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Sec. 3. Any person practicing veterinary medicine or surgery and 

 having a degree from a reputable veterinary college, shall be exempt 

 from jury duty. 



Sec. 4. It .shall be unlawful fur any person to use any degree, or 

 title pertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine or surgery, other 

 than as provided in Section 2 of this act, and any person so doing (shall) 

 be subject to a tine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty 

 dollars. 



Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice veterinary 

 medicine or surgery or anj^ branch thereof who is not a graduate of a 

 reputal)le veterinary college: Provided, That nothing in this act shall 

 apply to persons who have practiced veterinarj^ medicine or surgery in 

 this State for live consecutive j'ears as a livelihood immediately preceding 

 the passage of this act, as certified by five freeholders before the county 

 clerk whei'e he resides, nor for the operations of castration, spaying, 

 dehorning, or assistance rendered in emergencies, nor shall it apply to 

 persons practicing upon their own animals. Any person so doing shall 

 be subject to the same penalties as provided in Section 4. 



Sec. G. All persons qualified under this act to practice veterinary 

 medicine and surgery, shall have the same recognition in prescription 

 work as now accorded to regular ])ractitioners of medicine, by druggists 

 and pharmacists. 



Sec. 7. All persons desiring to practice veterinary medicine and sur- 

 gery iji the State of Indiana sJiall within ninety days after the taking 

 effect of this act, file with the clerk of the court of the county in which 

 the applicant resides, the necessary evidence as to the qualifications to 

 entitle them to practice according to the provisions of this act. Upon 

 filing such evidence the clerk shall issue to such applicant a certificate 

 to practice in accordance with the provisions of this act, in any county 

 in tlie State of Indiana, such blank certificates to be furnished by the 

 State Board of Health. The county clerk shall keep a record 'of all 

 persons in each county qualified to practice according to the provisions 

 of this act. For such services the clerk shall receive from each appli- 

 cant the sum of one dollar for such registration. 



Sec. 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby 

 repealed. 



An Act to amend Section seven (7) of an act entitled "An act to define 

 veterinary mi'dicine and surgery, and regulating the practice of vet- 

 erinary surgery or any branch thereof in the State of Indiana," ap- 

 proved March 11. IIX)!. and declaring an emergency. 



[S. 241. Approved March 11, 1903.] 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 

 Indiana, That Section seven (7) of an acL entitled "An act to define veter- 

 inary medicine and surgery, and regulating the practice of veterinary 



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