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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 
York 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 33 Williams v. State Bd. of 
Health, 72 W. Va. 776,79 8S. E. Med. Exrs., 120 Minn. 318, 139 
725, N. W. 500. 
