Of current interest: Professional Engineering Act held unconstitutional

The Illinois Professional Engineering Act passed by the state legislature in 1941 and containing many of the provisions of the “model law” developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers and other societies was declared unconstitutional by Judge Victor Hemphill in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Ill., on November 23, 1943. The case is under appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court and hearing has been set for the March 1944 term.