Section 6
SEC. 6. Section eleven hundred ninety-two of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1192. Qualifications required of candidates for the certificate as engineer.—Besides the physical examination to and other evidence relative to moral qualifications herein required, candidates for marine and motor engineers shall have the following qualifications: "Marine engineers: "(a) Chief engineer: An applicant for certificate as chief engineer shall be not less than twenty-five years of age at the time of filing his application and shall be required to produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing steamer in the capacity of second engineer, with a certificate as such, for at least two years. "(b) Second engineer: An applicant for certificate as second engineer shall be required to produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing steamer in the capacity of third engineer, with a certificate as such for at least one year. "(c) Third engineer: An applicant for certificate as third engineer shall be required to produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing steamer in the capacity of fourth engineer, with a certificate as such, for at least one year. "(d) Fourth engineer: An applicant for certificate as fourth engineer shall be at least nineteen years of age at the time of filing his applications and shall produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has passed the second year high school course or its equivalent, or has graduated from an officially recognized marine engineers' school and that he has served at least six months on a seagoing motor vessel and eighteen months on a seagoing steam vessel as apprentice engineer, machinist, or oiler, after having served two years in a marine shop as apprentice or fitter (operario): Provided, That apprentice marine engineers who are actually navigating as such on or prior to the approval of this Act, are required to present to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that they have passed the primary school or its equivalent in an officially recognized school, and that they have served on steam launches or vessels as agregado, oiler or fireman for at least two years and have worked for two years in a machine shop as operative and they must be at least nineteen years of age. "Motor engineers: "(a) Chief motor engineer: An applicant for certificate as chief motor engineer shall not be less than twenty- five years of age at the time of filing his application and shall produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing vessel in the capacity of second motor engineer with a certificate as such for at least two years. "(b) Second motor engineer: An applicant for certificate as second motor engineer shall produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing vessel in the capacity of third motor engineer with a certificate as such for at least one year. "(c) Third motor engineer: An applicant for certificate as third motor engineer shall produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing vessel in the capacity of fourth motor engineer with a certificate as such for at least one year. "(d) Bay, river and lake motor engineer: An applicant for certificate as bay, river and lake motor engineer must be at least nineteen years of age, must know how to read and write Spanish or English and shall produce to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing motor vessel in the capacity of oiler, machinist or apprentice motor engineer for at least two years after having worked as apprentice mechanic or fitter in a marine shop for at least one year."