ministers to or treats the sick or suffering by mental or spiritual means, without the use of any drug or material remedy.

Sec. 8. Itinerant Vender.-That any itinerant vender of any drug, nostrum, ointment or appliance of any kind intended for the treatment of diseases or injury, or who shall, by writing or printing, or any other method, profess to the public to cure or treat disease or deformity by any drug, nostrum, or application, shall pay a license of $100 per month into the treasury of the board, to be collected by the board in the name of the people in the State of Illinois, for the use of said board. And it shall be lawful for the State board of health to issue such license on application made to said board, said license to be signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary with the seal of the board; but said board may for sufficient cause refuse said license. And such itinerant vender, who shall, by writing or printing, or any other method, profess to cure or treat disease or deformity by any drug, nostrum or appliance without a license so to do, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section, and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.

Sec. 9. Penalty for Violation; Not to Apply.-Any person practicing medicine or surgery or treating human ailments in the State without a certificate issued by this board in compliance with the provisions of this act, or any itinerant vender violating the provisions of section 8 of this act, shall for each and every instance of such practice or violation forfeit and pay to the people of the State of Illinois, for the use of the said board of health, the sum of $100 for the first offense, and $200 for each subsequent offense, the same to be recovered in an action of debt before any court of competent jurisdiction, and any person filing or attempting to file as his own the diploma or certificate of another, or a forged affidavit of identification, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be subject to such fine and imprisonment as are made and provided by the statutes of the State for a crime of forgery: provided, that this section shall not apply to physicians who hold unrevoked certificates from the State board of health issued prior to the time of the taking effect of this act.

Sec. 10. Judgment; Appeal.-Upon conviction of either of the offenses mentioned in this act the court shall, as a part of the judgment, order that the defendant be committed to the common jail of the county until the fine and costs are paid, and upon failure to pay the same immediately the defendant shall be committed under said order for first offense not more than thirty days, and for each subsequent offense not more than ninety days: provided, that either party may appeal in the same time and manner as appeals may be taken in other cases, except that where an appeal is prayed in behalf of the people, no appeal bond shall be required to be filed, whether the appeal be from a justice of the peace or from the county or circuit courts, or from the appellate court. But it shall be sufficient in behalf of the people of the State of Illinois, for the use of the State board of health, to pray an appeal, and thereupon appeal may be had without bond or security.

Sec. 11. Annual Report.-On the 30th day of September of each year the State board of health shall make a report of its proceedings, showing all items of receipts from all sources and disbursements for all purposes,

and all funds in the treasury on said date which have been received in the enforcement of this act shall be paid into the State treasury.

Administrative.-The State board of health administers the law. Executive officer, secretary. Registration of the certificate in a county clerk's office. Legal fee for recording.

Licensing. The board grants certificates on examination. The applicant who desires to practice medicine and surgery in all their branches must give proof that he is a graduate of a school approved by the board, and must submit to an examination in those general subjects required for the degree of doctor of medicine by reputable medical schools in the United States. The applicant desiring to practice any other system or science of treating human ailments can not use medicine internally or externally or perform surgical operations, and must pass an examination sufficiently strict to test his qualifications as a practitioner. Graduates of legally chartered schools in Illinois approved by the board may be granted certificates without examination (inoperative). Fee for examination $10, certificate $5.

INDIANA.

See Indiana laws in full on page 11.

INDIAN TERRITORY.

CHEROKEE NATION.

--Laws 1892, Chapter 33.

Sec. 741. Boards of Medical Examiners; Appointment; Duty.—The principal chief shall appoint in each supreme judicial district three reputable physicians, citizens of the Cherokee nation, graduates of a regular school of medicine, to constitute a board of medical examiners for said district, and to grant license to such applicants as may present to him, from one of these boards, or boards of appeals, hereinafter provided for, a certificate of satisfactory examination.

Sec. 742. Board of Appeals; Term.-One member elected from each of these three boards shall jointly constitute a board of appeals, also a board of health, with advisory powers. The term of office of the members of said boards shall be four years, or until their successors are appointed.

Sec. 743. Meetings.--It shall be the duty of the said district boards to hold a regular meeting at stated intervals of not less than ninety days: provided, that when there is no applicant for examination it will not be necessary for the board to convene. The board of appeals shall be convened upon a call of the president or the request of two of its members. Sec. 744. Record of Examinations.-The board shall keep a record of all examinations which shall be conducted in writing, and after each meeting publish in at least one newspaper of the Cherokee nation the names of successful applicants for license.

Sec. 745. Compensation of Boards; Fees.-The compensation to members of the district boards shall not exceed $10 (United States currency) and shall be collected from the applicant. The board of appeals shall be entitled to a fee of $25 in examinations on appeals.

Sec. 746. License Necessary; Not to Apply; Qualifications for License. -All persons, not holding license to practice medicine in the Cherokee nation by virtue of having been examined by the legally constituted medical board of the same, shall be subject to the operation of this law, whether he or she be a Cherokee citizen or not, and, before engaging in the practice of medicine in said nation, shall secure a license as hereinafter provided: provided, that this act shall not be construed as applying to persons who have been continually engaged in the practice of medicine in the nation for three years next preceding its passage, nor to medicines, nor to domestic medication, nor to enchantments in any form; provided, no license to practice shall be issued to any person not a graduate from some medical school of reputable standing.

