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§ V.—Any person over twenty-one years of age, and paying 
thirty dollars into the treasury of the university, and on applying 
to the Chancellor for said examination, shall receive an orler to 
that effect, addressed to one of the hoard of said examiners, 
provided that lie shall adduce satisfactory proof to the Chancellor 
that he lias a competent knowledge of the branches of learning 
taught in the common schools of this State. No person shall be 
elegible to an examination of the examiners appointed in 
pursuance with the foregoing provisions, for a doctorate degree 
in veterinary medicine who has not practiced at least seven years. 
§ VI.—The Regents on receiving the aforesaid reports of the 
examiners, and on finding that not less than three members of a 
board have voted in favor of a candidate, shall issue to him a 
diploma, and in case an examination has been made with the 
view of conferring a doctorate degree and the applicant is found 
worthy, a diploma shall be issued to him conferring the degree 
of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine of the State of New York. 
Either of said diplomas shall be a license to practice veterinary 
medicine and surgery. The candidate on receiving either of said 
diplomas, shall pay the further sum of twenty dollars. 
§ VII.—The Regents may establish such rules and regu¬ 
lations, from time to time, as they may deem necessary, and the 
moneys paid to the uuiversity as aforesaid shall be appropriated 
by them for the expenses of executing the foregoing provisions 
of this Act. 
§ VIII.—It shall be unlawful for any person to practice 
veterinary medicine and surgery in this State, unless he is a 
resident and holds a diploma conferred by an incorporated 
veterinary school, college, or university, or of a certificate of 
qualification from some legally incorporated veterinary society, 
provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to any person who is now and has been engaged in the actual and 
continued practice of veterinary medicine and surgery for at 
least seven years in this State. A person not a resident of the 
State, and coming into it after the passage of this Act, may be 
licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in the 
following manner: If he has a diploma authorizing him to 
