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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

appointed and qualified, with power in and to said board to
adopt by-laws and regulations, such as they may deem advis-
able to carry into effect the provisions of this act; provided,
the said by-laws shall not conflict with the Constitution or
laws of this State or of the United States.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to

Unlawful to
practice-
without
diploma.

practice veterinary medicine and surgery in the State of Mary-
land, without having previously obtained a diploma from a
college duly authorized to grant such to 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.

Meetings of
board.

SEC. 3. 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.

Board to
examine
diplomas.

SEC. 4. The said State Veterinary Medical Board shall
examine all diplomas as to their genuineness, and each appli-
cant 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 practice veterinary medicine and
surgery, subject to provisions and regulations of this act and
regulations of the said board.

SEC. 5. All examinations of persons not graduates shall be

Examination
of appli-
cants.

made directly by the State Veterinary Medical Board, and the
certificates given by the said board shall authorize the posses-
sors 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 certifi-
cate shall be granted, except to persons presenting diplomas
from legally chartered colleges.

SEC. 6. Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary

Who to be
regarded as
practicing
veterinary
surgery.

medicine and surgery, within the meaning of this act, who
shall have received a license as mentioned in section 4; but
nothing in this act 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