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practice of medicine or any of its brandies in the State for 
five consecutive years prior to January 1st, 1875, and also any 
female who might follow the practice of midwifery strictly as 
such. Others, I presume, might ho added to the list, that have 
shown the same regard for old practitioners who were not gradu¬ 
ates. 
If this hill meets your approbation, and you will get it intro¬ 
duced at an early day in the Legislature, I will pledge you my 
hearty cooperation, and think I may say that of a majority of the 
veterinarians in Rochester. 
Ezra Mink. 
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 
AND SURGERY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
The People of the State of New York , represented in Senate and 
Assembly , do enact as follows : 
Section 1 . It shall he unlawful for any person to practice 
veterinary medicine and surgery, or any of its branches, in the 
State of New York, unless he shall have received a diploma from 
some veterinary school, college or university, or a certificate of 
. qualification from the New York State Veterinary Society, each 
of which institutions shall have been legally chartered or incor¬ 
porated by the Government under which it exists. Provided , 
That nothing in this section shall apply to any person over twenty- 
five years of age, who has been engaged in the actual practice of 
veterinary medicine and surgery for three years within this State, 
previous to the passage of this act, if he possesses the knowledge 
required (to he stated) in section 3 of this Act. 
Section 2. It shall bo the duty of the State Veterinary So¬ 
ciety to appoint a Board of Censors or Examiners, and to hold 
semi-annual meetings, of which they shall give due notice of time 
and place, at which they shall examine applicants presenting 
themselves. Said examinations shall he of elementary and prac¬ 
tical character, hut sufficiently strict to test the fitness of the ap¬ 
plicant, and if found qualified they shall issue to him a certificate * 
of the fact, for which the society shall he paid the sum of live 
dollars by said applicant. 
