one of public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, or entitled to be registered under said act, when registered shall to use college be recognized and known as the Regular Veterinarians. It Unlawful for shall be unlawful for any person except a Regular Veteri- certain persons narian under the provisions of this act, to use any college degree. degree, or their abbreviations in connection with his name, or profession which might lead the public to believe that he has had a college course of veterinary training: Pro- Proviso as to vided, That nothing in this act shall prevent any person certain treating from treating his own animal or assisting his neighbor. animals. SEC. 5. From and after January first, nineteen hundred Time for eight, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or at- practicing limited unless tempt to practice veterinary medicine or surgery in any of registered. its various branches, unless he shall be duly registered by the State Veterinary Board. No person shall be registered Registration by the State Veterinary Board as a veterinarian or veterinary surgeon, until he shall have furnished satisfactory proof of his identity and that he is the lawful and regular possessor of a diploma from a regular veterinary college or veterinary department of a State institution of learning or college of medicine having a curriculum of at least three sessions of six months each, and requiring personal attendance of its pupils, and that said diploma was issued by such school or college direct to him: Provided, That the provisions of Proviso as to this section shall not be applicable to those persons who are persons duly registered veterinary surgeons at the time this act takes effect. restricted. registered. perform without SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person in this State Unlawful to to perform the following named surgical operations upon pertain animals without first administering either local or general operations anaesthesia: The emasculation of hermaphrodites, of hermaphrodites, the anaesthesia. emasculation of mares and female dogs, the operation of fistulous wethers and pollevil, lithotomy and all forms of neurectomy, the Caesarean operation, the operation for umbilical and scrotal hernia and the operation for wind broken horses called laryngio-crycorectomy: Provided, That Proviso as to the provisions of this section shall not be governing or apply certain cases. to dehorning cattle, ordinary animal castration, accidental or minor surgery. registering surgeons registration. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the State Book for Veterinary Board to keep a book for the purpose of registering veterinary surgeons of this State. The said secretary kept. shall collect a fee of five dollars for each person registered Fee for under the provisions of this act, except that all those persons coming within the provisions of section four shall be registered for, and the secretary shall collect but three dollars. The fees received by the said secretary shall be turned over Fees, how by him at each session, to the treasurer of said board, who disposed of. shall immediately, at the close of each session, pay same into the State treasury to be covered into the general fund. It Certificates of shall be the duty of the State Veterinary Board to purchase to be disa supply of certificates of registration and to furnish a cer- played, etc. registration, Compensation of board. Expenses of board, how paid. Students, when certain, tificate to each applicant furnishing satisfactory proofs of his identity and qualifications, and upon payment of the fee, in the manner herein provided, which certificate must be conspicuously displayed in his office and shall entitle such applicant to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in all its various branches. SEC. 8. The members of the State Veterinary Board shall not be entitled to receive any salary, fee, or compensation for their services as such members, except that the secretary shall receive such compensation as the board shall determine, not to exceed fifty dollars per annum. The expenses of such members actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Auditor General out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 9. Any student having attended a recognized veterimay practice. nary college for six months may, upon the presentation of a certificate of attendance, bearing the college seal, be allowed to practice in the office of and under the instructions of any registered veterinary surgeon in this State to whom he may apply during one summer vacation, or until October following the date of his certificate of attendance and no longer, nor elsewhere as an under graduate. Michigan to reciprocate with other states. Veterinarians living in adjoining states. License granted on certain conditions. Penalty for violations. Complaints of violations, how made. SEC. 10. Michigan shall reciprocate with other states and provinces in an interstate recognition and exchange of licenses upon a basis of equality of educational standard and mutual recognition, which standard shall not be lower than required by the provisions of this act. SEC. 11. Veterinarians living near the border line of Michigan, in an adjoining state or province, and wishing to practice in this State, shall, before doing so, apply to and receive from the State Veterinary Board a certificate of registration. The State Veterinary Board shall grant such license and issue a certificate upon the payment of the prescribed fees, provided the applicant's educational attainment shall conform to the requirements of the provisions of this act, and the said state or province shall grant a like reciprocity to veterinarians of this State. SEC. 12. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be confined in the county jail for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 13. Complaints for a violation of this act shall be made to the prosecuting attorney or humane agent of the county in which the offense is committed and the method of procedure shall be the same as in other criminal cases. SEC. 14. