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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
practice veterinary medicine and surgery, conferred upon him by 
some legally incorporated veterinary body outside of the State, he 
shall exhibit the same to the aforesaid examining board, with 
satisfactory evidence of his good moral character, and such 
evidence of his qualification as said examining board may require. 
If his diploma and qualification arc approved by them, then they 
shall endorse said diploma, which shall constitute it a license to 
practice in this State, the same as if issued by them. The 
applicant shall pay into the treasury of the university the sum 
of thirty dollars previous to receiving an order for said examin¬ 
ation. The same shall be forfeited in case the applicant fails to 
obtain the endorsement of said board. Any person holding a 
diploma (conferred by an incorporated veterinary school, college, 
or university of the State, recognized as proper authority by the 
Chancellor of the university of the State,) through a non-resident, 
shall be permitted to come into the State, and make it his 
residence, and is authorized to practice the same as a resident 
practitioner at the time of the passage of this Act. 
§ IX.—Every person now engaged in the practice of veter¬ 
inary medicine and surgery, and qualified as required by section 
8 of this Act, shall within sixty days after its passage register, 
and every person hereafter duly authorized to practice, shall 
before commencing, register in the Clerk’s office of the county in 
which he intends to practice veterinary medicine and surgery, in 
a book to be kept by said Clerk, his name, age, residence and 
place of berth, together with his authority for so practicing. 
The person so registering shall subscribe and verify by oath or 
affirmation before a person duly authorized to administer the same 
under the laws of the State, an affidavit containing such facts. 
If diploma or certificate, the date of same and by whom granted, 
which, if willfully false in any particular, shall subject the appli¬ 
cant to the pain and penalties of perjury. The fee for regis¬ 
tration to be paid by the person registering. 
§ X.—Any person neglecting to comply with or violating the 
regulations of section 8 and 9 of this Act, shall be deemed guilty 
of misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than 
twenty-five or more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment 
