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sovereign power can only be exercised by the indi- 
vidual or corporation by virtue of a grant from 
such sovereign power, and when the state grants 
such a right it is a franchise.’’?* Power to ap- 
point to office is an attribute of sovereignty.** The 
legislature has no power to appoint to office. 
Not having the power in its possession it could 
not give it to a non-governmental organization. 
(§§ 171-172.) 
34, Exceptions. Statutes relative to the license 
of practitioners frequently make certain excep- 
tions in their operation. If these exceptions are 
based upon reason, being neither arbitrary nor a 
mark of favoritism, they will not be held illegal 
in themselves, nor will they vitiate the legality of 
the rest of the statute. So, where an exception is 
made in the application, of those who have been 
practicing for a given number of years within the 
state before the passage of the statute, the law 
has been upheld.2> Also, an exception made with 
reference to physicians practicing in another state, 
in which they reside, but called within the state 
enacting the statute for purposes of consultation, 
or for the treatment of special cases, is upheld as 
legal.2* Such an exception might very reason- 
ably exclude from its operation practitioners re- 
siding in counties contiguous to the state making 
the provision. This would seem especially advis- 
23 Lasher v. People, 183 Ill. Ill. 84; State v. Vandersluis, 42 
226, 233, citing, Bd. of Trade v. Minn. 129. 
People, 91 Ill. 88; People v. 26 State v. Van Doran, 109 N. 
Holtz, 92 Ill. 426. C. 864; Parks v. State, 159 
241 Blackstone Com. 272. Ind. 211, 64 N. E. 862. 
25 Williams v. People, 121 