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or Acts repealed. contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 27, 1907. [No. 245.] AN ACT making appropriations for the State Board of Geological Survey for special purposes, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, and June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, and to provide a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amount ef. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the State Appropriation, Board of Geological Survey for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred eight, the sum of four thousand dollars for purposes and amounts as follows: For the continu- For biological ance of the biological survey of the plants and animals of survey. the State, as authorized by act two hundred fifty of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, two thousand dollars; for the continuance of the topographical survey of the State with For the United States Geological Survey, in accordance with act survey. two hundred fifty-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, three thousand dollars. topographical SEC. 2. The further sum of one thousand dollars is here- For 1909. by appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred nine, for the purpose of continuing the topographical survey of the State with the United States Geological Survey: Provided, however, That in case the Proviso. United States Government fails to appropriate an amount for the topographical survey, then the sums appropriated by this act for that purpose shall be paid into and become a part of the general fund in the State treasury. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid. of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the treasurer of said board, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred seven, the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred eight, the sum of one thousand dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Unlawful to throw missile at train, etc. Penalty. [No. 246.] AN ACT making it a misdemeanor to throw any stone, brick or other missile at any passenger train, sleeping car, passenger coach, express car, mail car, baggage car, or any street or trolley car, and providing a penalty therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Any person who shall throw any stone, brick or other missile at any passenger train, sleeping car, passenger coach, express car, mail car, baggage car, or at any street car or trolley car, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the common jail of not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Sections amended. [No. 247.] AN ACT to amend sections one, two, three and five of chapter ten of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," and acts amendatory thereof, being compiler's sections four thou sand seven hundred forty-six, four thousand seven hundred forty-seven, four thousand seven hundred forty-eight and four thousand seven hundred fifty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections one, two, three and five of chapter ten of act number one hundred sixty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," and acts amendatory thereof, being compiler's sections four thousand seven hundred fortysix, four thousand seven hundred forty-seven, four thousand seven hundred forty-eight and four thousand seven hundred fifty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, are hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER X. district, organ education, SECTION 1. Any school district containing more than one hun- Graded school dred children between the ages of five and twenty years, may, ization of. by a majority vote of the qualified voters present at any annual or special meeting, organize as a graded school district. The intention to submit the question of the organization of a graded school district shall be expressed in the notice of such annual or special meeting. When such change in the Board of organization of the district shall have been voted, the voters election, term, at such annual or special meeting shall proceed immediately etc. to elect by ballot a board of education of five members, one member for the term of one year, two for the term of two years and two for a term of three years, and annually thereafter a successor or successors to the member or members whose term of office shall expire. Any qualified voter in such Eligibility. district whose name appears upon the assessment roll at the time of such election and who is the owner in his own right of the property so assessed, shall be eligible to election or appointment to the office of member of the board of education. In the election of members of the board of education and all Majority other school officers, the person receiving a majority of all the votes shall be declared elected: Provided, That all graded Proviso. school districts organized prior to the year nineteen hundred seven shall operate after the passage of this act under the provisions of this act without reorganization: And Provided Proviso. also, That in all such districts the members of the board of education hereafter elected shall be elected under the provisions of this act. vote. of board. SEC. 2. Within ten days after his election, each member Acceptance shall file with the secretary of the board an acceptance of of office. the office to which he has been elected, accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the fact of eligibility as described in section one of this chapter. The board of education shall Organization annually, and within fifteen days after the annual meeting, or within fifteen days after the organization under this act, elect from its own number a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and for cause may remove the same from such offices and may appoint others of their own number in such places, and these officers shall perform the duties prescribed by the general school law for the moderator, director, and treasurer of the district, except as hereinafter provided. The Vacancies. board of education shall have power to fill any vacancy that may occur in its number until the next annual meeting, and if three vacancies occur at the same time, a special meeting of the district shall be called to elect members of the board to fill such places. Within ten days after his appoint- treasurer. Bond of |