The Republican journal., 1905-03-30


degrees in veterinary surgery. and who
shall have been actively employed in the
Practice Of their profession for period Of
first. nineteen hundred 1--WE. the eoverno y
shall appoint the members of said board
TO serve as follows: one for one year, one
FOR two years, and one for three years,
ana thereafter he shall annually appoint
one member OF said board for the term OF
three years. Any vacancy In said board
shall be filed by appointment by the gov
cancy shall arise, OF person, qualified
as aforesaid. to hold office during the I'M
expired term of the member whose place
ne fills. Any member of said board may
be removed from office, for cause, by the
governor, with the advice and consent Of
SECTION @. Said board shall organize an
nually in the month of May by the cleo
ton of one of it's members as president,
one as secretary, and another as treasur-
er, and may adopt such rules, not in con-
met with the laws of the state, as they
provisions of this act. They shall also
adopt seal which shall be affixed to all
certificates issued by them in accordance
WITH WITH the provisions of this act. which GER
ana secretary. No member of the board
SHAH receive any fee, compensation, or
remuneration for the performance of any
this act, except for actual disbursements
and expenses incurred by reason of the
performance of the duties herein re-
CURED n which disbursements and expenses
treasurer of said board under the pro-
visions OF section five of this act. The
treasurer shall annually. on the first day
OF April, make written report to the gov
ernor and council of all receipts and ex-
perditures of said board If any balance
should then appear in his hands in ex-
cess of one hundred dollars, after paying
all disbursements and expenses then in
Cured by the members of the board, he
shall pay such balance to the treasurer of
state, who shall apply the same to the
Permanent school fund.
Section g. On and after September first,
nineteen hundred and five, it shall be un-
lawful Tor any person to practice vet
ernaby medicine or dentistry
without having previously obtained a
certificate from the state board of vet
Urinary. examiners and being registered
Section 4, Any person who shall be en-
gagged in the practice of veterinary sur
gerry, medicine. or dentistry, or any
branch thereof in this state, on the date
continue such practice. upon condition
that he shall, on or before September
hrst. nineteen hundred and five, register
MS name and address with said state
board of veterinary examiners and give
satisfactory proof to said board that he
was SO IN practice on said date of ap-
prevail. ANY person shall be regarded as
or dentistry, or any branch thereof, with
in the meaning of this act, who has pub
llcly professed to be a veterinary surgeon,
Or has prescribed for sick or injured ami
mails and accepted fees for such services,
or has attached to his name the title ".
s. or Veterinary Surgeon or any vet
Urinary title ordinarily used. Nothing in
this act shall be construed as prohibiting
the performance of gratuitous services
rendered by any one in case of emergen-
cy, nor prohibiting any person from prac-
vet lif.i,,
dentistry. on any animal belonging to
himself; nor shall this act be construed as
prohibiting castration of animals by any
resident of this state.
mence the practice of veterinary surgery,
medicine, or dentistry, or any branch
thereof. within the state after May first,
of a legally chartered veterinary school,
college, or university, having the power
to confer degrees in veterinary surgery.
isfaction of said board of examiners. APP
pllcantS for examination as herein pro-
vided, shall file with the secretary of the
board their written request for such ex-
said board fee of five dollars before be-
ing permitted to take such examination
Section 6. The board of examiners shall
issue certificates to all persons qualified
section four and to all persons passing
the examination required under section
five, authorizing the holder to practice
veterinary surgery. medicine, or dentistry.
or any branch thereof, within the state.
Said certificate shall be recorded in the
office of the clerk OF the supreme judicial
resides at the time of passing said ex-
animation. Said clerk shall be entitled to
fee of fifty cents for making such rec
ord and in the absence of the original
certihcate an attested copy Of such record
shall be received as evidence in all courts
within the state of the right of the person
therein named to practice veterinary sur
branch thereof. within the State.
Section Z. 1t shall be the duty of said
board of examiners to keep a record of
all practitioners. who shall qualify under
the provisions of this act, and to register
therein the name, age, and time spent in
the study and practice of veterinary sur
gerry, medicine and dentistry, and, if a
school or college, granting his diploma.
Such record shall be open to public in
spection at all times, within reasonable
hours. at the Office of the secretary of the
board.
Section 8. The president of said board
shall have power to administer Oaths and
to take testimony for the proper enforce
ment OF this act and the rules established
by said board
Section g. Any person who shall prac-
tice veterinary surgery. medicine or den
tistry or any branch thereof, in the state
OF Maine. after September first. nineteen
hundred five, without complying with the
provisions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished by
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment in the county Jail for not
more than thirty days.
Section 10. Said board shall meet as
board OF examiners in the city Of Au-
gusta, on the second Monday in January
and July of each and every year. when
there are applicants for examination,
and at such other times and places as
nnrfnrno-
ance of their duties.
[Approved February %, 1905.
Chapter 10.
An Act to amend Chapter thirty-nine of
the Revised Statutes, in regard to the
regulation of sale of Commercial Fer
tilizers.
Section l. Section nineteen Of chapter
hereby amended by changing the words
1.-The same" in the last line to the words
for that SO that the act when amended,
shall read as follows:
Section 10. ANY manufacturer, import
er, agent or seller of any commercial fer
tilizer. who shall deposit with the director
of the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station sample or samples OF fertilizer
under the provisions of section seventeen,
shall pay annually to the treasurer Of
state an analysis fee as follows: Ten
dollars for the phosphOric acid, and five
dollars each for the nitrogen and potash.
fertilizer, this fee to be assessed on any
brand sold in the state, and upon receipt
of the treasurer's receipt for such fee and
of the certified statement named in Sec