VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
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Seven nominated by the New York State Veterinary Medical 
Society, and seven by the Long Island Veterinarv Medical 
Society, and their successors shall be appointed in like 
manner. 
§ 2. Each member shall take and file the constitutional 
oath of office required of public officers. 
§ 3. The said members of said Board shall meet on the 
second Tuesday of July in the year 1891, in the city of Syra¬ 
cuse for organization. The hour and place of meeting to be 
designated by the Secretary of the State Society, at which 
time they shall elect a president, secretary and treasurer, 
and may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent 
with law as they may deem necessary. 
§ 4. Each member of said Board shall hold office during 
good behavior and may be removed by the Governor for 
misconduct or imcompetency upon reasonable notice of 
charges made against him and an opportunity to be heard. 
But no member shall hold office after he is sixty-five years of 
age, and the term of office of any member shall expire upon 
his reaching that age. 
§ 5. It shall be the dut}^ of said Board to examine any 
person over twenty-one years of age and a resident of this 
State applying for licenses under this act, provided that said 
applicant shall first show to the satisfaction of said Board that 
he has practiced veterinary medicine and surgery for a period 
of not less than ten years or that said applicant holds 
a diploma or certificate of practice from an incorporated vet¬ 
erinary college or university, or from the Agricultural De¬ 
partment of Cornell University, after at least two years of 
continuous study thereat, aud shall have duly paid to the treas¬ 
urer of said Board all fees hereinafter prescribed. 
§ 6. Said Board shall keep a record of all persons li¬ 
censed by them to practice veterinary medicine and surgery, 
and shall file with the Secretary of State and with the Secre¬ 
tary of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, on 
or before the first day of July of each year, a detailed report 
of the proceedings of said Board, together with a statement 
of all their receipts and disbursements. 
