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judgment with costs against the unsuccessful party. And if it shall deter-
mine that said defendant is practicing osteopathy in the State of Maryland
without having obtained a license from the State Board of Osteopathic
Examiners under the provisions and conditions of this sub-title, it shall pass
an order directing the name of said defendant to be stricken from the regis-
try of osteopathy, which order shall be certified by the Clerk of the Court
wherein said defendant was registered and he shall thereupon strike his
name from said registry.

Construing this section and sec. 361 together, in the light of secs. 359 and 362,
a practitioner in Maryland prior to April 13, 1914, was not required to procure a
license from state board of examiners as a prerequisite to being registered. Pur-
pose and construction of act of 1914, ch. 786. Petition for mandamus held suffi-
cient. Cutty v. Carson, 125 Md. 27.

An. Code, sec. 299. 1914, ch. 786.

358. Applicants examined and licensed by the State Board of Osteo-
pathic Examiners of other States, and on the payment of a fee of twenty-
five dollars to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, and filing in the
office of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners a copy of said license,
certified by the affidavit of the President or Secretary of such Board, show-
ing also that the standard of requirements adopted by said Board of Ex-
aminers is substantially the same as is provided by Section 356 of this
Article, shall, without further examination, receive a license conferring
on the holder thereof all the rights and privileges provided by Section 359
of this Article.

Candidates for license to practice osteopathy in this State, who present
their applications and undergo examinations after the first day of June,
Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, shall be obliged to
present to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners one of the following
credentials, satisfactory to the said Board, covering their preliminary edu-
cation prior to their beginning the study of osteopathy in some legally
incorporated, reputable osteopathic college, to wit, a diploma of graduation
from a reputable college or university granting the degree of bachelor of
arts or science, or equivalent degree; or a diploma of graduation from an
educational institution maintaining a four years' course of study—that is,
a State Normal School or a high school, a seminary, an academy, or a college
preparatory for admission to the freshman class of a reputable literary or
scientific college or university; or a certificate of having passed an equiva-
lent examination conducted by a certified examiner for the State of Mary-
land, to be appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
and if from other States, to be approved by the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction of Maryland; said certified examiner being privileged
to accept credentials from reputable and recognized preliminary schools,
for any subjects included in the preliminary examination.

Any person, receiving a license from said board shall file the same at
once with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County in which he or she
may reside, or with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, if
said person shall reside therein, and it shall be the duty of said Clerk to
register the name of said person and of the President of the Board signing