Architect

One who makes it his occupation to form or devise plans and designs and to draw up specifications for buildings or structures and to superintend, their construction. ARCHIVES (Lat. archivum, ardbum). The rolls; any place where a,ncient records, charters, and evidences are kept. In libraries, the private depositary. Cowell; Spelman. The records need not be ancient to constitute the place of keeping them the "archives."

See Laborek. Every person whose business it is to plan, design, or superintend the construction of buildings, ships, roads, bridges, canals, or railroads, shall be regarded as an architect and civil engineer: Provided, That liiis shall not include a practical carpenter who labors on a building.** See Specification. ABGrUENDO. See Argumentum.