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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAi

AUSTIN

&norable Thor. 0. iMa6 ksretary-Tmauurer State Boar8 of Arohltaotwal Uamlnorr Burt Bulldllig Dallar, Texao Dear Bfr:

ve given careful oon- '.. 814oration to yo ..~ you hari baror you tlrma or the VnW$d ,i rlovakla with "tirclb you mean that tha pormoa -.. _: 6 with thr mtoralizatloa :

by yuu, the Ai’ohitsotr fie&itratltan . . roqulre oitfern8hip ua.a p&yere~~ul8ito 8mFatiOiI. sOtI ACtSi Or th0 be43Ubr h Legislature, 19S7, Chaptar 478, pi oler 249a Bnd WQb, Vernon*8 Annotetdl

euthorizso one to regiatratlon aa an arohfteot, the statutory rsqii2rsssnt.B are met and exealnatlon SUOQ41~sia~ly paemd. irreepectlvror citizenship. Be quote certain psrtfnent garto of the etatutr. srotlon 8 oonta~ns thf.8 language:

. . Honorable Thea. D. breed, Page 2 ,?

‘. "The Board shall edopt rulca and regu- ..i .: lktions ror the oxamlnation and roglatration T ; of applloanta to pra0t10.6 nrohlteotura in ao- oordance with the provisions of this not,& . mw.ymend, modify end rqpoal auon rules and regU&atlona rr0i2 time to time. . . .* (Em- @~sls ours) Section 6 presoribas the ~iOBllfiOatlOM of applit . ;’ ounts for raglatretlon an&.iuuk~a ~rovialon for exaalnatlona: "2rovlal0nshall be w&e by the Board of krohlteotursl Exnminera for holding sx~nlna- tlona or applioanta ror reglstrntlon under this Aot, at such place or plaoee as nay ba determined by the Bocrd at least twice each

scld ijoerd, or by a ~o;mnlttes 0r two 0r its- members delegated by the Eosrd, and due notloo or the time, scope of examination, and plaoo or holally suoh examlnatlcn ahall be publlah- ad, as in the oaae provided for the publioa- tion of rules aan regulations 0r the B0erd. The a.zzmlnntion shall oovor those aubjeota to be determined and proaorlbed by the Bosrd, the knowledga of wM.oh Is necessary in the prvl:er preotlco of sroh1tecture.v (Enpha616 ours. )

seotion 7 .requlrea imymenti or r066 ror reglatra- tion and deals with tho ia6uenoe of certlfloates generally. We will ntit lengthen thfa oylnlvn by ooyying this SeOtion, but Section 8 is deemed of auoh ialgortance to ycur question th0t '3 inOlUde It in full: *An arohlteot of gocd lnornl oharaoter who has letwrully praotioed arohltooture for a per- l0d 0;' ten (10) year6 or Bore outside thl State. or Onrtl,y within zrnd 0arUy wlthoutathl6 lit-eta, may be recpllred at the rilsoretlvn or moard, in order to obtoln a registration

HOtmmbie Thorn. D. BI!Oed, Page s

oertlficate to pr4Otios arohiteoture in thle State, to take only a practical exemlnation the nature of whioh shall be prescribed by the Board ot Amhiteotural Examiners, pro- ‘. ride& that, ae (I oondltlon precedent to the issuance of a registration aertifioate to suoh, applloant, the Boar6 may require him or her to fur&ah and file erldenoe oatlsfeotory to the Board that he or she has not been reo- trained from praotioing arohltooture in an other State or lurisdlotlon on aoeount orp nefi!ligeIWe, inoompetenoy, reoklessnese, alr- honesty, or&her cause8 to be grounds for the reyooation of a registration oertifioate in this State, or that no registration oer- tificate or other lioenae, or permit to prao- tice arohlteoture, theretofore iseued to him or her has ever been so revoked, and u.pon failure of the applicant to furnish end file such satisfactory evldenoe, the Board may, in its aisaretion, refuse to isaue a regh- tration certificate to him or her authorizing him or her to pntofloe arohiteoturo in this State l

“An arohlteot who has legally praotioed

at tha date or his or iier application, may obtain a registration oertlfiaete to praotloe erohiteoture in thla State merely by furnleh- ing evidenoe satlsfaotory to the Beard of the fact that he or she has so lewfullv maotloed in such other State or country; $rbvked that the laws or legal regulations of that Stetr or country extend like or slmil:~r privilege to registered arohlteots of this 8tate applying for the right to practloa architecture in suoh other State or oountrr. The fee to be paid by an arohlteot of ar.othor State or oountw. amdying for hiTor her orlRina1 registration certificate to prao- %lce erohlteoture in thle State, ahall b th sum or Thirty Dollar8 ($30) . * (Emphasiseour~.)

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. ‘_ Eenorable f&or. D. Broad, Am 4

We t#lnk 6hd underliirs6 portion8 of the lbove qrrotations,..w&emt&s severs1 ssotlons oi We cot s2s ooa- rUered ttbgether, show a ranifssf lsgl8latlreLatest not :. to bar the doors to the rsotlae ot arahltebture to any person roaoe8Wully mootPag the riqulremeat8 &spored, even thaugh that person may be an allea. Even ii t&kstatuts oxprosslyforbadethe li~uw- in& of llleog there is ~sonsidsnbla doubt whether t&at .;:

fa;;al;g would suftlro to bar one maee.ting the otheb rs- ::

See 8.h. fur. 470, Seo.lS, and uaeea otted, i .

‘. espeoially*Tem~lerv. State lksmlners,131 Mloh. 854 90 .?. 8. w. lone, loi ASI. at. Rep. 610, where lt vms hela bat a statute prohibltind the l6su8no8 .: of a:barber!s~ llcbare ‘2 ..

to an alien mu viol&ire OS the Fourteanth Amendment to ‘< :

,.. ths federal Constitution. State t. firontgomsry; 94 Ye. 198, : I~

47 A. 165, 80 Am. St. Rep. 388.

The oontrarp view has been taken by P Maosaohu- sstts oourt. Comnonwealth t. Hana, 195 Miss. iME, 81 H. B. 149, 11 L. R. A. (19.5.) 990, if% Am. St. tlrp.851, 11' . 1 ..

Ann. 098. W4. We have found no Texas oases upon the sub- jeot.

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