The Republican journal., 1909-04-08

comodative conditions Of the eye, with
y out the employment of drugs or medi-
lenses, the fitting. bending and adjusting
Of spectacles and eyeglasses with lenses
for the betterment of vision: Provided,
that the fitting or peddling Of spectacles
and eyeglasses by itinerant opticians
prior to this act shall not be construed
to mean the practice of optometry within
the meaning of this act
Section 5. After ninety days from the
day when this act takes effect it shall
be unlawful for any person to practice
optometry in the state of Maine, unless
he shall first obtain a certificate of regis
tration from the board, hereby created,
and file the same with the clerk of the
supreme judicial court of the county in
which he proposes to practice, as in this
act provided.
Section g. Nothing in this act shall be
considered to apply to physicians and
surgeons authorized to practice medicine
and engage therein under the laws of
the state of Maine, nor to resident mer-
chants so long as they sell spectacles as
any other piece of merchandise without
representation of qualification in the
practice of optometry on the part of the
seller.
Section I. Upon application and the
payment of the sum of five dollars said
board shall issue, without the prescribed
examination, to persons practicing OPP
tometry in those states which, in the
opinion of the board, equal the standard
of the state of Maine in it's requirements
of such practice, a certificate to practice
in this state, which certificate shall be
filed in the same manner as that issued
to residents of the state of Maine; pro-
vided, however, that such certificate shall
be issued only to the residents OF such
states as allow similar privileges to resi-
dents of the state of Maine.
Section s. Every person who has been
engaged in the actual and continuous
practice of optometry as defined by sec
TON n1lr int he
years Immediately prior to the time when
this act takes effect shall within ninety
days thereafter file affidavit in satisfac-
tory proof thereof with said board, which
shall make and keep a record of such
persons, and shall upon the payment of
the sum of five dollars issue to him a GER
tificate of registration.
Section g. All persons entitled to
certificate of registration under the pro
visions of section eight of this act shall
be exempt from the provisions of section
three.
Section TO- Every person receiving a
certificate under the provisions of this
act shall present the same for record to
the clerk of the supreme judicial court
of the county in which he intends to
practice and shall pay to such clerk fifty
cents for recording the same, which GER
tificate shall be recorded by the clerk in
a record to be provided by him for that
purpose.
Section II. In case of change of resi-
dence from one county to another in this
state. the holder of an optometrists
license shall obtain a new license in the
county where he proposes to reside by
fling with the clerk of the supreme
judicial court for such county the license
obtained by him in the county in which
he last resided, in the same manner as
provided for on the presentation of his
certificate from the state board of regis
tration ard examination in optometry,
and the clerk shall issue to him new
license.
Section -. 1t shall be the duty of the
clerk of the supreme judicial court of the
county in which an applicant so intends
to practice, to issue to the person pre-
senting such certificate as hereinbefore
provided, a license over his official seal in
the following form:
State of Maine, county of IS:
I, clerk of the supreme
judicial court of county, in the
state of Maine, do hereby certify that
has compiled with the laws
of Maine relating to the practice of
ortometry in the county and state afore-
said.
Witness my hand and seal of said court
this day of
Section 10 The clerk of courts in each
county shall furnish annually on the first
day of January to the Maine state board
of registration and examination in optom-
etry, upon blanks furnished by such
board, a duplicate list of all certificates
received and licenses issued by him during
the preceding year and shall include
therein the date of issue of such license,
and the name and residence of the person
receiving the same
Section A. Any person entitled to
certificate. as provided for in section
eight of this act. who shall not within
ninety days after this act takes effect,
make written application to the board of
examiners for a certificate of registration,
accompanied by a written statement,
signed by him, and duly verified before
an officer authorized to administer oaths
wit a
grounds upon which he claims such GER
ti1icate, shall be deemed to have waived
his right to a certificate under the provl-
sions of said section eight. Any failure,
neglect or refusal on the part of any per-
son holding such certificate to file the
same for record, as hereinbefore provided,
for thirty days after the issuance thereof,
shall forfeit the same.
Section Is. Every person to whom a
certificate of examination or registration
is granted shall display the same in a
conspicuous part of his office wherein
the practice of optometry is conducted
And whenever practicing said profession
Of optometry outside of, or away from
said office or place of business, he shall
deliver to each customer or person So
fitted with glasses, a bill of sale, which
shall contain his signature, home post
office address, and the number of his
certificate of registration.
Section 16. Out of the funds coming
into the possession of said board each
sation the sum of five dollars for each
day actually engaged in the duties of his
office and actual expenses incurred in
attending the meetings of the board
The secretary and treasurer shall be 1e-
imbursed for all necessary expenses IN
CURED while discharging their duties to
the board at their homes. Sad expenses
shall be paid from the fees and assess
ments received by the board under the
provisions of this act, and no part OF
the salary or other expenses of the board
shall ever be paid out of the state treas
ury. The treasurer shall pay the per
diem and expenses as provided herein,
only on the itemZed verified statement
of the person entitled thereto. All
moneys received over and above said per
diem allowance and expenses, as above
provided for, shall be held by the treas
urer as a special fund for meeting eX-
penditures of said board and carrying
out the provisions of this act. Said
board shall make an annual report of its
proceedings to the governor on the first
Monday in January of each year, which
report shall contain an account of all
moneys received and dsbursed by them,
pursuant to this act: Provided, however,
that all moneys in excess of five hundred
dollars, shown by such report to be on
hand and unexpended, shall be paid an
nually into the general school fund.
Section II. Every registered optometrist
shall in every year after nineteen hun
dred and nine pay to the said board OF
examiners the sum of two dollars as a
license fee for such year. Such payment
shall be made prior to the first day OF