Be it enacted by the Senate and House  of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled  and by the. authority of the same:

SECTION  1. Paragraph two of section eleven of Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five,  as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and fifty-nine, is hereby further amended to read, as follows:

"SEC. 11.  The Board  concerned  shall  issue  certificates without prior examination to persons who,  on  the date of the  approval of  this Act, have any of the following  qualifications:

"1. Have  passed  the  civil-service examination  for engineer  or     architect.

"2. Have  the first three qualifications specified  in the next preceding  section:  Provided, That all those shall be considered as having the qualifications specified  in subsection three of the next preceding section who have received a diploma  or produce a certificate showing the holder to have completed  the duties of engineering or architecture prior to the  date on which  Act  Numbered  Twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five  went into effect, in an  established university, academy, college,  school,  or  institute subsequently recognized as such by the Government of the Philippine Islands  or of the United  States  or which cannot be so recognized because of its having dropped engineering from its curriculum.

"3. Have previously practised either of  the professions mentioned for a period of not less than five years, without their being required to  have  specialized  in  the work of planning and designing work involving engineering calculations or architectural designing: Provided, That the Board of Examiners  concerned  shall  have authority to subject the applicant to  an examination  if the  testimonials presented with his application are not sufficient, in the discretion  of the Board of  Examiners concerned."

SEC. 2. This  Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved,  November 27, 1924.