Secs. 9531 to 9533. An act relating to the welfare of infants. Muxen's bill to prevent baby farming. 1905, H. R. 221; in force April 3.

9531. Permit necessary to run baby farm.

No person shall engage in the business of receiving into their premises, for pay, more than one person in six months to be cared for during childbirth, without first obtaining permit from the health officer of the city, village or town, or if there be none, from the county physician of the district in which they reside, and filing it in the office of the clerk of the city, village or town. Such permits shall contain the certificate of such officer that he has personal knowledge of the applicant, and that she is of good moral character. Such permit shall also describe the premises into which such persons may be received, and also how many persons may be so received, at one time, and no such permit shall be issued unless the premises and furnishings are in fit sanitary condition. Such permit shall not be issued for a period longer than one (1) year, and only one permit may be issued for any certain premises. Such officer shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for making necessary inspection and issuing such permit. Any person receiving such a permit shall report to the officer who issued the same within three (3) days after any child is born, the sex, name, and nationality of the child, and the date of its birth and state any physical defection or deformities. Such health officer may at any time enter upon said premises and inspect the same, and may at any time, upon proof satisfactory to him that such premises. are unfit, or such person improper to continue in such business, by a written order filed in the office where such permit is filed, revoke such permit. History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 221, sec. 1; in force April 3.

9532. Inspection of baby farm-How children disposed of.

Whoever engaged in the business of keeping or boarding more than one child under two years of age, for pay, shall obtain a permit from the health officer of the city, village or town, or if there be no such officer, from the county physician of the district where such person resides, and shall file the same with the clerk of the city, village or town of their residence. Such permit shall contain the certificate of the health officer or county physician that he has personal knowledge of the applicant; that she is of good moral character, and competent to take care of children of any age under two years. Such permit shall contain a description of the premises into which such children may be received and shall state the number of children which may be received at one time, and such permit shall not be issued for a period longer than one year, and but one permit may be issued for any certain premises, and no such permit shall be issued unless such premises and furnishings are in fit sanitary condition. Such officer shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for making the necessary inspection and issuing such permit. Such health officer or county physician may at any time enter upon said premises and inspect the same, and may at any time, upon proof satisfactory to him that such premises are unfit, or such person improper to continue in such business, by a written order filed in the office where such permit is filed, revoke such permit. No such person shall offer, either by advertisement in the public press or in any other way, to dispose of the child of another; said offer being an inducement to come to their premises during confinement in childbirth. All officers who issue permits shall file a copy with the secretary of the state board of health within ten (10) days after its issue. Any person receiving such permit shall, within three (3) days after receiving or disposing of the same, report in writing to the official issuing it, the name, age, nationality and sex of the child received into her care; also the name, age, sex, nationality and occupation, so far

as she can ascertain, of the person placing the child in her care; also if the child is removed, what disposition is made of it.

History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 221, sec. 2; in force April 3.

9533. Penalty for violating provisions of act.

Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed at misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment not to exceed three months.

History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 221, sec. 3; in force April 3.

Secs. 9534 to 9542. An act to establish a state board of veterinary medicine, to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinary surgery, veterinary dentistry, or any branch thereof, and to provide for the appointment of examiners and secretaries thereof; to protect the title of those engaged in the practice thereof, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof. Dimery's veterinary bill. 1905, S. F. 165; in force March 30.

9534. Board of veterinary medicine.

There shall be established in the State of Nebraska a Board styled The Nebraska State Board of Veterinary Medicine. Said Board shall consist of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Auditor and said Board shall appoint three qualified veterinarians as examiners or secretaries, each of whom shall be a graduate of a recognized veterinary college or university, one of whom shall be appointed for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and thereafter it shall be the duty of said Board to appoint or reappoint one secretary or examiner each year who shall hold said. office for the term of three years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 1; in force March 30.

