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AN ACT to regulate the practice of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in the State of 
Maryland. 
SECTION i . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland , That a commis¬ 
sion is hereby established to be known under the name and style of “State Veterinary 
Medical Board,” to consist of five commissioners, who shall be members in good stand¬ 
ing of some school of Veterinary Medicine, who shall be appointed by the Goveinoi 
■every four years, and who shall hold their office until their successors are duly ap¬ 
pointed and qualified with power in and to said board to adopt by-laws and legula- 
tions, such as they may deem advisable to carry into effect the provisions of this act, 
provided the said by-laws shall not conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State 
or of the United States. 
Sec. 2._It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to practice Veterinary 
Medicine and Surgery in the State of Maryland without having previously obtained a 
diploma from a college duly authorized to grant such to students of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery or to those who have passed satisfactory examinations before the 
State Veterinary Medical Board or as herein provided for. 
Sec. 3._The said State Veterinary Medical Board shall hold their meetings at 
such times and places as they may deem best, which times and places shall be set 
out fully and regularly in their by-laws. 
Sec. 4._The State Veterinary Medical Board shall examine all diplomas as to 
their genuineness, and each applicant not holding a diploma shall submit to a theor¬ 
etical and practical examination before the State Veterinary Medical Board, said ex¬ 
amination to be written, oral or both, which examination, if passed to the satisfaction 
of the said Board, shall entitle the applicant to practice Veterinary Medicine and Sur¬ 
gery, subject to provisions and regulations of this act, and regulations of the said 
Board. 
Sec. 5._All examinations of persons not graduates shall be made directly by the 
State Veterinary Medical Board, and the certificates given by the said Board shall 
authorize the possessors to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Maryland. 
All examinations of un-graduated practitioners must take place before the thirty-fust 
day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. After that date no certificate 
shall be granted except to persons presenting diplomas from legally chartered colleges. 
Sec. 6.—Any person shall be regarded as practicing Veterinary Medicine and 
Surgery, within the meaning of this act, who shall have received a license as men¬ 
tioned in Section 4. But nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit members 
of the Medical profession from prescribing for domestic animals m case of emergency 
and collecting a fee therefor, nor to prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor 
to prevent any person from practicing Veterinary Medicine and Surgery on any ani¬ 
mal belonging to himself or herself. And this act shall not apply to commissioned 
Veterinary Surgeons in the United States Army. 
Sec. 7 .—And be it enacted , That it shall be the duty of such Board to keep a reg¬ 
ister of all practitioners qualified under this act practicing Veterinary Medicine and 
Surgery or any branches thereof, in this State, and cause the same to be published at 
least once a year in two newspapers published in the City of Baltimore. 
Sec. 8. _ And be it enacted , That the said Board shall within six months from the 
date hereof, prepare said register, in which all the names of all graduate practitioners 
