1242 HEALTH. [ART. 43

1894, ch. 273, sec. 3.

109. The said State veterinary medical board shall hold their
meetings 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.

Ibid. sec. 4.

110. 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 veterinary 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 practise veterinary medicine and surgery, subject
to provisions and regulations of this sub-title and regulations of
the said board.

Ibid. sec. 5.

111. All examinations of persons not graduates shall be made
directly by the State veterinary medical board, and the certifi-
cates given by the said board shall authorize the possessors to
practise veterinary medicine and surgery in the State of Mary-
land. 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.

Ibid. sec. 6.

112. Any person shall be regarded as practising veterinary
medicine and surgery, within the meaning of this sub-title, who
shall have received a license as mentioned in section 110; but
nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to prohibit members
of the medical profession from prescribing for domestic
animals in case of emergency and collecting a fee therefor, nor
to prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor to prevent
any person from practising veterinary medicine and surgery
on any animal belonging to himself or herself. And this sub-
title shall not apply to commissioned veterinary surgeons in
the United States army.

Ibid, sec 7.

113. It shall be the duty of such board to keep a register
of all practitioners qualified under this sub-title practising
veterinary medicine and surgery or any branches thereof in