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Download or read book Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 1 of 29 written by . This book was released on 2015-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 1 of 29: With Abstracts of the Discussions Mr. Gregory, President, on taking the Chair, made the following observations: - Although every member of the Institution in this country has already received copies of the recent communications addressed to the Government of India, it is felt that the Institution ought not to meet for the first time after the vacation without some reference to an attack on the honour of the Profession, which has justly aroused, in India and in England, a deep feeling of indignation. On the 18th of October, copies were received here of a Notification gazetted by the Public Works Department of the Government of India, in which it was alleged that the Governor-General in Council was given to understand, that in the Civil Engineering profession in England, it was a recognized practice for Civil Engineers employed by public companies and otherwise, to receive, in addition to the salaries paid them by their employers, commission on contracts given out, or stores and materials ordered or inspected by them, and other like pecuniary considerations for services done, or intended to be done, which were considered legitimate sources of emolument. The Council immediately met, and unanimously passed a series of Resolutions, emphatically denying that such practices were recognized in the Profession, and asserting that any engineer detected in such practices would be held to be guilty of disgraceful conduct, which would disqualify him from being a member of this Institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
