Licensing of engineers in New York State

The new law in New York State that electrical, mining, mechanical, chemical, or civil engineers practising in the state must be licensed, has just begun to function. A board of five engineering examiners, representing each of these branches, passes upon all applications. The present board is composed as follows: President, Mr. Albert H. Hooker, chemical engineering, of Niagara Falls; vice-president, Major Percy E. Barbour, mining engineering, of New York City; secretary, Mr. Henry G. Reist, electrical engineering, of Schenectady; Mr. Virgil M. Palmer, mechanical engineering, of Rochester; and Col. Walter G. Eliot, civil engineering, of New York.