by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 10. One-half of every fine collected under the provisions of this act shall go and be paid by the court in which conviction is had to the sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or other person who makes complaint and arrests and causes to be prosecuted the person so convicted. The other half of all such fines and all fees herein provided to be paid shall go and be the property of the said board of health and shall be by the treasurer of said board kept in some bank designated by said board. He shall give bond to the board in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as treasurer, and that he shall pay over any and all sums of money received by him as such upon the proper order thereof. Such bond shall be given by some fidelity or surety company authorized to do business in this territory. and the premiums paid therefor shall be paid by the board as one of its necessary expenses. All the expenses of the members of said board necessarily and properly incurred in attending the sessions of said board, and for necessary supplies, shall be paid out of the said fund upon the order of the president and the secretary of said board. The treasurer of the board shall keep a correct and itemized account of all moneys re ceived and disbursed, and shall make a report to the board at each meeting. The secretary of said board is required to report the doings and proceedings of said board, together with the amount of all moneys by it received and disbursed, and on what account, with items, on the first day of December in each year, to the governor of New Mexico.

SEC. 11. Said board of health is hereby authorized and empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 12. Section 3 of Chapter 18 of the Session Laws of 1901, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force thirty days after its passage.

For the purpose of determining what are medical colleges in good standing under the Act of the Legislative Assembly, Chapter 18, Law of 1901, creating this board, the following are recognized and established as such, viz.: The University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University of New York, University of Missouri, Yale University, Ann Arbor, or University of Michigan and University of Minnesota.

The diplomas granted by the above named institutions after July 1, 1902, shall entitle the holder thereof to a license to practice without examination, on complying with the other conditions prescribed by this board. The board will select medical colleges at its December meeting.

According to a resolution of the territorial board of health adopted April 24, 1899, each applicant must furnish as references regarding moral character and professional standing two or more names of reputable physicians, preferably the president and secretary of state licensing board, or president and secretary of state medical society where applicant last resided. Applicants must present evidence of preliminary education with the diplomas. Meetings of board for examinations on first Mondays of June and December. Secretary of board of health, Dr. W. G. Hope, Albuquerque.

NEW YORK.

The regulation of admission to practice in New York is under the control of the Regents of the University, a body that has the oversight of educational matters in the state. It is composed of 19 regents elected for life by the legislature. The governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction are members ex-officio. The regents appoint three state examining boards from lists furnished by the respective state medical societies, regular, homeopathic and eclectic, each appointee furnishing evidences of qualifications and of at least five years' practice in the state. Each board submits to the regents lists of suitable questions in anatomy, physiology and hygiene, chemistry, surgery, obstetrics, pathology and diagnosis, and therapeutics, including practice and materia medica. From these lists the regents prepare question papers for the examination which are the same for all candidates, "except that in therapeutics, practice and materia medica all the questions submitted to any candidate shall be chosen from those prepared by the board selected by that candidate, and shall be in harmony with the tenets of the school as determined by its state board of medical examiners. The examinations are conducted by a regents' examiner, not a member of any of the several boards, and are exclusively in writing and in English. The questions and answer papers are examined by the respective examining boards and an official report on the same transmitted to the board of regents, signed by the president and secretary of the examining board, stating the standing of each candidate and recommending or not for license. The regents issue the licenses when they are satisfied the candidate is qualified.

"No person can practice medicine unless licensed and registered. To be admitted to examination for license the candidate (1) must be over 21, (2) of good moral character (certificate from two physicians in good standing), (3) have the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine in the state (48 academic counts-a good high school course at least); (4) have

studied medicine not less than four full school years of at least nine months each, including four satisfactory courses of at least six months each in four different calendar years in a medical college registered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory standard; (5) has either received the degree of M.B. or M.D. from some registered medical school or a diploma or license entitling him to practice medicine in some foreign country. The regents may in their discretion accept as the equivalent for any part of the third and fourth requirement evidence of five or more years' reputable practice, provided that such substitution is specified in the license, and as the equivalent of the first year of the fourth requirement evidence of graduation from a registered college course, provided that such college course shall have included not less than the minimum requirements prescribed by the regents for such admission to advanced standing."

The law contains a reciprocity clause, which has so far been inoperative, because it is held that other state requirements are not equal to those of New York in respect to the medical tests or the preliminary education requirements.

After Sept. 1, 1901, according to a regulation of the board of regents, a recent photograph of each candidate is required as a part of the application. The legislature has amended the law also so as to permit the regents to admit, conditionally, to examination in the subjects of anatomy, physiology, chemistry and hygiene, students who are 19 or over and have studied medicine not less than two years and attended two full courses in different years, under the same general conditions otherwise as in the final examination. Fee for examination, $25, payable in advance. Licenses must be recorded with the county clerk before beginning practice. The usual exemptions of government officials, consultants, etc., are included in the law. Secretary board of medical examiners, regular, Dr. Maurice J. Lewi. Secretary of the University of the State of New York, James Russell Parsons, State Capitol, Albany, to whom all correspondence should be addressed. The New York law does not contain a satisfactory definition of the practice of medicine. An attempt was made to remedy this at a former session of the legislature but failed.