9535. Board of examiners-Duties-Certificates.

Said Board of Examiners or Secretaries shall within thirty days after their appointment meet and organize by the election of a president, secretary and treasurer from its own members who shall be elected for the term of one year and serve until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall perform the duties prescribed by the Board. It shall be the duty of said Board of Examiners to examine all applicants for license to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry in the State of Nebraska, and to grant certificates to such persons as may be entitled to the same under the provisions of this act. Said Board shall hold meetings for examination at the Capitol on the second Wednesday of April and October of each year, and such other meetings as may be necessary, each session not to exceed three days. It shall have a common seal and the president shall have the power to adininister oaths. All certificates issued by said Board shall be signed by the president and secretary and attested with its seal. Said certificates when so issued shall be conclusive as to the rights of the lawful holder of the same and shall entitle holder to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry in this State, under such title as he may deem fit, until revoked. Two of said Board shall constitute a quorum, and said Board may make and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws not contrary to law, to enable it to perform its duties under the provisions of this act.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 2; in force March 30.

9536. Board keep records-Show what.

Said Board shall keep a record of all its proceedings and also a record or register of all applicants for license and licenses issued together with name, age,

and residence of applicant, the time spent in the study and practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, and location, and the name of location of the college or university of which said applicant is a graduate, in which he has pursued such studies. Said books and records shall be competent evidence of all matters therein contained.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 3; in force March 30.

9537. When use title of veterinary surgeon.

No person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinary surgery, veterinary dentistry, or any branch thereof, shall assume or use the title of veterinary surgeon, or analogous or the title of any degree conferred by any recognized veterinary college or university unless he shall be the lawful holder. of a certificate or license issued in accordance with the provisions of this act. History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 4; in force March 30.

9538. Examination of candidates-Rules.

All applicants for certificates as aforesaid shall be required to pass satisfactory examination in such subjects and topics, a knowledge of which is commonly and generally required of candidates for degrees in reputable veterinary colleges or universities in the United States. All examinations provided for in this act shall be conducted under rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, which shall provide for fair and wholly impartial methods of examination. History-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 5; in force March 30.

9539. Fees-Pay of examiners.

Every applicant for examination and certificate under the provisions of this act shall pay to the Board of Examiners prior to his examination the sum of $5.00 and said Board of Examiners shall receive no fee or salary from the State but the fees received from applicants shall defray all expenses of said Board. History-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 6; in force March 30.

9540. Board refuse or revoke certificate.

The Board may refuse to issue a certificate or may revoke or cancel one already issued for any of the following causes, to-wit: the employment of fraud or deception in applying for said license or certificate, or in passing examination provided for in this act; conviction of crime involving immoral turpitude; habitual intemperance in the use of ardent spirits, narcotics, or stimulants. History-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 7; in force March 30.

9541. Penalty for violation of act.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shaй be punished by a fine not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty days, nor more than ninety days, for each and every offense, and cost of prosecution, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.

History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 8; in force March 30.

9542. Act not apply to persons not using title.

Nothing in this act shall prevent any person practicing veterinary medicine, veterinary surgery, or veterinary dentistry in the state, provided, said person shall not assume or use the title veterinarian or analogous title, or that of any degree or part thereof conferred by a recognized veterinary college or university. History.-Laws 1905, S. F. 165, sec. 9; in force March 30.

Secs. 9589a to 9589h. An act to establish a hospital for crippled, ruptured, and deformed children and those suffering from diseases from which they are likely to become deformed, in the Home for the Friendless, in the state of Nebraska, and to provide for their education and government of said hospital. Casebeer's deformed children's bill. 1905, H. R. 256; in force July 1.

9589a. Hospital for deformed children.

That a hospital for crippled, ruptured and deformed children and those suffering from diseases from which they are likely to become deformed, shall be established in the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, State of Nebraska. History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 1; in force July 1.

9589b. Hospital governed by board of public lands and buildings.

