ACT 4282. To accept from the veterans' home association the convey- Amended 1903, 321; 1905, 471. ACT 4284. Authorizing associated veterans of Mexican war to exchange АСТ 4285. To authorize directors of the veterans' home association to exchange certain lands in San Francisco for certain other property belonging to said city and county or for a lease of said property. [Stats. 1891, p. 184.] ACT 4286. Appropriation for support of indigent persons residing in veterans' home. [Stats. 1883, p. 55.] Amended 1887, 6; 1893, 214; 1859, 147; 1901, 275; 1905, 191. АСТ 4287. To enable any county, city and county, city, or town to lease property to any association of veteran soldiers, sailors, or marines. [Stats. 1897, p. 113.] ACT 4288. Authorizing the state treasurer to pay over to the treas- An act to authorize and provide for the transfer of the ment, control and support to the government of the United States, its officers and authorities, to be con ducted as a national home under such laws as now ex ist or which may hereafter be enacted by congress; and for the conveying of the property of said home, both real and personal, belonging to the State of Califor nia, situate in Napa County, to the government of the United States, for such purpose. [Approved March 20, 1905. Stats. 1905, p. 495.] ACT 4290. An act authorizing the directors of the Veterans' Home of California to purchase and take over, for the State of California, to be used and controlled by said board in the interests of the Veterans' Home of California, a certain piece of land adjoining the premises of the said Veterans' Home of California in the county of Napa, and appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars to pay for the purchase of the same. [Approved March 18, 1905. Stats. 1905, p. 167.] ACT 4293. TITLE 523. VETERINARY SURGERY. An act entitled an act to regulate the practice of veteri nary medicine and surgery in the state of California. [Approved March 23, 1893. Stats. 1893, p. 289.] Amended 1903, 258. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or per sons to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in the state of California without having previously obtained a diploma from a college duly authorized to grant such to students in veterinary medicine and surgery, or to those who have passed satisfactory examination before the state veterinary medical board, as hereinafter provided for; provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the medical or surgical treatment of stock by the owners or the employees of owners, or by neighbors who do not assume to be practitioners of veterinary medicine or surgery. [Amendment approved March 20, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 258.] Sec. 2. 1. This board of examiners shall be known as the state veterinary medical board, and shall consist of five duly qualified practitioners in veterinary medicine and surgery, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. 2. The members of the state veterinary medical board shall be appointed by the governor of the state. 3. The board so appointed shall hold their offices for four (4) years, and the compensation of each member of said state veterinary medical board shall be five dollars per diem, exclusive of all necessary expenses while actually engaged in the duty of their office at the meetings of said board. 4. A meeting of the state veterinary medical board shall be held at least once in every six months after the appointment of said board by the governor of the state of California, such meetings to be held alternately in San Francisco and Los Angeles. 5. Three members of the state veterinary medical board shall constitute a quorum. 6. Said compensation to be paid out of the fees and penalties received under the provisions of this act, and no part of the salary or other expenses of the state veterinary medical board shall be paid out of the state treasury. 7. All moneys received by said state veterinary medical board as such fees and penalties, in excess of the compensation and expense of the state veterinary medical board, shall be annually paid into the state treasury, and become a part of the general fund of the state. Sec. 3. 1. Said state veterinary medical board shall examine all diplomas as to their genuineness. Each applicant not holding a diploma shall submit to a theoretical and practical examination before the state veterinary medical board; said examination to be written or oral, or both, and sufficiently strict to satisfy said board that the applicant is competent to practice veterinary medicine and surgery. 2. An examination fee of five dollars shall be paid to the state veterinary medical board by the holder of a diploma, and ten dollars by an applicant not holding a diploma; said money shall be paid by the applicant before examina tion. 3. In case of failure of approval, said fee shall be forfeited to the state veterinary medical board. Sec. 4. All examinations of persons not graduates shall be made directly by the state veterinary medical board, and the certificates given by said board shall authorize the possessor to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in the state of California. All examinations of ungraduated practitioners must take effect before the eighteenth day of September, nineteen hundred and three; after that date no certificates shall be granted except to persons presenting diplomas from legally chartered colleges, [Amendment approved March 20, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 258] Sec. 5. Upon the approval of credentials, or upon approval of the examination of an applicant, said state veterinary medical board shall grant him or her a license to practice in this state, and shall receive therefor a fee of five dollars; said license shall be signed by a majority of the board. Sec. 6. Any person qualified as required by this act shall, upon receipt of his license to practice, have said license prominently displayed in his office, and a true copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which he resides. Any person removing to another county to practice shall file the license in like manner in the county to which he removes. The holder shall pay to the county clerk the usual fees for filing. Any person holding such license who shall refuse or neglect to prominently display in his office, or file a copy of the same with the county clerk, as above directed, within six months after receiving such license shall forfeit his license; and no license when once forfeited shall be restored to the original holder except on the payment to said state veterinary medical board of the sum of twenty-five dollars, as a penalty for such failure, neglect, or refusal. Sec. 7. Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary medicine and surgery, within the meaning of this act, who shall have received a license as mentioned in section five. But nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit members of the medical profession from prescribing for domestic animals in case of emergency, and collecting a fee therefor, nor to prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor prevent any person from practicing veterinary medicine or surgery on any animal belonging to himself or herself. And this act shall not apply to commissioned veterinary surgeons in the United States army. Sec. 8. Any person practicing veterinary medicine or surgery in this state contrary to the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty of which shall be a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment of not exceeding six (6) months, or by both. Sec. 9. This act shall take effect sixty days from and after its passage. Incorporating, and providing for public schools therein. [Stats. 1873-4, p. 171.] Amended 1875-6, 119. Superseded by incorporating, in 1900, under statute of 1883. АСТ 4299. [Quieting title to town lots in. Stats. 1877-8, p. 363.] ACT 4304. TITLE 525. To define and enlarge the powers and duties of the state viticultural commissioners, to authorize the appointment of certain officers, and to protect the interests of horticulture and agriculture. [Stats. 1881, p. 51.] Enlarged 1885, 9. Repealed 1895, 235. Unconstitutional in part. (Ex parte Cox, 63 Cal. 21.) АСТ 4305. To enlarge the duties of the board of state viticultural commissioners. [Stats. 1885, p. 9.] Repealed 1895, 235. ACT 4306. For the promotion of the viticultural industries of the state. [Stats. 1880, p. 52.] Enlarged 1881, 51; 1885, 9. Repealed 1895, 235, chap. CLXXXIX. This act provided for the creation of viticultural districts and the appointment of viticultural commissioners. АСТ 4307. An act for the protection of the viticultural interests of the state, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 26, 1903. Stats. 1903, p. 522.] |