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Sec. 11 . The said board shall have power to rescind any certificate that may have 
been granted by it, upon satisfactory proof that the person thus licensed, has been guilty of 
grossly immoral conduct. 
Sec. 12. All persons who have been practicing veterinary medicine or surgery, ex¬ 
clusively as a profession, for five years previous to this act, shall be allowed to practice 
veterinary medicine or surgery in this State, provided that they make affidavit to the effect 
that they have practiced veterinary medicine or surgery, exclusively as a profession, for 
five years previous to the ratification of this Act, and have their names registered in the 
•office of the clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which they reside, on or before 
January 1st, 1898, in a book that shall be kept for that purpose. 
Sec. 13. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any member of the med¬ 
ical profession from prescribing for domestic animals in cases of emergency and collecting 
a fee therefor, nor to prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor to prevent any per¬ 
son from practicing veterinary medicine or surgery on any animal belonging to himself or 
herself. 
And this Act shall not apply to commissioned veterinary surgeons in the United States 
army. 
Sec. 14. This Act shall be in force from and after its ratification. 
The above bill has passed the North Carolina Senate and its 
reading in the House. A bill asking for a State Veterinarian 
was killed, but its promoters are not disheartened. 
NEW YORK. 
BILLS INTRODUCED AFFECTING VETERINARY MEDICINE AND 
allied interests. 
IN THE SENATE. 
No. 910. An Act to amend Chap. 570, Laws 1895, entitled “ An Act for the incor¬ 
poration of associations for the improvement of the breed of horses, and to regulate the 
same, and to establish a State racing commission,” as amended by Chap. 380, Laws 1896. 
Read twice and sent to Committee on the Judiciary. 
No. 929. An Act to amend Chap. 271, Laws 1896, entitled “An Act to regulate 
the practice of horse-shoeing in the cities of the State of New York having a population 
of 50,000 inhabitants or more.” Assembly bill 1052, read twice and ordered printed, 
and when printed to be committed to Judiciary Committee—reported from said committee 
with amendments, committed to the committee of the whole and ordered reprinted. 
No. 945. An Act to provide for the administration of the State Veterinary College, 
-established by Chap. 15 3, Laws 1894. Read twice, and committed to Finance Com¬ 
mittee. 
No. 987. An Act to amend Chap. 448, Laws 1896, entitled “An Act for the pre¬ 
vention of cruelty to animals, and empowering certain societies for the prevention of 
cruelty to animals to do certain things. Read twice and committed to Judiciary Com¬ 
mittee. 
IN ASSEMBLY. 
No. 1408. An Act to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale of do¬ 
mestic remedies. 
No. 1443. An Act to amend the penal code, prohibiting the sale of horse flesh as an 
article of food. Read once and referred to Codes Committee. 
No. 1495. An Act to promote the care and training of native horses and the im¬ 
provement of farm horses, and for the incorporation of associations for the holding of 
horse exhibitions, harness and carriage exhibitions, horse shows, carriage and harness 
shows, and for the regulation of such exhibitions and shows. Read once and referred 
to Committee on General Laws. 
