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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
§ 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice veterin¬ 
ary medicine and surgery in the State of New York for fees 
unless he shall have received a diploma from an incorporated veter¬ 
inary school, college or University or a certificate of qualification 
from some legally incorporated veterinary society ; provided that 
nothing in this section shall apply to any person who is now and 
has been engaged in the actual and continued practicing of veter¬ 
inary medicine and surgery for at least seven (7) years in this 
State. 
§ 9. Every person now engaged in the practice of veterinary 
medicine and surgery and qualified as required by section 8 of 
this Act, shall, within sixty (60) days after its passage, register, 
and every person hereafter duly authorized to practice shall 
before commencing to practice, register in the Clerk’s office of the 
county in which he intends practicing veterinary medicine and 
surgery, in a book to be kept by said Clerk, his name, age, resi¬ 
dence and place of birth, together with his authority for so prac¬ 
ticing. The person so registering shall subscribe and verify by 
oath or affirmation before a person duly authorized to administer 
oaths under the laws of the State, an affidavit, containing such 
facts. If by diploma or certificate, the date of same and by 
whom granted, which if wilfully false in any particular shall sub¬ 
ject the affiant to prosecution and the pain and penalties of 
perjury. The fee for such registration to be paid by the person 
registering. 
§ 10. Any person neglecting to comply with, or violating the 
regulations of Sections 8 and 9 of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of misdemeanor, aud upon conviction shall be fined not 
less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or im¬ 
prisonment for not less than twenty nor more than sixty days for 
each offense. 
§ 11. No certificate issued by any veterinary society after the 
passage of this Act shall be valid authority to practice veterinary 
medicine or surgery or entitle the holder thereof to register for 
such purpose. 
§ 12. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provis¬ 
ions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
§ 13. This Act shall take effect immediately. 
