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record shall be $1.00.
Such clerk shall keep, in the
record book of such licenses, an
index thereof, showing the date
and page Of the record, and IN
January Of each year shall furnish
to the secretary of the board
list of licenses SO filed. Upon notice
to the clerk of the death or re-
moval Of a licensee, or Of a revoca-
ton Of license, he shall note the
same upon the record Of such IL
cense.
Section 10. Unlawful to Practice
Veterinary Medicine without IL
cense. It shall be unlawful for any
person to practice veterinary medi-
cine or any branch thereof, IN the
state of Minnesota, without having
first secured a license as provided
in this act, and any person violating
the provisions Of this section shall
be guilty Of a gross misdemeanor
and punishable therefore according
to the laws of the state Of Mime
sofa.
Section II. Corporations not to
Practice Veterinary Medicine. 1t
shall be unlawful In the state OF
Minnesota for any corporation to
practice veterinary medicine, or to
hold itself out or advertise itself
in any way as being entitled to
practice veterinary medicine or to
receive the fees, or portions OF
! fees, or gifts or other emoluments
or benefits derived from the prac-
tice Of veterinary medicine or the
performance Of veterinary services
by any person whether such person
be licensed to practice veterinary
medicine or not. Any corporation
violating the provisions Of this Sec
ton shall be guilty of a gross mis-
demeanor and shall be fined not
more than 100000 for each Of
fense, and each day that this act
Is violated shall be considered a
separate offense.
Section IL. Definition of Practice
Of Veterinary Medicine. The prac-
tice of Veterinary Medicine, as the
term is used in this Act, shall in
clude the act or acts of prescribing,
or applying any drug medicine,
biologic, biochemical or other
material agency for the treatment
of any animal, or for the testing
Of any animal for the diagnosis of
any disease, or for the vaccination
Of any animal for the prevention
of transmissible disease or diseases,
or performing any operation for
the treatment, relief or cure of any
sick, diseased or injured animal for
any fee or compensation or money
or emolument, received or to be
received, directly or indirectly, or
to publicly profess to do any Of
these things. Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to prohibit the
dehorning of cattle or the castra-
tion Of animals except the spaying
Of females: nor shall any provision
of this Act prohibit anyone from
rendering necessary gratuitous as
sistance in the treatment of any
animal when the attendance Of a
licensed Veterinarian cannot be
procured. The word animal as
used in this Act shall not include
poultry and/or birds of any kind.
Any person who makes both a
sale of and applies or offers to
apply any drug, medicine, biologic
preparation, including sera, vac
cines, bacterins, tuberculin, mallein,
johnin or any other material agency
for the treatment, vaccination or
testing Of any animal, belonging
to or in the custody of the person
to whom such sale Is made, and
from which sale such person de-
rives any profit, commission, dis
count or other emolument, directly
or indirectly, shall be presumed to
have engaged in the practice of
Veterinary Medicine, and any profit,
discount, commission, gift or other
emolument received directly or in
directly by such person so selling
and applying said drug, biologic,
biochemical or other material
agency shall be presumed to include
charge for the services in applying
the same.
Nothing In this act shall prohibit
the sale Of or offering for sale
OF or recommending of animal
remedies upon the containers of
which there are or are not printed
directions for the use thereof, pro-
vided, however, that the word
Recommending" as used herein
shall not involve a diagnosis by the
seller or his agent.
Section 13. Penalties Recoverable
in Civil Action by Board. The pen
alties prescribed in. this act may
be recovered in civil case insti-
tuted by the board in the name of
the state, or by criminal prose-
cution upon complaint being made.
In case any county attorney shall
omit or refuse to conduct such
civil action or such criminal prose-
cution, the board may employ an
other attorney for that purpose
Section IA. Fees and Receipts
Collected by this Act turned over
to State Treasurer and Credited
to Board. Expenditures by Board.
All fees collected on behalf of the
board as provided by this Act, and
all receipts Of every kind or nature
received by said board shall be COL
lected by the secretary-treasurer
of the board, and shall be by him
deposited in the State Treasury and
credited to said board and such
fund shall be known as the State
Veterinary Examining Board Fund.
and shall be under the sole and
exclusive jurisdiction Of said board
for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this Act. All eXpendi-
lures from said fund shall be upon
vouchers issued and signed by the
secretary treasurer of said board