The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-05-18
the United States.

medicine and surgery in the State of
Maryland without having previously
obtained a diploma from college duly
authorized to grant such students of
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, or to
those who have passed satisfactory ex-
aminations before the State Veterinary
Medical Board, or as herein provided
for.
Sec. 8. The said State Veterinary
Medical Board shall hold their meetings
at such times and places as they may
deem best, which times and places shall
be set out fully and regularly in their
bylaws.
Sec. 4. The said State Veterinary
Medical Board shall examine all diplo-
mas as to their genuineness, and each
applicant not holding diploma shall
submit theoretical and practical ex-
animation before the State Veterinary
Medical Board, said examination to be
written, oral, or both, which examina-
ton, if passed to the satisfaction of the
said Board, shall entitle the applicant to
practice Veterinary Medicine and Sur
gerry, subject to provisions and regula-
tions of this Act, and regulations of the
said Board.
Sec. 8. All examinations of persons
not graduates shall be made directly by
the State Veterinary Medical Board,
and the certificates given by the said
board shall authorize the possessors to
practice veterinary medicine and sur
gerry in the State of Maryland. All ex-
aminations of ungraduated practitioners
must take place before the thirty-tirst
day of december, eighteen hundred and
ninety four. After that date no certifi-
cate shall be granted except to persons
presenting diplomas from legally char
tered colleges.
Sec. 6. Any person shall be regarded
as practicing veterinary medicine and
surgery, within the meaning of this act,
who shall have received license as
mentioned in Section 4. But nothing
in this act shall be construed to prohibit
members of the medical profession from
prescribing for domestic animals in case
of emergency, and collecting fee there
for; nor to prohibit gratuitous services
an emergency, nor to prevent any per-
son from practicing veterinary medicine
and surgery on any animal belonging to
himself or herself. And this act shall
not apply to commissioned veterinary
surgeons in the United States Army.
Sec. Z. And be it enacted, That it
shall b.. the duty of such Board to keep
a register of all practitioners qualified
under this Act practicing veterinary
medicine and surgery or any branches
thereof in this State, and to cause the
same to be published at least once
year in two newspapers published in the
City of Baltimore.
Sec. s. And be it enacted, That the
said Board shall, within six months
from the date hereof, prepare said regis
ter, in which the names of all graduate
practitioners in the State at the
time and in actual practice shall, on
application to the said Board, be inserted
without examination, and shall also on
application insert the names of such
persons who are practitioners in actual
practice without diploma or certificate
or qualification from recognized school,
who have been in practice for five years
and upward, prior to the passing of this
Act, upon proof to the said Board that
they have been so practicing. That all
persons practicing at this time and not
having been so practicing for five years
antecedent to this Act shall undergo an
examination before the said Board, and
il found by said Board competent to
practice, the persons so examined and
approved shall be entitled to registration.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the
said Board shall have power to reject
any applicant for registration whose
examination papers or diplomas are not
satisfactory.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That on
and after six months from the date of
approval Of this Act no person shall be
permitted to practice Veterinary Medi-
cine or Surgery, or any branch thereof,
in the State of Maryland who does not
possess diploma issued from College
or School of Veterinary Medicine, duly
incorporated or legally licensed to issue
diplomas, and if said diplomas shall be
issued after the first day of January,
1893, it shall be received only from a
College or School of Veterinary Medicine
which shall require three years course
of study before issuing said diploma, and
shall have passed such examination or
test as may be from time to time insti-
tuted as test of qualification by such
Board, and persons producing such GER
tiicates or diplomas who pass such test
examination shall, on payment of such
fees as hereinafter are provided for, be
registered as Veterinary practitioners.
Sec. IL. And be it enacted, That no