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students of veterinary medicine and surgery or to those who have passed
satisfactory examinations before the state veterinary medical board or as
herein provided for.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 146. 1912, sec. 138. 1904, sec. 109. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 3.

147. The said state veterinary medical board shall hold their meet-
ings at such times and places as they may deem best, which times and
places shall be set out fully and regularly in their by-laws.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 147. 1912, sec. 139. 1904, sec. 110. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 4.

148. The state veterinary medical board shall examine all diplomas
as to their genuineness, and each applicant not holding a diploma shall
submit to a theoretical and practical examination before the state veteri-
nary medical board, said examination to be written, oral or both, which
examination, if passed to the satisfaction of the said board, shall entitle
the applicant to practice veterinary medicine and surgery, subject to pro-
visions and regulations of this sub-title and regulations of the said board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 148. 1912, sec. 140. 1904, sec. 111. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 5.

149. All examinations of persons not graduates shall be made directly
by the state veterinary medical board, and the certificates given by the
said board shall authorize the possessors to practice veterinary medicine
and surgery in the State of Maryland. All examinations of ungraduated
practitioners must take place before the thirty-first day of December,
eighteen hundred and ninety-four. After that date no certificate shall be
granted except to persons presenting diplomas from legally chartered
colleges.

1937, ch. 454, sec. 148A.

150. The said Board may by the affirmative vote of a majority of its
members revoke any certificate of registration heretofore or hereafter
granted for any of the following causes: The practice of fraud or decep-
tion in obtaining registration as provided in this sub-title, habitual drunk-
enness, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude or unprofessional
or dishonorable conduct. To revoke any certificate of registration there
shall be prepared and filed with the Secretary of said Board a statement
of the charge or charges against the person accused. A notice in writing,
setting out in substance the charge or charges, shall be served upon the
accused at least ten days prior to the date of hearing, which hearing shall
be public. The accused shall have the opportunity to confront the wit-
nesses against him, to offer testimony in his own behalf and to appear in
person or by counsel, and all witnesses at such hearing shall testify under
oath, and the attendance of witnesses may be enforced by said Board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 149. 1912, sec. 141. 1904, sec. 112. 1894, ch. 273, sec. 6.

151. Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary medicine
and surgery, within the meaning of this sub-title, who shall have received
a license as mentioned in section 148; but nothing in this sub-title shall
be construed to prohibit members of the medical profession from prescrib-
ing for domestic animals in case of emergency and collecting a fee there-
for, nor to prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor to prevent