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shall make a sworn statement semi-annually to the Governor, sup¬ 
ported by full vouchers of the amount disbursed; any part of the 
$3,000 not used shall be covered into the Territorial treasury. No 
constructive mileage shall be paid under this act. 
Sec. 12. The liability of the Territory for indemnity for ani¬ 
mals destroyed under the provisions of this act in any two years 
is limited by, and shall in no case exceed the amount especially 
appropriated for that purpose and for that period. 
Sec. 13. This act shall take effect from and after its pas¬ 
sage. 
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE IN 
NEW YORK. 
State of New York, No. 187. 
March 28, 1882. 
In Senate. 
Introduced by Mr. Koch—Read twice and referred to the 
Committee on Public Health. Reported favorably from said com¬ 
mittee and to the Committee of the Whole. 
An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary surgeons, and 
for the better protection, and for the more humane and scientific 
treatment of dumb animals. 
The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate 
and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Section 1 . Every person who shall hereafter practice veteri¬ 
nary medicine and surgery shall be entitled to the possession of, 
or shall hold a diploma or certificate of qualification from an 
incorporated veterinary school, or incorporated veterinary institu¬ 
tion or organization, and shall register said diploma or certificate, 
or a duly authenticated copy thereof, in the office of any County 
Clerk, in any county in this State, where such person shall practice 
veterinary medicine or surgery. 
Sec. 2. Any person practicing veterinary medicine or sur¬ 
gery in this State, without having been duly registered as required 
in section one of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect the first day of January, 
eigteen hundred and eighty-three. 
(Senate No. 187.) 
(I. 388, G. O. 179.) 
