PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1647

SEC. 150. That from and after the passage of this Act any
person shall be regarded as practicing Veterinary Medicine and
Surgery in the State of Maryland who shall, in said State, ap-
pend or cause to be appended to his name the letters V. S., D.
V. M., V. M. D., M. D. V., M. D. C., D. V. S., or M. R. C. V. S.,
or the words "veterinary," "veterinarian," "veterinary sur-
geon, " " veterinary dentist," " veterinary farrier," " veterinary
horseshoer," "horse dentist" or "horse doctor," or who shall
prescribe, advise, or apply any drug or medicine or other agency,
for the relief or cure of any sick, diseased or injured animal, or
who shall publicly profess to do any of these things, and who
charge or receive therefor money or other compensation, di-
rectly or indirectly; provided, however, that any person may
without compensation apply any medicine and perform any op-
eration for treatment, relief, or cure of any sick, diseased or in-
injured animal. Provided further, however, this Act shall not
apply to those persons who have been engaged in the practice
of gelding, but they shall be at liberty to continue the said prac-
tice without registering with the State Veterinary Medical
Board.

SEC. 150-A. And be it further enacted, That any person who
has received a diploma from a veterinary college lawfully au-
thorized to confer the same, and who has maintained an office
for the practice of veterinary medicine in Montgomery County
for the period of five years on or before the passage of this Act,
upon submission of proof of such facts to the State Veterinary
Medical Board and the payment of a fee of one dollar, shall
be licensed by said Board to practice veterinary medicine in
said Montgomery County without examination. Any person, not
a gradute of a college lawfully authorized to confer a degree
in veterinary medicine, who has been continuously engaged in
the practice of veterinary medicine, as a means of livelihood,
in Montgomery County for a period of five years previous to
the passage of this Act, upon proof of such facts to the State
Veterinary Medical Board, shall be allowed to continue the
practice of the same, and be entitled to be registered by said
Board within nine months from date of the passage of this Act.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 16th, 1914.