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be so paid that they will not lose too much in at- 
tending to the public business. Neither should 
they be compensated in fees, for that will block 
efficiency ofttimes by making it an inducement, 
when reciprocity of license is possible, for them 
to be easy in their tests, in order to attract candi- 
dates for examination who will later take recip- 
rocal licenses in another state. Tests for license 
must be based upon the law of supply and de- 
mand: that is, the public should be entitled to a 
full supply of the most competent. In a section 
where there are very few really competent veteri- 
narians the standard should not be so high as 
where the profession is already crowded. 
Licenses should not be issued by the board of 
examiners, but in the name of the head of the 
department, to whom the board should report. In 
this way, the only dealings of the members of 
the board of examiners with the applicant would 
be in the examination itself. 
172. License Appeals. It sometimes happens 
that a candidate feels that he has been unjustly 
treated in an examination. Instances have been 
known where the evidence showed at least a very 
strong presumption that the claim was well found- 
ed, and that the results were influenced by corrupt 
motives on the part of one or more of the exam- 
iners. Such applicants should have an opportu- 
nity of appeal to some one competent to decide 
the matter. The courts have no jurisdiction, un- 
less a question of law be involved; and a governor 
having no scientific knowledge of the subject is 
therefore unfitted to make a decision. With such 
an arrangement as here proposed there is provi- 
