Lien for service.

account, etc.

SEC. 9. Having complied with the provisions of this act, the owner of any stallion shall have a lien for the sum stipulated to be paid for the service thereof, upon the mare served by any such stallion in breeding thereof, and upon the offspring of such stallion by filing at any time within eighteen Statement of months after the date of service, a statement of the account thereof, together with a description as to color, and white markings of the female served, and the name of the owner at the date of service, in the office of the township clerk wherein the owner of said female resided at the time of service. Term of lien. Such lien shall exist for a period of one year from the date of foaling of said colt, or if credit is given, from the expiration of the credit, and shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon the offspring. Neither the mare nor the foal shall be sold within eighteen months after the date of service, unless the service fee shall be paid, unless such sale shall be agreed to and approved in writing by the owner of the stallion at the time of the sale or transfer of the mare or foal. At any time after the offspring shall have been foaled, any person having such lien may enforce the same by the same proceedings and in the same manner as is provided by sections ten thousand seven hundred forty-nine, ten thousand seven hundred fifty, ten thousand seven hundred fifty-one and ten thousand seven hundred fifty-two of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

Sale of mare or foal.

Enforcement

of lien.

Acts repealed.

SEC. 3. Act number twenty-eight of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, act number one hundred sixty-six of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred five and act number one hundred forty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, and all acts amendatory thereto, are hereby repealed.

Approved April 8, 1915.

[No. 45.]

AN ACT to amend the title and sections one, two, three, four, five and seven of act two hundred forty-four of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to protect the title and to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in all its various branches in the State of Michigan; providing for a State Veterinary Board and prescribing its duties; regulating existing practitioners; governing undergraduates and reciprocity with the other states and provinces ; prescribing penalties for its violation and repealing all inconsistent acts," and to add a new section thereto to stand as section fifteen of said act.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

tions amended.

SECTION 1. The title and sections one, two, three, four, Title and secfive and seven of act number two hundred forty-four of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to protect the title and to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in all its various branches in the State of Michigan; providing for a State Veterinary Board and prescribing its duties; regulating existing practitioners; governing undergraduates and reciprocity with other states and provinces; prescribing penalties for its violation and repealing all inconsistent acts," are hereby amended and a new section is hereby added to said act to stand as section fifteen thereof, said amended Section title, amended sections and added section to read as follows: added.

TITLE.

title.

An Act to protect the title and to regulate the practice of Amended veterinary medicine, dentistry and surgery, and the various branches thereof in this State; to provide for a State Veterinary Board and to fix its duties; to make provisions for those now engaged in practicing veterinary medicine, dentistry and surgery; to permit undergraduates to practice under certain conditions; to provide for reciprocity with other states and provinces; to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof; and to repeal all inconsistent acts.

tered.

SEC. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage or Veterinarians attempt to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine, to be regisdentistry or surgery, in any of its various branches, unless he shall comply with the provisions of this act and be duly registered by the State Veterinary Board in the manner hereinafter provided: Provided, That the provisions of this act Proviso, act shall not be governing or apply to dehorning of cattle and not to apply. ordinary animal castration, except castration of horses.

State veterinary board.

SEC. 2. The members of the State Veterinary Board appointed pursuant to act two hundred forty-four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven shall constitute the State Qualifications. Veterinary Board. Said board shall hereafter consist of three members who are required to be residents of Michigan and citizens of the United States, and must also be regularly registered graduates of some college giving instruction in veterinary medicine, dentistry and surgery. No member of said board shall be connected with the faculty of any such Appointment. college. On or before the first day of April of each year, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint a member of said board to succeed that member whose term then expires in accordance with his original appointment, and any vacancies that may occur shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the balance of the unexpired term. In no case shall any person be appointed as a member of said board who has not at least three years experience in the practice of his Term of office. profession. Each member regularly appointed shall hold office for three years and until his successor is appointed and qualified: Provided, That none of the provisions of this act shall in any manner interfere with the present tenure of office of the members of said board heretofore appointed.

Experience.

Proviso, present tenure.

Annual meeting.

Other meetings.

Bond of treasurer.

List of colleges.