That the entire government and management of said Hospital shall be in the Board of Public Lands and Buildings and the said Board shall have and are hereby granted all necessary and proper powers to carry into effect the design and intent of said Hospital according to this act, including the appointment and removal of superintendent, who shall be an orthopedic surgeon, assistants, instructors, nurses and other attendants and including also full authority touching the terms of admission and discharge of patients and their treatment while in said. Hospital.

History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 2; in force July 1.

9589c. Said hospital located at Home for the Friendless in Lincoln.

That the location of said Hospital shall be in the Home for the Friendless in the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, State of Nebraska. History-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 3; in force July 1.

9589d. Admission to hospital.

That whenever application for admission to said Hospital is made by or on behalf of a patient in any county the county physician of such county shall examine such patient and report the result in detail to said Board of Public Lands and Buildings. If said Board deem such patient a proper subject for admission to said hospital according to law, they shall issue to said county physician for such patient an entrance permit in due form. Provided, however, that the entire cost of any examination as aforesaid and of conveying any patient to or from said Hospital when not borne by his relatives or friends shall be paid by his county. Provided further that any child coming within the provisions of this act, who is supported by any county in this state, either at a poor house or elsewhere, may be transferred therefrom to said hospital.

History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 4; in force July 1.

9589e. Biennial report.

That on or before December first preceding each regular session of the legislature the Board of Public Lands and Buildings shall make to the Governor a full and detailed report of all the affairs of the Hospital for the two years ending November thirtieth preceding; showing for each year separately the number of inmates admitted and discharged, deaths, the rules, the expenses per capita, condition of the Hospital, names of the officers and other employers [ees] and their respective salaries, value of property on hand, amount of each appropriation and gift and of the balance unexpended, if any, and such other information as they deem important or as the Governor may require. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings shall also provide for the education and training of the children admitted to the hospital and shall appoint proper instructors to carry this provi

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sion into effect. The Governor may call for special reports whenever in his judgment such are necessary or desirable.

History-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 5; in force July 1.

9589f. Admission of other patients.

Whenever the same can be done without limiting in any way the advantages of said Hospital for the patients for whom said Hospital is primarily designed said Board may in their discretion admit other crippled and deformed patients on such terms and under such rules as they may from time to time prescribe. Provided, however, that all income from patients or from any other source whatever shall be turned into the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the Hospital fund described in Section 7 of this act.

History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 6; in force July 1.

9589g. Maintenance-Hospital fund.

That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the treasury of the State of Nebraska for the installation, establishment and operation of said Hospital for the biennium; and said appropriation with the appropriations hereafter made and with any other moneys at any time rendered available to said Board by gift or otherwise for the uses of said Hospital shall form a Hospital fund which the State Treasurer shall keep separate from all other funds. Said Board shall during no biennium make such outlays as to leave this fund in deficit at the close, and whenever and so long as patients are present in said hospital in such numbers as to make it reasonably certain that any addition would involve a deficit at the end of the biennium, no more shall be admitted. The State Treasurer shall make payments from this fund on Board's orders and vouchers in the same manner as is now usual in making payments from General funds. History.-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 7; in force July 1.

9589h. Maintenance-How paid.

The maintenance of the inmates in said hospital shall be paid out of the funds provided for in the general appropriation for said home for the friendless. History-Laws 1905, H. R. 256, sec. 8; in force July 1.

Secs. 9650a to 9650h. An act providing for the examination of dipsomaniacs, inebriates, and persons addicted to the excessive use of morphine, cocaine, or other narcotic drugs; for the detention, care, and treatment of such persons and for their parole. Epperson's narcotic bill. 1905, S. F. 19; in force July 1.

9650a. Narcotic ward of insane hospital.

That dipsomaniacs, inebriates and persons addicted to the excessive use of morphine, cocaine or other narcotic drugs shall be admitted, detained, cared for and treated in the Nebraska Hospital for the insane.

History-Laws 1905, S. F. 19, sec. 1; in force July 1.