VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
WISCONSIN. 
A BII,L TO RKGUTATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDI¬ 
CINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY. 
The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do Enact as' 
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Section i. No person shall practice veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry, or 
any bram h thereof in this state, for compensation, or shall directly or indirectly ask or re¬ 
ceive for his service as a practitioner of veterinary medicine or surgery any fee or reward, 
or shall assume the title of doctor, physician or surgeon by means of any abbreviation, or 
by the use of any word or words, letters of the alphabet of the English or any other lan¬ 
guage, or any device of whatsoever kind, printed, written or painted, or exhibited in any 
advertisement, circular, hand-bill, letter or other instruments, nor on any card, sign, door 
or place whatsoever ; nor shall he be a competent expert witness in any court in a matter 
pertaining to diseases of animals, except he be duly registered as hereafter provided in the 
office of the register of deeds of the county in which he resides. 
Section 2 . No person shall be entitled to register as such practitioner unless he be a 
graduate of a legally chartered school, college, or university of medicine and surgery, or 
shall have practiced veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry in this state continuously 
for a period of not less than five years preceding the passage of this act ; or if he be not 
a graduate of a legally chartered school, college or university of medicine, surgery or 
dentistry, he must pass an examination before a board of examiners. 
Should any candidate presenting himself for examination before said board fail to pass 
the same in a creditable manner in the judgment of said board, he may present an appli¬ 
cation to said board for another examination at any time within six months after his first 
examination. 
Section 3. Aboard of examiners shall be appointed by the governor within thirty days 
after the passage of this act, to be known as the “ State board of veterinary medical exami¬ 
ners,” such board shall consist of three practicing veterinarians, who shall each be the 
holder of a diploma granted by a legally chartered school, college or university, who shall 
hold office, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years after such appoint¬ 
ment, or until their successors are appointed thereafter each year. The governor shall 
appoint one member of said board to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the 
term of office of those previously appointed, and is further authorized to fill such vacan¬ 
cies as may occur. 
Section 4. All persons applying for an examination before the board of examiners 
under this act appointed, shall accompany each application with a fee of ten (lo) dollars, 
which sum shall be used to defray the expenses of such board. 
Section 5. The register of deeds of each county within this state shall record the 
name of each registrant under this act. The college, school or university granting his 
diploma, or the certificate granted by the board of examiners, and all those persons so 
registered shall be entitled to continue the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and 
dentistry. 
The fee of the register shall be one dollar in each case. 
Section 6. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five 
(25) dollars, or more than one-hundred and fifty (150) dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months. 
All fines paid under this act shall be credited to the school fund. 
Section 7. It shall be the duty of the district attorney of every county in this state to 
prosecute all persons violating the provisions of this act within his county. The method 
of procedure shall be the same as in all criminal actions. 
Section 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit gratuitous services in case 
