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Standing.... CONTINUED FROM PACE 14 Surveyor General at the approximate age of forty-seven and left office on January 7,1895, at the approximate age of fifty-five. He died fifteen years later in San Francisco and is interned in Sacramento. His name does not appear in the annals of California land surveyors. The results of my research will be presented in due course. I must, however, disagree at this point with my learned, highly-respected surveying colleague, and friend, Bud Uzes. The licensing of land surveyors in California is not the result of a single father, but the result of the efforts and sacrifices of many highly-qualified and dedicated surveyors, and possibly, at least one non-surveyor. Some politics and luck also played a significant role in the licensing of land surveyors. Rather than one father, I believe California surveyors should recognize several giants in the land surveying profession. A profession that is increasingly recognized worldwide for its historic service to ancient and modern civilizations. If land surveyors could only raise the level of their eyes to the horizon seen by those giants in 1891. We must again accept the reality that the licensing of land surveyors is for one reason only, the protection of the public. With that reality, we need only lift ourselves to the height of the shoulders of those land surveying giants to see a new, more distant, and promising horizon for the land surveying profession in California. But first, we should know more about these giants and give them the recognition they deserve. We should not lose sight of their efforts and sacrifices in this Centennial of the Licensing of Land Surveyors. LAND SURVEYORS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS Statewide elections were held in the fall of 1890. Of interest to land surveyors, Theodore Reichert was reelected to the Constitutional Office of Surveyor General. Before his first election as the twelfth Surveyor General of California in 1886, Theodore Reichert had worked seventeen years in the United States Surveyor General's office in San Francisco. He was Chief Clerk when he was elected Surveyor General. During his first term he had learned the ways of Sacramento politics. His knowledge of government would be of significant benefit to the land surveying profession in 1891. The following quotes from biographical notes by Mr. Herb Maricle in the California Landword give us a glimpse of Theodore Reichert. "Concurrent with his Federal position, Reichert was active in San Francisco politics. He remained so beyond 1890. The Sacramento Union (1891) rendered a glowing account of Reichert as a skilled organizer and tireless worker in Republican circles. It also described him as an able, efficient administrator and all-round qualified manager." If land surveyors could only raise the level of their eyes to the horizon seen by those giants in 1891. Also, "the San Francisco Call edition of December 25,1890, describes Reichert as the man who put a stop to the schemes of land-grabbers." A second significant event occurred in the fall of 1890. Attorney Henry Harrison Markham, Republican, was elected Governor. As a former United States Congressman from Pasadena, he had distinguished himself as an effective legislator in Washington, D.C., and enjoyed public support from prominent Democrats. He was also noted for his wealth that resulted from his investments in California real estate. He very probably had contact with land surveyors in the Los Angeles area. I am quite certain that Surveyor General Reichert and Governor Markham had early discussions of the urgency for the licensing of land surveyors. The speed with which the idea for the licensing of land surveyors progressed, suggests their combined influence may have played a very significant role in the enactment of the 1891 act to license land surveyors. They have not been properly recognized for their contribution to the land surveying profession. With this political environment in place, it was an appropriate time to consider regulation of land surveyors for the protection of the public. California had regulated teachers in 1851. The regulation of attorneys followed in 1872, the physicians in 1876, and the dentists in 1885. Other professional occupations would not be regulated until years later. For example, veterinarians were regulated in 1893. Architects and accountants were regulated in 1901. Real estate brokers were regulated in 1917. And, civil engineers were regulated in 1929. Absent a statewide society for land surveyors in 1890, the preliminary discussions concerning the regulation of land surveying very probably took place in the Technical Society located in San Francisco. Chaining the Land provides an account of one meeting on December 5, 1890, and a series of meetings beginning January 9,1891. It is obvious from the material published by Bud Uzes, that the land surveyors and engineers were having a very difficult time in agreeing on proposed legislation. New laws, however, are generally not the result of selfinterested individuals and competing special interest groups. The California Legislature and the Governor, in 1891, had a great deal to say about any proposal for new laws that would license land surveyors. Additionally, the Surveyor General undoubtedly carried significant influence while new laws were enacted that he would be required to implement. LAND SURVEYORS BECOME A LEGISLATIVE URGENCY The following sequence of events should be considered by all land surveyors who are interested in the legislative process. January 14, 1891: Assemblyman Clark of Yolo introduced a bill titled "An Act to License and Define the Duties of Land Surveyors, and to Provide for a Proper Record of Surveys." The bill was designated AB 238 and assigned to the Judiciary Committee. January 26, 1891: Assemblyman Dow of Santa Clara introduced a bill with the same title as AB 238. This bill was designated AB 510 and assigned to the Judiciary Committee. February 3, 1891: Senator Crandall of Santa Clara introduced a bill titled "An Act to Define the Duties of, and to License Land Surveyors." The bill was designated SB 545 and assigned to the Committee on Roads and Highways. CONTINUED ON PACE 18 16 The California Surveyor Winter/Spring 1992
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