The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-28

medicine in this state after the above dat,
and who have complied with tho laws o
) this State regulating the practice of msdi
! cine in force Ir.or to the passage of thi'
act. and whose diplomas or certificates
have been recorded by the clerk OF the dis
trict court OF the county In which he OF
she resides.
2.S All persons who shail hereafter re
ccive certificates from the board or med
II ital examiners Of this tate as above pro,
yided for, and who slihll alto III all Other
respects have ccmDlsd with the provision.
a Of thise act
y 4, And provided THAT all persons who
4 may change their residence to the Sta,
(; Of Texas. On filing true copy Of license
granted by The board of medical examiners
4 Of another State or Territory. certified ty
4 the affidavit Of the president and secretary
of said board with satisfactory proof OF
the genuinenese Of same and showing tha,
the standard OF requirements Of the medi-
cal laws 81 said State or Territory and
that adopted by said board OF medical cx-
aminers are equal 10 that provided for in
! this act. and who on the payment of tho
usual fec OF SIS may be registered and re-
cefve n license from the medical council
Of Texas TO practice In this State.
5. And provided further, that all per-
| sons who desire to hereafter begin the
4 practice of midwifery in this State shall
make application to the medical council,
said application to be accompanied with
| the fec of 81 ms herein provided, and wher
| the said medical council may issue a permit
| to said applicant for examination. who shall
pfesent the same to ono Of the board Ut
medical examiners. and after passing a sat
! isfactory examination in this special
branch. will be granted license to prac
tice midwifery In the State of Texas.
| ARTICLE XII.
| Az. rorsoo eh,Il ~ rou,r,loJ - nroctie
| ing medicine or surgery within the nearing
| of this act who shall profess publicly to lie
| n physician or surgeon and shall offer Cor
practice as such, or prescribe for those
needing medical or surgical aid, and shall
charge or receive therefor money or Other
compensation. directly o. indirectly. This
| act shall be so construed as TO include pr
sons not pretending to he physicians VINO
offer for sale publicly on the streets CT
other public places remedies which they
recommend for the cure Of disease. bnt
this act shall not apply to any coning
stoned officer or contract surgeon OF the
United States army or navy or marine nos
p.ta service in the performance OF taeII
duties as such; Nor to any legally qualified
and registered dentist under the laws OF
this state; nor to any lawfully qnaliflcd
physician residing in other States or Ter
ritores meeting registered physicians ana
surgeons of this State il consultation
ARTICLE XIII.
The applicants shall be examined in tho
following branches: Anatomy. physiology
chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics,
histology, pathology, practice OF medicine,
surgery. including diseases of the eye. nose
and throat. obstetrics, gynecolosy. hygicne
and medical jurisprudence. From this list
questions shall he prepared for all these
subjects, which 1T any examination shall
be the Same for all applicants except that
in therapeutics. practice and materia med
lea: from these three all the questions sub
mitted to any applicant shall be cEoscl
from those prepared by the board selected
by the applicant and shall be in harmony
with that school TO which the candidate
belongs.
ARTICLE XIV. Il
The fund realized from the fees afore
said shall bA applied; First. to the paw |
n:ent OF the necessary expenses of the |
boards of examiners; second. there shall be |
paid out of this fund $40 per day to the |
secretaries OF the council and boards when |
in attendance upon the meetings. third If |
there be any balance then remaining II |
shall be divided among the three boards OF
medical examiners In proportion to the
number Of applicants examined. each men,
Der OF each board to receive such part OF
The entire amount paid as that board It,
self shall determine
ARTICLE Nv
Before any person obtaining license uu-
der the provisions Of this act can lawfully
lrHctlce medicine, surgery or midwifery In
this state he or she shall cause the sall
license TO he recorded in The county clerks
ttiice In ire county in which he or she III
ters IN prs~fce. The license snail no re-
corded by the clerk of tho eounty court IN
a hook 20 be kept for that purpose. which
shall be properly indexeA. The clerk shall
receive from the applicant a fee OF 81 for
recording this instrument
ARTICLE XVI.
ANY persol who shall practice medicine.
surgery or midwifery IN this State in viola
ton of the provisions OF this act shall he
fired not less than $50 nor more than $500
Tor each olfense, or by both fine and i'm
prisonment rot exceeding six months. And
II shall not tie lawful for him or her IN TO ,
,ovcr by action. suit. motion or warrant
any compensation for services which may
he claimed TO have been rendered nv him J
u her as auch physician, surgeon or mid
wife
ARTICLE XVII. '
That title 81 OF tho Revised statutes of !,
Texas end articles att 377s. 37l9 $3.50. +
''I, 37s2, a7SS a1SI 37s5, 1886, s7sF s7sS ,
md 1852 CT said title be and the same are =
hereby repealed. and all laws and PARTS Of i
avs In conflict with this act be and ara !,
'ereby repealed. +,
ARTICLE NVIiI. :,
The fact that there Is no law in force h
deqGatcly providing for the licensing Of d
MUSICIANS. surgeons or midwiyes creates l.
n emergency and an imperative public d
ecess'ty hat the constitutional RUE re- L
uirng bills 10 be read on three several
ays be suspended and the bill be placed |,
pom Its final passage aud " is so enacted 2
DR.. Blalock of MeGregor moved TO adopt q
he report and Or, Archer moved 10 In
mend so as TO continue the committee, Il
hank 1t for It's labor and adopt It's re- s,
ort as whole. Tho motion was unani- n
tously adopted as amended IN
Speaking to the report, Dr. Wilson said q
hat inaknluch as his committee had been II
cntinued that It would go to Austin next lie
ear and work hard TO get the medical a,
recession OF Texas out of the maelstrom W
A which II foundered at present. The al
ommlttee would do all in its power 10
ecure tho passage OF the bill, he said. and az
, wanted the assistance of every member 70
the association, nj
President Saunders asked that be he m