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veterinary legislation. 
The People of the State of New York , represented in Senate 
and Assembly , do enact as follows : 
Section I.—No person shall practice veterinary medicine and 
surgery, or any branch thereof, in this State for compensation, or 
shall, either directly or indirectly, receive or accept for his ser¬ 
vices 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 practi¬ 
tioner unless he be a graduate of a legally chartered or incor¬ 
porated college or university, of shall hold a certificate of qualifi¬ 
cation from a legally incorporated veterinary society, organized 
at least one year before the passage of this Act, and such certifi¬ 
cate shall be issued at least one year previous to January first, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, except as provided for in Section 
III of this Act. 
§ III.—Any person who has been continuously practicing vet¬ 
erinary medicine and surgery in this State as a means of liveli¬ 
hood, for a period of not less than five years immediately preced¬ 
ing 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 filing with the Clerk of the county in 
which he resides, an affidavit, stating that he has been so continu¬ 
ously 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 col¬ 
lege or university granting his diploma, or of the society granting 
his certificate; or should the applicant not present such diploma 
or certificate, theu the Clerk shall file the affidavit prescribed 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 
