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it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of 
this act. The members of said Board shall be appointed by the 
California State Veterinary Medical Association. The Board so 
appointed shall hold their offices for four (4) years. Said Board 
shall be paid five dollars per day and all necessary expenses while 
actually engaged in the duties of their office at the meetings of 
said Board, which shall be held at least once every six months 
after the appointment of said Board, such meeting to be held 
alternately in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Said compensa¬ 
tion to be paid out of the fees and penalties received under the 
provisions of this act, and no part of the salary or other expenses 
of the Board shall ever be paid out of the State Treasury. 
§ 4. Said Board of Examiners shall examine all diplomas as 
to their genuineness. Affidavit shall be made by the holder of a 
diploma that he is the person mentioned therein, said affidavit be¬ 
ing sufficient guarantee that it is genuine. Each applicant not 
holding a diploma shall submit to a theoretical and practical ex¬ 
amination before the Board; said examination to be written or 
oral, or both, and sufficiently strict to satisfy the Board that the 
applicant is competent to practice veterinary medicine and sur¬ 
gery. An examination fee of five dollars shall be paid to the 
Board by the holder of a diploma, and ten dollars by an appli¬ 
cant not holding a diploma, before examination. And in case of 
failure of approval, said fee shall be forfeited to the Board. 
§ 5. All examinations of persons not graduates shall be 
made directly by the Board, and the certificates given by the 
Board shall authorize the possessor to practice veterinary medi¬ 
cine and surgery in the State of California. But said examina¬ 
tion of ungraduated practitioners must take effect before the 
thirty-first day of December, 1889. After that date no certifi¬ 
cate shall be granted except to persons presenting diplomas from 
legally chartered veterinary institutions. 
§ 6. Upon the approval of the credentials or the examina¬ 
tion of an applicant said Board shall grant him a license to prac¬ 
tice in this State, and shall receive therefor a fee of five dollars, 
said license to be signed by all the members of the Board. 
§ 7. Every person qualified, as required by this act, shall, 
