Deseret Evening News | 1906-07-18 | Page 2 | Filipino Engineers

i I FILIPINO ENGINEERS Philippine ton an en Act ct To Them Washington July Jul bureau of or Insular affairs has hili been b n advised adM by b the Philippine commission of ot an act pasted passed I Ito to educate students who will 11 serve ent the government as surveyors surveyor and anet thus thul meet the great demand d for civil MU engineers I caused by the th extensive transfer of ot friar lands leu and other lands for tor mining and aM agricultural purposes purpose It is pro provided vided 1400 by 11 the Ibe act aCI that each Ih year yr a large number of ot students is II to be certified to the bureau of 01 landi Ind for five years of Dt instruction In surveying The Tb son stu students ta dents arc aro to attend the new agricultural school or the t e school bool of arts and trades t el elt at t Manila In the mornings and In the afternoons will 1111 receive their Hon in surveying For the nIP first year yr the tile students will be paid II I HA After a aur year ur of at school the students will 11 be ex cx examined amUsed for as II junior cur sur surveyors ur and If they peN paM and ald desire to remain In the service must sign Ign a con cen contract contract tract and remain with the government for four year eara eans mere more In caws cane the Ole stu ItU students tu dents leave the service In violation of nt their contract they are Ir to be barred for positions under the She Philip Philippine Philippine pine civil 1111 service This prevision for educating survey lUtTer surveyors l ors ore U Sa Relieved believed 1 necessary to the corn com mission minion because of the refusal of 01 American surveyors to 10 accept n employ employment ment In the Islands since cities the Panama renal canal and Irrigation works In tho the 11 hl 1 have created such auch a great for lor engineers