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It may seem advisable that a provision for 

 license by reciprocity should be made, but if de- 

 sired it should be made in the statute. Some time 

 ago a graduate of an Italian university settled in 

 Buffalo to practice medicine. He was informed 

 that he must be examined in English. He then 

 went to Michigan and there secured a license, 

 which he presented in New York with a demand 

 for a license by reciprocity. This was refused, 

 and he then sought by mandamus to compel the 

 issuance of the license. The court refused to inter- 

 fere, and held that his efforts to avoid the New 

 l^ork examination, and obtain license through 

 subterfuge, justified the refusal of the board.^° 

 The West Virginia Board has a rule relative to 

 reciprocity licenses that the applicant must have 

 been practicing in the primary state for at least 

 one year. One Thomas, holding a Maryland li- 

 cense, sought by mandamus to compel the issu- 

 ance of a reciprocal license in West Virginia. The 

 court upheld the refusal of the board.^^ It will 

 be presumed that a man is not a legal practitioner 

 until he proves to the contrary.^^ The Minnesota 

 statute providing for license by reciprocity con- 

 tains no provision for an appeal. The right to 

 appeal is purely statutory. There is therefore no 

 appeal from the decision of the board refusing to 

 issue a license by reciprocity.^^ 



37. The License Itself. A license gives only 



30 People ex rel. Pisani v. Mc- 32 Miller v. State, 105 Miss. 

 Kelway, 148 N. Y. Sup. 818. 777, 63 So. 269. 



31 Thomas v. State Board of ss Williams v. State Bd. of 

 Health, 72 W. Va. 776, 79 S. E. Med. Exrs., 120 Minn. 313, 139 

 725. N. W. 500. 



