Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-25
VETERINARIANS ANNUAL
MEETING
Graduate Veterinarians of South
Dakota Take Stand to Maintain
Their Professional Standing
and to Protect the Common
wealth of the State.

At the regular annual meeting Of
our State Veterinary Medical Assoc
iation held at Mitchell, South Dakota
June 10 and IL, 1913, the new State
Live Stock Sanitary Law passed at
the Thirteenth Session of the State
Legislature, and approved by the
Governor March l3, effective July 1st,
1913, was the principal matter up for
, discussion. This act repealed the
Veterinary Practice Law, the Stallion
Registration Law, and all the State
Live Stock Sanitary Law except Sec
tion "a thereof, these laws being en-
acted in 1909 and 1911. Under this
new Live Stock Sanitary Law is in
corporated Stallion Registration
Law, Veterinary Practice Act and
q State Live Stock Sanitary Act.
Three mem bers of the new State Live
Stock Sanitary Board shall be grad
uate veterinarians, the Gualifica tions
Of the other two mem bers are not
specified.
1t appears that the purpose of this
new piece Of legislation was originally
intended to protect the non-graduate
practitioners from any so-called dis
elimination Of which they claim they
have been victims the past four years
In drawing this bill, a special effort
was made by the graduate and non
graduate to make it fair and just to
both. In view of the fact that many
OF the non-graduates are men who
through years of private study and
long experience have attained con-
siderable degree of proficiency in
veterinary science, a provision was
made whereby any veterinarian who
by the State Board of Examiners
might then be appointed Deputy
State Veterinarian. 1t was further
provided that every veterinarian
licensed under the acts of 1909 and
l911 to practice veterinary medicin
and surgery should be licensed by the
new Board to practice veterinary
medicine and surgery in all its
branches without examination.
This appears to be as fair PROPOSE
tion as could be offered and at the
same time maintain our professional
standing with our sister states In
issuing certificates and test charts fol
live stock intended for interstate ship.
ment, and even then we were not
positive that we we're not overreach
ing ourselves in thinking other states
would accept certificates Of mallein
and tuberculin tests made by non.
graduates, even tho they had passed
the state examination. But for al
our provisions, this did not seem tc
satisfy certain number Of Legislators
and when the bill reached the Senate
although it was somewhat shattered
by amendments in the house, it was
here on 59th day that it ceceived the
finishing touches In provision OF the
following form: provided, That any
veterinarian who was licensed to prac
tice under and by virtue Of license
so to do by the board of Examiners ir
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery ant
who has practiced continuously unde,
such license, shall, upon petition
signed by forty freeholders, owners o
live stock, be appointed Deput!
State Veterinarian by the Superin
tendent of the State Live Stock SAM
tary Board, and further. said Deput.
shall be qualified to inspect stool
leaving or entering the state"
J At the present time, believe ever.