NORTH CAROLINA.

The board of examiners in North Carolina is appointed by the state medical society. The law as amended in 1899 provides that the board examine all applicants who exhibit a diploma, or furnish satisfactory proof of graduation, from a medical college in good standing requiring an attendance of not less than three years and supplying such facilities for clinical instruction as shall meet the approval of the board, for license to practice medicine or surgery, or any of the

branches thereof, on the following branches of medical science, namely, anatomy, physiology, surgery, pathology, medical hygiene, chemistry, pharmacy, materia medica, therapeutics, obstetrics and the practice of medicine, and if on such examination they be found competent, to grant to each applicant a license or diploma, authorizing him to practice medicine and surgery, or any of the branches thereof: Provided, five members shall constitute a quorum and four of those present shall be agreed as to the qualifications of the applicant: Provided, that the requirement of three years' attendance shall not apply to those graduating prior to January 1, 1900. Provided, further, that license or other satisfactory evidence of standing as a legal practitioner in another state shall be accepted in lieu of a diploma and entitled to examination.

To prevent delay and inconvenience, two members of the board of medical examiners may grant a temporary license to any applicant who shall comply with the requirements as to graduation prescribed and make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the board: Provided, such temporary license shall not continue in force longer than the next regular meeting of the board, and such temporary license shall in no case be granted after the applicant has been refused a license by the board of medical examiners.

The board of medical examiners shall assemble at the same time and place where and when the medical society assembles, and the said board shall remain in session from day to day until all the applicants who may present themselves for examination within the first five days after its meeting shall have been examined and disposed of: Provided, that the said board may, at its discretion, meet not more than one week before the said society, but always in the same place; and that one additional meeting in each year may be held at some suitable point in the state if deemed advisable. The board shall have power to demand of every applicant thus licensed the sum of $10 before issuing a license or diploma, and the sum of $5 for each temporary license, to be paid to the secretary of the board. Midwives and outside consultants are exempted. Licenses must be registered with the clerk of the superior court of the county within 30 days after receiving same.

The last legislature (1903) amended the law inserting a definition of the practice of medicine, as follows: "Section 1. That section three thousand, one hundred and twenty-two of the code be amended by adding thereto the following words: For the purpose of this act the expression practice of medicine or surgery shall be constituted to mean the management or treatment for fee or reward any case of disease, physical or mental, real or imaginary, with or without drugs, surgical operations, surgical or mechanical appliances, or by any other

method whatsoever: Provided, that this act shall not apply to midwives or to nurses.

"Provided, further, that applicants not belonging to the regular school of medicine shall not be required to stand an examination, except upon the branches taught in their regular colleges, to-wit, the osteopaths shall be examined only upon descriptive anatomy, general chemistry, histology, physiology, urinalysis and toxicology, hygiene, regional anatomy, pathology, neurology, surgery, applied anatomy, bacteriology, gynecology, obstetrics and physical diagnosis.

Provided, that this actshall not apply to any person who administers to or cures the sick or suffering by prayer to Almighty God, without the use of any drug or material means."

Secretary, board medical examiners, Dr. Geo. W. Pressley, Charlotte, N. C.

NORTH DAKOTA.

The governor appoints the examining board, consisting of nine members, two of whom must be homeopaths and one a lawyer. Section 277 of the revised code of North Dakota provides that: “All persons before commencing the practice of medicine, surgery or obstetrics, in this state shall apply to the board for license so to do, and such applicant shall submit to an examination in the following branches: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, histology, materia medica, therapeutics, diseases of women and children, diseases of the nervous system, diseases of the eye and ear, medical jurisprudence and such other branches as the board deems advisable, and present evidence of having attended three courses of lectures of at least six months each; the board shall cause such examination to be practical and scientific and sufficient to test the candidate's fitness to practice medicine, surgery and obstetrics. If such applicant passes the prescribed examination, the board shall grant him a license to practice medicine, surgery and obstetrics in this state, which license shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board and attested by the seal thereof. The fee for such examination shall be $20, to be applied by the board toward paying the expenses thereof. The board may revoke or refuse a license for dishonorable or immoral conduct, chronic or persistent inebriety or for the practice of criminal abortion."

"Any person shall be regarded as practicing within the measures of this act, who shall append the letters M.D. or M.B. to his or her name or for a fee prescribe, direct or recommend for the use of any person any drug or medicine or other agency for the treatment, care or relief of any wound, fracture or bodily injury, infirmity or disease; provided, however, this act shall not apply to dentists." Surgeons