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permit fee of ten dollars sIoD and an an- nual fee of one dollar thereafter These fees shall be paid to the board of veteri- nary medical examiners and the funds thus collected shall be used to nay the legal expenses of the board. and shall be accounted for in detail by the secre- tary-treasurer.
 Sec. s. Every person who complies with the requirements of this act shall have his name recorded by the county clerk in the county in which he resides. He shall pay one dollar for the record Ing of his name. The county clerk shall not be permitted 10 record any person who does not present his state license or permit entltling him to be recorded This record shall be required only once providing the person keeps up his prac- tice and annual dues to the state board of veterinary medical examiners. It may be required a second or third time, or as often as he renews his standing with the state board of veterinary medical examiners.
 Sec. g. No person who is not a holder of q license or permit from the state board of veterinary medical examiners and no person who fails to have his license or permit annually renewed shall engage in the practice of veterinary med icine and surgery for hire in the state of Alabama.
 Sec. 10. Every graduate of a legally chartered veterinary college which re- qulres an attendance of three years of not less than eight months each to ob- tain degree in veterinary medicine and surgery shall be entitled to an examina- ton by the board upon payment in ad- vance of fee of fifteen dollars (s15), such graduates may apply for. and re- eeive, special and limited permits to prac- .4f til the state board of veterinary medical examiners shall meet. give examinations. and pass on said examinations. 4 travel ing veterinarian shall not be allowed to travel and practice in Alabama until he passes the required examinations and is issued a license to practice in Alabama. A travelling veterinarian shall keep the secretary of the veterinary medical ex- amining board informed of all changes in his postoffiee address and give the time and the places he enters to practice in the state of Alabama.
 Sec. Il. The state board of veterinary medical examiners shall hold at least two l2) examinations each year and as many more as they may deem necessary, at such place and time as they may legally call and advertise. At least three of the members must be present at the time said examinations are conducted. Said Snd1 De lutoitiltdl ana practical and may be written, oral or both. Said examinations shall include the following subjects: Veterinary anat- omy. surgery, veterinary medicine, ob- stetrics. pathology and bacteriology, therapeutics and pharmacy, veterinary physiology. animal husbandry and dairy ing. meat inspection, milk inspection, chemistry, veterinary sanitation.
 Sec. l2 This act shall not prevent, in n..fa. ~..t4t the United States army, or of the bureau of animal industry. or state live stock sanitary board inspectors from attend ing to their respective duties in the state of Alabama. This act shall not prohibit qualified practitioners of other states con- sulting with registered practitioners of Alabama or prevent registered yeterinar- ians of other states who reside on or near the state line from practicing in Alabama, providing said veterinarians of other states shall obtain a license and become registered in Alabama. Nothing in this act shall apply to persons gratui- tously treating animals in cases of emer. gency in localities where a registered ot licensed veterinarian cannot be secured. Nothing in this act shall prevent persons in rural districts or small towns or other places where the services of n licensed veterinarian cannot be secured for op- sidtlIlS Dn or pTcscflDlHs TOT domestic animals. Nothing in this act shall pre- vent any person from castrating or spay- ing or dehorning domestic animals. But the gratuitous and emergency worker, the rural operator and prescriber, the castrator, spayer, or dehorner snail not use or assume any title appertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. Nothing in this act shall pre- vent students in legally chartered vet .-4x <.r.1I- s.t.. preceptors after such students have com pleted one college year and from the end of one college session to the beginning of another college session. Nothing in this act shall prevent properly instructed and official county, state and federal farm demonstrators and other properly in- structed persons from administering hog cholera serum. Tine state veterinary med- ieal board may receive or reject the reg istration license from any other state or country whose standards equal the Ala bama requirements.
 Sec. 13. The members of the state board of veterinary medical examiners during the first five years after the passage of this act shall receive actual expenses while travelling to and from legal meet ings and transacting such other business as the board may authorize. After a period of five years following the pas
 
 may receive five dollars day and actual expenses while attending meetings or ether official duties. The secretary treasurer shall receive a salary of forty dollars a year and actual expenses and shall be required to make semi-annual reports in detail to the examining board. The legal expenses of the board shall be paid by the board from the license and permit fees In no case shall the state of Alabama be called upon to pay the expenses of the state board of vet erinary medical examiners. or any debts contracted by the said board.
 Sec. 14 Any person who shall practice veterinary medicine or surgery without having obtained a license or a permit from the state board of veterinary med ical examiners in accordance with the provisions of this act, upon conviction, for each and every violation, shall be fined not less than twenty-five (s25) dol lars or more than one hundred ($100) dol lars. The state board of veterinary med ical examiners, or any legally licensed veterinarian. or any citizen of Alabama. may help the solicitor in prosecuting a person or persons for violating any one or more of the provisions of this act.
 Approved March +, 1915.
 Official:
 JOHN PURIFoY,
 Secretary of State.
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