VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE 
OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA. 
The People of the State of Califor?iia, represented in Senate and 
Assembly, do enact as follows : 
Section i. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in any city, city 
and county, or town in this State, having a population of two 
(2) thousand or more, without having previously obtained a 
diploma from a college duly authorized to grant such to 
students in veterinary medicine and surgery, or to those who 
have passed satisfactory examinations before the State Veter- 
irary Medical Board, as hereinafter provided for. 
Sec. 2. No 1.—This Board of Examiners shall be known 
as the State Veterinary Medical Board, and shall consist of 
five duly qualified practitioners in veterinary medicine and 
surgery, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and 
enforce the provisions of this Act. 
2. —The members of the State Veterinary Medical Board 
shall be appointed by the Governor of the State. 
3. —The Board so appointed shall hold their offices for four 
(4) }-ears, and the compensation of each member of said State 
Veterinary Medical Board shall be five dollars per diem, 
exclusive of all necessary expenses, while actually engaged 
in the duty of their office at the meetings of said Board. 
4. —A meeting of the State Veterinary Medical Board 
shall be held at least once in every six months after the ap¬ 
pointment of said Board by the Governor of the State of 
California, such meetings to be held alternately in San 
Francisco and Los Angeles. 
5. —Three members of the State Veterinary Medical Board 
shall constitute a quorum. 
6. —Said compensation to be paid out of the fees and pen- 
allies received under the provisions of this Act, and no part 
