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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
in the State at the time and in actual practice shall on application to the said Board, 
be inserted without examination, and shall also on application insert the names of 
such persons who are practitioners in actual practice without a diploma or certificate 
of qualification from a recognized school, who have been in practice for five years and 
upwards prior to the passing of this act upon proof to the said Board, that they have 
been so practicing, that all persons practicing at this time and not having been so 
practicing for five years antecedent to this act, shall undergo an examination before 
the said Board, and if found by said Board competent to practice, the persons so ex¬ 
amined and approved shall be entitled to registration. 
Sec. 9.— And be it enacted , That the said Board shall have power to reject any 
applicant for registration whose examination papers or diploma are not satisfactory. 
Sec. 10. — And be it enacted , That on and after six months from the date of the 
approval of this Act, no person shall be permitted to practice Veterinary Medicine or 
Surgery or any branch thereof, in the State of Maryland, who does not possess a di¬ 
ploma issued from a College or School of Medicine, duly incorporated and legally 
licensed to issue diplomas, and if said diploma shall be issued after the first day of 
January, 1895, it shall be received only from a College or School of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cine which shall require a three years’ course of study before issuing said diploma, 
and shall have passed such examination or test, as the case may be, from time to time, 
instituted as a test of qualification by such Board, and persons producing such certifi¬ 
cates or diplomas who pass such test examination shall, on payment of such fees as 
hereinafter are provided for, be registered as Veterinary Practitioners. 
Sec. 11. — And be it enacted , That no monies shall be paid out of the State Treas¬ 
ury for the use or purpose of said Act. 
Sec. 12. — And be it enacted , That any person not registered who shall practice 
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery or any branch thereof, within the State of Mary¬ 
land, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in the sum of not 
less than one hundred, not more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or impris¬ 
onment in the House of Correction for any term not less than three months, nor more 
than twelve months, for each and every offense. 
Sec. 13. And be it enacted , That the said Board shall be the prosecutor in all 
cases under this act and that such fine and imprisonment may be imposed by any Jus¬ 
tice of the Peace of the City of Baltimore, or any county where such offense may be 
committed. 
Sec. 14. And be it enacted. That a moiety of the fine imposed under this act 
shall be paid to the informer, and the other moiety shall be paid into the county 
treasury wherein the offense shall be committed. 
Sec. 15 .—And be it farther enacted , That in any part of any Election District 
of any county in the State where it may not, in the judgment of the owner of the ani¬ 
mal, be advisable to secuie the services of a duly authorized Veterinary Surgeon, then 
the person or persons desiring to obtain advice as to the physical condition of any 
animal or animals belonging to him or her may procure the services of any person 
that he or she may desire, to give such advice or to perform any services for the relief 
of his or her animal or animals that may be necessary. 
Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its 
passage. 
