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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
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AN ACT to Regulate the Practice of Veterinary Medi 
cine and Surgery in the State of New York. 
The people of the State of New York , represented in Senate and 
Assembly , do enact as follows : 
Section 1 . No person shall practice veterinary medicine and 
surgery, or any branch thereof, as a profession in this State for 
compensation, or shall, either directly or indirectly, receive or 
accept for his services as a practitioner of veterinary medicine or 
surgery any fee or reward, except he be duly registered as herein¬ 
after provided in the book for that purpose in the office of the 
Clerk of the county in which he resides. 
§ 2. No person shall be entitled to register as such practi¬ 
tioner unless he be a graduate of a legally chartered or incorpo¬ 
rated college or university, or shall hold a certificate of qualifica¬ 
tion from a legally incorporated veterinary society, organized at 
least one year before the passage of this act, and such certificate 
shall be issued at least one year previous to January 1, 1886, ex¬ 
cept as provided for in Section 3 of this act. 
§ 3. Any person who has been practicing veterinary medi¬ 
cine and surgery in this State for a period of not less than three 
years preceding the passage of this act, without having obtained 
a diploma or certificate from a legally chartered or incorporated 
veterinary college, university or society, as provided for in Section 
2 of this act, must register within six months after the passage of 
this act, upon making and filing with the Clerk of the county in 
which he resides an affidavit, stating that he has been so practic¬ 
ing veterinary medicine and surgery for the period hereinbefore 
prescribed. 
§ 4. The County Clerk of each county shall provide a book 
to be known as the Veterinary Medical Register, in which shall 
be recorded the names of the registrant, the name of the college 
or university' granting his diploma, or of the society granting his 
certificate; or should the applicant not present such diploma or 
certificate, then the Clerk shall file the affidavit prescribed in Sec- 
