shall appoint a successor successors to such outgoing person or persons whose term of office shall have expired, to hold office for four years; provided, that the membership of the state board of architecture shall be composed as herein set forth. or Term of office. Vacancies. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of his term of office until his successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be filled by the governor of the state for the unexpired term in like manner. Compensation. Expenses. The members of the board shall serve without compensation from the state. The expenses of the board shall be paid out of the fees collected from applicants for certificates. § 2. Oath of office. Officers. The members of the state board of architecture shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their office, take and file with the secretary of state the constitutional oath of office. The said state board of architecture shall, within thirty days from and after their appointment, meet and elect from their number a president and a vice-president, one of whom shall be a resident of the northern district, and one a resident of the southern district, and two secretaries, one from each district. The secretaries shall also act as treasurers. The person receiving the highest number of votes shall be secretary, and the person receiving the next highest number of votes, assistant secretary. Said persons shall hold office for two years, or until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. § 3. May adopt rules and regulations. Meetings. Meetings for examination of applicants. Fees. Duties of secretary of state. The board may adopt rules and regulations for the government of its proceedings, not inconsistent with this act. The state board shall adopt a seal for its own use, and one for each of the district boards. The seal used by the northern district board shall have the words "Northern District" inscribed thereon, and the one for the southern district shall have the words "Southern District" inscribed thereon, and the secretary and assistant secretary shall have charge, care and custody thereof. The secretary shall keep a correct record of all the proceed ings of the board, which shall be open to public examination at all times. Six members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the state board of architecture, and three members shall constitute a quorum of the district boards for the transaction of business. Meetings. Special meetings of the state board of architecture shall be called by the secretary upon the written request of four of its members, and by giving twenty days' written notice of such meeting, and the time and place at which such meeting is to be held, to each member of the board. The district board shall call special meetings upon the written request of two of its members made to the secretary, and upon five days' written notice to each member of such district board. Organization. Within thirty days from and after the date of their appointment, the state board shall meet to organize, elect officers as in this act provided for, and formulate and adopt a code of rules and regulations for its government in the examination of applicants for certificates to practice architecture in this state; and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper, not inconsistent with this act. The board may from time to time repeal or modify its rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this act. The state board shall meet annually, on the second Tuesday in April, for the purpose of transacting such business as may lawfully come before it, not inconsistent with this act. Time and place of meetings for examination of applicants. The distriet boards shall hold their regular meetings for the examination of applicants for certificates to practice architecture, on the last Tuesday of January, April, July and October of each year. The board of the northern district shall meet in San Francisco; and the board of the southern district shall meet in Los Angeles, and at such other times and places as they may elect, to examine applicants for certifi eates. Fees. Any person shall be entitled to an examination for a certificate to practice architecture, upon payment, to the district board when he makes application, of a fee of fifteen dollars, which fee shall be retained by the board; should the applicant pass a satisfactory examination by said district board, the secretary shall, upon the payment to him of a further fee of five dollars, issue to the applicant certificate, signed by the president and secretary, sealed with the seal of the district board, and directed to the secretary of state, setting forth the fact that the person therein named has passed a satisfactory examination, and that such person is entitled to a certificate to practice architecture in this state, in accordance with the provisions of this act; and upon the payment to the secretary of state of a fee of five dollars, the secretary shall at once issue to the person therein named a certificate to practice architecture in this state in accordance with the provisions of this act, which certificate shall contain the full name of the applicant, his birth-place and age, together with the name of the district board issuing the certificate, and date of issuance thereof. Duty of secretary of state. All papers received by the secretary of state on application for certificate shall be kept on file in his office, and a proper index and record thereof shall be kept by him. § 4. Eligibility of applicants for certificates. Certificates must be recorded. Any architect in good standing, who shall show to the satisfaction of the district board of the district in which such architect may reside, that he was engaged in the practice of the profession of architecture on the date of the passage of this act, shall be granted a certificate without passing an examination, on the payment to the district board of a fee of five dollars; provided, such application shall be made within six months from and after the passage of this act. Said certificate shall set forth the fact that the person to whom the same was issued was practicing architecture in this state at the time of the passage of this act, and that the person therein named is entitled to a certificate to practice architecture without having to pass an examination by the district board; and the secretary of state shall, upon the payment to him of a fee of five dollars, issue to the person named therein a certificate to practice architecture in this state, in accordance with the provisions of this act. Each certificated architect shall have his certificate recorded in the office of the county recorder, in each and every county in this state, in which the holder thereof shall practice, and he shall pay to the recorder the same fee as is charged for the recording of deeds. A failure to have his certificate so recorded shall be deemed sufficient cause for revocation of such certificate. § 5. Provisions governing the practice of architecture. After the expiration of six months from the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful, and it shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, for any person to practice architecture without a certificate in this state, or to advertise, or put out any sign or card, or other device which might indicate to the public that he was an architect; provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent any person from making plans for his own buildings, nor furnishing plans or other data for buildings for other persons, provided the person so furnishing such plans or data shall fully inform the person for whom such plans or data are furnished, that he, the person furnishing such plans, is not a certified architect; Architects living out of state. provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the employment of an architect residing out of the state of California to prepare plans and specifications for buildings or other structures within the state, conditioned he shall present satisfactory evidence to the board of the district in which the structure is to be erected that he is a competent architect, when such board shall issue to such architect a temporary certificate for such employment, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars. Duration of certificate. Revocation of. Architects' certificates issued in accordance with the provisions of this act shall remain in full force until revoked for cause, as hereinafter provided for in this act. A certificate may be revoked for dishonest practices, or for gross incompetency in the practice of the profession, which questions shall be determined by the district board of the district in which the person whose certificate is called in question shall reside, or shall be doing business; and upon a full investigation of the charges by the district board, an opportunity having been given the accused to be heard in his own defense or by counsel; and upon the verdict of at least four members of the district board, the board may issue its certificate to |