1088 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 522
within thirty days from the date of such order and to show
cause, if any there is, why the prayer of such petition should
not be granted, which order shall be served upon the said last
named person, and if said petition shall not be answered with-
in the time named as aforesaid, or if the answer thereto shall
be adjudged insufficient by the Court, then the Court shall pass
an order directing that the name of such person alleged to bo
wrongfully or improperly practicing osteopathy shall be
stricken from the registry of Osteopathic physicians where the
same shall have been registered, but if said petition shall be
answered by the defendant as being the person against whom
it is exhibited by an answer under oath fairly and fully deny-
ing the allegations of said petition the issues thus raised shall
be heard and determined by the Court and either party may
be entitled to a jury trial before a jury of the regular panel
empannelled to try common law cases in said Court; and the
defendant shall be competent -and compellable to testify at
such hearing and upon such hearing the Court shall render
judgment with costs against the unsuccessful party. And if it
shall determine that said defendant is practicing osteopathy
in the State of Maryland without having obtained a license
from the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners under the pro-
visions and conditions of this sub-title, it shall pass an order
directing the name of said defendant to be stricken from the
registry of osteopathy, which order shall be certified by the
Clerk of the Court wherein said defendant was registered and
he shall thereupon strike his name from said registry.
302. From and after April 13, 1914, no person shall en-
ter upon or continue the practice of osteopathy in the State
of Maryland unless he or she has complied with the provision^
of this sub-title, and shall have exhibited to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the clerk of the Circuit.
Court of the County in which he or she desires to practice
osteopathy, a license duly granted to him or her, as herein-
before provided, whereupon he or she shall be entitled, upon the
payment of one dollar, to be duly registered in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of the County; and any person who shall
practice or attempt to practice osteopathy as defined in Sec-
tion 300 of this Article, in treating diseases or any ailment
whatsoever of the human body, or who shall use any of the
terms or letters—osteopath, osteopathists, osteopathy, doctor
osteopathy, diplomat in Osteopathy or D. O., —or any other
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