SEC. 3. Said veterinary board shall hold an annual meeting at Lansing on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February of each year, at which time said board shall organize by electing a president, a secretary and a treasurer. Other meetings shall be held quarterly at such times and places as the board shall fix by resolution. The treasurer so chosen shall give bond to the people of the State of Michigan conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, in such amount and with sureties to be Annual report. approved by the board. At the end of each fiscal year, said board shall make a report to the Governor, which report shall contain a full and complete statement of the official acts of the board with an itemized account of all moneys received and paid out. It shall be the duty of the members of said board during each year to assist its secretary in compiling a list of such colleges as have a curriculum of not less than three years of six months each which have the authority to confer the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine, doctor of veterinary science, doctor of comparative medicine, or veterinary surgeon. It shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to issue to any graduate of one of such colleges who may apply therefor a temporary permit to allow such applicant to practice until the next regular meeting of the board. Such temporary permit shall stand in lieu of a regular license during the time that it is in force and shall allow the holder thereof to exercise such privileges as a regularly registered and licensed practitioner of veter inary medicine, surgery and dentistry may exercise. Such permit shall expire on the day of the next regular meeting

Temporary permit.

Effect of permit.

Expiration.

of the board. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep List of on file in his office a list of all persons, with their respective permits. addresses, to whom temporary permits may be issued.

use of degree

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a Unlawful graduate of any college giving instruction in veterinary of title. medicine, surgery and dentistry with a curriculum of not less than three years of six months each to use any college degree, or professional title or abbreviation in connection with his name which might be calculated to cause the public to believe that such person is a graduate as aforesaid and licensed under the terms of this act.

SEC. 5. From and after the passage of this act it shall Unlawful be unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine, practice. surgery or dentistry or any of the various branches thereof unless such person shall be duly registered and licensed by the State Veterinary Board as herein provided. No person Conditions of shall be registered by said board unless and until he shall registration. take and pass in a satisfactory manner such examination as may be required by the State Veterinary Board and shall furnish satisfactory proof of his identity. No person shall be eligible to take the examination herein provided for unless he has completed a course of study in a regular veterinary college having a curriculum of not less than three years of six months each and which shall require the personal attendance of its pupils, and shall have received a diploma from said college. The examination shall be upon Examination. such subjects as may be prescribed by the State Veterinary Board and an average percentage of not less than seventyfive per cent with a standing of not less than fifty per cent in any subject shall be required. The examination shall be When held. granted to applicants entitled to take the same at the time of the annual meeting of the board on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February. Said board may make all necessary and reasonable rules for the conduct of the examination: Provided, That the provisions of this section Proviso, shall not be deemed to apply to those persons who are duly licenses. licensed under the laws of this State to practice veterinary medicine or surgery, and the various branches thereof at the time this amendment becomes operative, it being the intention hereof to allow such licensees to continue in the practice of their profession. A fee of ten dollars shall be paid by Examination each applicant for examination and registration, and any such applicant who fails to pass the examination may be permitted to take the next following examination without the payment of an additional fee upon furnishing satisfactory evidence to the board that he has taken work to prepare himself for such re-examination and for the practice of the Re-examinaprofession.

present

fee.

tion.

keep books.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the State Secretary to Veterinary Board to keep a proper book or books in which shall be entered the names and addresses of all persons in

To turn over fees.

Certificate

this State who shall be registered and licensed to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry in any of its branches. All fees received by said secretary shall be immediately turned over by him to the treasurer who shall pay the same into the general fund in the State treasury. A suitof registation. able certificate of registration shall be furnished by the State Veterinary Board to each person entitled thereto, which said certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in the office of the applicant and shall be evidence that such person is entitled to practice veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry in all of the various branches thereof.

Revocation of license.

Notice

of hearing.

Proviso, conviction by court.

Fraudulent license.

Penalty.

SEC. 15. Any license heretofore or hereafter granted under the provisions of this act may be revoked by the State Veterinary Board after proper notice and hearing, if the holder thereof shall violate any of the provisions of this act. Reasonable notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be served on the person whose license it is proposed to revoke and proper opportunity shall be given to him to be heard in his defense: Provided, That the license of any person who has been convicted before a court of competent jurisdiction of any violation of this act may be revoked by said board without notice or hearing upon filing with said board a certified copy of the record of such conviction. Any license procured by fraud or by false and untrue statements or affidavits may be likewise revoked. Any person procuring registration by fraudulent means shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof may be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Any person making a false affidavit shall be deemed guilty of perjury and liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly: Provided further, That the license of any person claiming the right to practice veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry may be revoked by said board upon satisfactory proof that such person is incompetent by reason of his habits, or otherwise, to practice the profession. Any such licensee who practices a fraud upon the public or upon incompetency, any person by claiming to be able to cure incurable diseases of animals shall be deemed to be incompetent to practice the profession within the meaning of this section. Approved April 8, 1915.

False affidavit.

Proviso, incompetency.

Fraud deemed