Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-25

degrees In veterinary surgery and vh,
snali nave peen actively employed in tn.
at least i've years. On or before MAJ
first. nineteen hundred five the goyerno,
snail appoint the members of said boa nj
to serve as follows: one for one year. on.
for two years. and one for three years
and thereafter he shall annually aproin,
one member of said board for the term ri
three years. Any vacancy in said board
shall he filed by appointment by the gov
ernor. within thirty days after such va
cans.y shall arise. of person, qualified
as aforesaid. to hold Office during the un-
expired term of the member whose place
he fills. Any member of said board may
he removed from Office. for cause. by the
governor. with the advice and consent of
the council
Section 2 Said board shall organize an
rually in the month OF May by the cleo
ton of one of its members as president,
one as secretary, and another as treaSur-
er. and MAY adopt such rules. not in con-
filct with the laws of the state, as they
may deem proper to carry into effect the
provisions of this act. They shall also
adopt seal which shall be affixed to all
certificates issued by them in accordance
with the provisions of this act. which GER
tificate shall be signed by the president
ana secretary. No member of the board
shall receive any fee, compensation. or
remuneration for the performance OF any
duty required of him by the provisions OF
this act, except for actual disbursements
and expenses incurred by reason of the
CURED, which disbursements and expenses
shall be paid out of fees received by the
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
trlor ana council of all receipts and ex-
penditures of said board. If any balance
should then appear in his hands i'm ex-
cess or one hundred dollars, after paying
All disbursements and expenses then in
shpm d.. by the members Of the board. he
snail pay such balance to the treasurer of
state. who shall apply the same to the
permanent school fund.
Sectlon 8. On and after September first,
nineteen hundred and five, it shall be UNI
Urinary surgery. medicine. or dentistry or
any branch thereof, within the state.
without having previously obtained a
cer'lhcate from the state board of vet
as herein provided.
Section 4. Any person who shall be en-
gagged in the practice of veterinary sur
branch thereof in this state on the date
of the approval of this act. may lawfully
continue such practice upon condition
first. nineteen hundred and five, register
his name and address with said state
hoard of veterinary examiners and give
satisfactory proof to said board that he
was SO III practice on said date of ap-
prevail. Any person shall be regarded as
pfacticing veterinary surgery, medicine
or dentistry. or any branch thereof. with
in the meaning of this act who has pub-
licly professed to be 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 sratuitous services
rendered by any one in case of emergen-
cN. nor prohibiting any person from prac-
tlclng veterinary medicine, surgery, or
dentistry, on any animal belonging to
nor shall this act be construed as
prohibiting caStratiOn of animals by any
resident of this state.
Section D. All persons who shall COM
mence the practice of veterinary surgery,
medicine. or dentistry, or any branch
thereof. within the state after May first,
hundred five. shall be graduates
of Il legally chartered veterinary school.
college: or university. having the power
to confer degrees in veterinary surgery,
and shall pass an examination to the sat
isfaction OF said board of examiners. APP
picants for examination as herein pro-
vided. shall file with the secretary of the
board their written request for such ex-
and pay to the treasurer OF
said board fee of five dollars before be-
ing permitted to take such examination
Section g. The board of examiners shall
issue certificates to all persons qualified
to receive them under the provisions of
section four and to all persons passing
the examination required under section
five, authorizing the holder to practice
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
court in the county wherein the holder
resides at the time of passing said ex-
Il mination. Said clerk shall be entitled to
Il fee OF fifty cents for making such rec
ord and in the absence of the original
certificate an attested copy of such record
shall be received as evidence in all courts
within the state of the right of the person
gerry, medicine. or dentistry, or any
branch thereof. within the state.
Section Z. 1t shall be the duty of said
board of examiners to keep record of
all practitioners who shall qualify under
the provisions of this act. and to register
therein the name, age, and time spent in
gerry. medicine and dentistry, and, if a
graduate. the name and location of the
school or college. granting his diploma
Such record shall be open to public in
spectIon at ali times. within reasonable
hours. at the office of the secretary of the
board.
section s. The president of said board
shall have power to administer oaths aud
to take testimony for the proper enforce
ment of this act and the rules established
by said board.
tice veterinary surgery. medicine or den
tistrv. or any branch thereof, in the state
Of Maine. after September first. nineteen
hundred five. without complying with the
guilty OF misdemeanor. and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished by Il
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. or
by Imprisonment in the county Jail for not
more than thirty days.
Section H. Said board shall meet as a
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
they may find necessary for the perform
ance Of their duties.
fApproved February %. 1901
Chapter IS.
An Act to amend Chapter thirty-nine of
the Revised Statutes, in regard to the
regulation of sale of Commercial Fer
tliZers.
Section l. Section nineteen of chapter
of the revised statutes is
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
Stat a 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.
cont aimed or said to be contained in the
fertilizer, this fee to be assessed on any
,,d cold IN the state. and upon recent