Preamble
Upon their designation, the members of the Board of Examiners for Surveyors shall elect from among their number a chairman who shall be executive officer of the Board, and a secretary-treasurer. Subsequent elections of officers shall be held annually, upon the appointment of one of the members of the Board, as hereinafter provided. The members of the Board of Examiners for Surveyors shall have the following qualifications: Be of good moral conduct; Be twenty-five years of age; Have graduated in surveying from a college, school, or university recognized by the Government or have qualified as surveyor in a Civil Service examination or before the Board of Examiners created by the Bureau of Lands, prior to the approval of this Act, and have a diploma as deputy or cadastral land surveyor; Have practised surveying either privately or in the Government service for a period of not less than five years previous to his appointment; Not be a member of the faculty of any school, college, or university recognized by the Government, teaching any branch of surveying; and Not have any pecuniary interest in any of said institutions.