HEALTH. 1599

State at the time and in actual practise shall, on application to the said
board, be inserted without examination and shall also on application insert
the names of such persons who are practitioners in actual practice without
a diploma or certificate or qualification from a recognized school, who
have been in practice for five years and upwards, prior to the enactment
of this sub-title, upon proof to the said board, that they have been so prac-
tising; that all persons practising at this time and not having been so
practising for five years antecedent to such enactment, shall undergo an
examination before the said board, and if found by said board competent
to practise, the persons so examined and approved shall be entitled to
registration.

An. Code, sec. 144. 1904, sec. 115. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 9.

.152. The said board shall have power to reject any applicant for reg-
istration whose examination papers or diploma are not satisfactory.

An. Code, sec. 145. 1904, sec. 116. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 10.,

153. No person shall be permitted to practise veterinary medicine
or surgery or any branch thereof in the State of Maryland, who does not
possess a diploma issued from a college or school of veterinary medicine,
duly incorporated and legally licensed to issue diplomas; and if said
diplomas shall be issued after the first day of January, 1895, it shall be.
received only from a college or school of veterinary medicine, which shall
require a three years' course of study before issuing said diploma, and
shall have passed such examination or test as may be from time to time
instituted as a test of qualification by such board, and persons producing
such certificates or diplomas who pass such test examination shall, on
payment of such fees as are hereinafter provided for, be registered as
veterinary practitioners.

An. Code, sec. 146. 1904, sec. 117. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 11.

154. No moneys shall be paid out of the state treasury for the use or
purposes of this sub-title.

An. Code, sec. 147. 1904, sec. 118. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 12.

155. Any person not registered who shall practise veterinary medi-
cine or surgery, or any branch thereof within the State of Maryland, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in the sum of not
less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense,
or imprisonment in the house of correction for any term not less than
three months, nor more than twelve months for each and every offense.

An. Code, sec. 148. 1904, sec. 119. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 13.

156. The said board shall be the prosecutor in all cases under this sub-
title, and such fine and imprisonment may be imposed by any justice of
the peace of the city of Baltimore or any county where such offense may
be committed.