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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

issued by a legally authorized medical college of
good reputation and standing, and that the ap-
plicant is the lawful possessor of the same, issue
a certificate the same as though the owner of
the diploma were present.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That every person

Shall be ex-
amined.

not a graduate of any legally authorized medical
college, but who is practicing in the state when
this act shall take effect, shall present himself
before the state board of health for such exami-
nation as the said board shall require ; and if the
examination be satisfactory to the examiners,
the said board shall issue its certificate in ac-
cordance with the facts, and the lawful holder
of such certificate shall be entitled to all the
rights and privileges herein mentioned.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said state

Fees, etc.

board of health shall receive a fee of one dollar
for every diploma examined and certificate issued
thereon, or from every graduate who applies for
the certificate of the board ; and every candidate,
not a graduate, applying for a certificate shall
pay a fee of five dollars, which shall be returned
to the applicant if a certificate be refused ; all
fees received by the said board shall be applied
to the expenses of carrying out the provisions of
this act, and the excess thereof, if any, shall be
used for the state board of health, an account of
which and how disbursed the said board of
health shall report to the governor.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every per-

Must be re-
corded.

son holding a certificate from the state board of
health shall have it recorded in a book to be kept
for that purpose in the office of the clerk of the
county, or the clerk of the circuit court of Balti-
more city, as the case may be. in which he or she
resides, and the record shall be endorsed on the
certificate; any person removing to another local-
ity other than that in which his certificate is re-
corded shall procure an endorsement to that
effect, and shall in like manner have his or her
certificate recorded in the county or city of Bal-
timore, as the case may be, to which he or she
removes; and the holder of the certificate shall
pay to the county clerk or clerk of the circuit
court of Baltimore city, as the case may be, the
usual fees for making the record.