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IOWA VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT. 
The governor shall fill any vacancy which shall occur on 
the board, and may remove any member of said board for con¬ 
tinued neglect of duty, for incoinpetency, unprofessional, or dis¬ 
honorable conduct. 
Sec. 5. This board shall have power to make all needed 
regulations for its government and proper discharge of its du¬ 
ties in accordance with this act, and shall have power to admin¬ 
ister oaths, and take testimony concerning all matters within its 
jurisdiction. 
Sec. 6. The meetings of the examining board shall be held 
at least once a year, or at such times and places as it may elect. 
At any meeting of the board, a majority shall constitute a quo¬ 
rum to transact business, or to conduct examinations. 
Sec. 7. Said board shall receive applications for registra¬ 
tion, according to sections two and three of this act, and shall 
issue a certificate of qualification to all applicants who conform 
to the requirements for such registration, signed by the mem¬ 
bers of the board, provided that the certificate thus granted spe¬ 
cifically and plainly states whether or not the one to whom it 
is granted is a graduate or non-graduate in veterinary medicine. 
Such certificate shall be conclusive as to the rights of the law¬ 
ful holder of the same to practice veterinary medicine, surgery 
or dentistry in this state. 
Sec. 8. The fee for registration shall be five dollars ($5), 
payable in advance to the secretary of the board. 
Sec. 9. From and after January 1, 1901, any person not 
heretofore authorized to practice veterinary medicine, surgery 
and dentistry in this state, and desiring to enter upon such 
practice, shall be a graduate of a legally chartered and recog¬ 
nized veterinary college or veterinary department of State uni¬ 
versity, and shall pass the examination required by said State 
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. 
The fee for such examination shall be fifteen dollars ($15), 
payable in advance to the secretary of the board. The appli¬ 
cant shall be at least twenty-one years of age and of good moral 
character. Any person conforming to these requirements shall 
receive a license to practice veterinary medicine, surgery or 
dentistry within this state, signed by members of the board, 
which license shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of 
the county in which said person resides, the recording fee to be 
paid by holder of certificate. 
Sec. 10. The board shall keep a register of all registered 
practitioners in the state, setting forth such facts as the board 
