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as a practitioner of veterinary medicine or surgery any fee or 
reward, except he be duly registered, as hereinafter provided, in 
the book for that purpose in the office of the Clerk of the 
county in which he resides. 
§ II.—No person shall be entitled to register as such prac¬ 
titioner unless he be a graduate of a legally chartered or incor¬ 
porated college or university, or shall hold a certificate of quali¬ 
fication 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, except as provided for in Section III of this Act. 
§ III.—Any person who has been continuously practicing 
veterinary medicine and surgery in this State as a means of 
livelihood for a period of not less than five years immediately 
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 II of this Act, must register within six months after the 
passage of this Act, upon making and filling with the Clerk 
of the county in which he resides an affidavit stating that he has 
been so continuously practicing veterinary medicine and surgery 
for the period hereinbefore prescribed. 
§ IV.—The County Clerk of each county shall provide a 
book, to be known as the “Veterinary Medical Register,” in 
which shall be recorded the name of the registrant, the name of 
the college or university granting his diploma, or of the society 
granting his certificute ; or should the applicant not present such 
diploma or certificate, then the Clerk shall file the affidavit pre- 
scibed in Section III of this Act, after which such applicant must 
register in like manner as if he had presented a diploma or 
certificate from a veterinary college, university or society, and 
shall then be entitled to continue the practice of veterinary 
medicine and surgery. Every applicant who shall have complied 
with the foregoing provisions, and shall be admited to registra¬ 
tion, shall pay to the Clerk of said county the sum of two 
dollars, which shall be received as full compensation for such 
registration. 