Sec. 747. Re-examination.-No rejected candidate shall be entitled to a re-examination by any board other than the rejecting one, until after the lapse of three months, after which time he shall be entitled to a re-examination by the board of appeals upon payment of a fee not to exceed $25, upon whose certificate he or she shall be entitled to a license to practice medicine within the Cherokee nation.

Sec. 748. Penalty for Violation.-Any person practicing medicine in violation of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, if a citizen of the Cherokee nation, be fined in the sum of $100, and in default of the payment of the same shall be confined in the national prison at the rate of $1 per day until paid, or, if not a Cherokee citizen, shall be removed from the country as provided by law for intruders.

Sec. 749. Itinerant Vendor; License; Violation.-Any itinerant vendor of any drug, nostrum, ointment or appliance of any kind, intended for the treatment of disease or injury, or who shall by writing or printing, or any other method publicly profess to cure or treat diseases, injuries or deformities by any drug, nostrum, manipulation or other expedient for a consideration, shall pay to the Cherokee nation a license of $50 per month, to be collected as provided by law, as all other licenses are now collected, and anybody violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if a citizen of the Cherokee nation, upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of $200, or, in default of payment, be confined in the national jail for a term not exceeding six months. Any person not a citizen of the Cherokee nation, violating the provisions of this section. shall be arrested and turned over to the Indian agent for expulsion from the Cherokee nation.

CHOCTAW NATION.

-Laws 1893. Page 235.

Sec. 1. Board of Physicians; Appointment; Duty.-The principal chief is authorized and required to appoint a board of physicians to consist of three persons, citizens of the Choctaw nation, who are regular graduates of some well-known medical college, and residents of said nation, whose

duty it shall be to examine all persons not citizens of this nation, who have located or may locate hereafter within the limits of said nation for the purpose of practicing medicine.

Sec. 2. Application for Examination.-Any person desiring to come before the board for examination, shall make application in writing to said board, and shall accompany such application with sufficient reference of his or her moral character, by four or more citizens of the nation of good standing, to whom the applicant is known. The fee for examination of each applicant shall be $25, and in default of the payment of which in advance, the board are not required to make the examination.

Sec. 3. Certificate on Examination; on Diploma.—If an applicant shall stand a satisfactory examination, or shall hold a diploma such as may be satisfactory to said board, they shall grant said applicant a certificate upon which the principal chief shall authorize the judges of the county courts to grant a permit to such applicant to practice medicine; and without the authority of the principal chief, as above mentioned, the county judge is hereby prohibited from granting the same.

Sec. 4. Violation.-Any person, not a citizen, who shall practice medicine in this nation in violation of the provisions of this act, shall be held to be an intruder and dealt with accordingly.

MUSKOGEE OR CREEK NATION.

-Laws 1893, Chapter 24.

Sec. 316. Board of Physicians; Appointment; Duty.-The board of physicians shall be appointed by the principal chief and shall be composed of three regular graduates of some reputable and well authenticated medical college, and who are engaged in the regular practice of medicine. They shall be either citizens or inter-married, residing in the Muskogee nation. They shall examine all persons who desire to locate in this nation for the purpose of practicing medicine.

Sec. 317. Certificate on Diploma.--Any person desiring to practice medicine in this nation shall file his diploma with the board, and if, upon examination, the diploma is found to be valid and authentic, the board shall give such applicant a certificate signed by the president and secretary of the board; which certificate thus signed shall entitle the applicant to practice medicine in this nation. The board may charge and collect a registration fee of $5 from each applicant.

Sec. 318. Certificate on Examination.-Every nongraduate who may desire to practice medicine in this nation shall make application to the board, and accompany his application with sufficient proof of good moral character, together with a fee of $25, which shall be a fee for examination; and if the board shall find the applicant qualified to practice medicine they shall grant him a certificate which shall entitle him to practice in this nation.

Sec. 319. Violation.-Any noncitizen claiming to be a physician who shall fail to comply with these requirements shall be deemed an intruder and be dealt with accordingly; and the examining board shall report to the principal chief any person practicing medicine in violation of same.

Sec. 320. Druggists.--No druggist or apothecary shall have the right to prescribe for or treat any patient until he shall first have complied with these requirements under penalty of having his license revoked.

Sec. 321. Recovery of Charges.-Physicians lawfully practicing in this nation may collect their fees in the same manner and upon the same condition as other debts are collected before any of the courts of this nation: provided, that such fees shall not exceed $1 per mile for distance traveled in visiting the patient at any hour of day or night, exclusive of obstetrics and surgical work.

Muskogee or Creek Nation.-Administrative.-A board of three graduate physicians, citizens of or intermarried in the Muskogee nation, appointed by the principal chief. Executive officer, secretary. Registration of the diploma with the board. Fee $5.

Licensing. The board grants a certificate to the holder of an authentic diploma; a nongraduate must submit to an examination and give proof of good moral character. Fee $25.

Cherokee Nation.-Administrative.-A board of examiners for each supreme judicial district, composed of three graduate physicians, citizens of the Cherokee nation, appointed by the principal chief. Executive officer, president of the board.

Professional.-The candidate must present a diploma from a reputable

school.

Licensing. The board grants certificates upon examination. Fee $10. Choctaw nation.-Administrative.-A board of three graduate physicians, citizens of the Choctaw nation, appointed by the principal chief.

Licensing. The board grants a certificate to the holder of a satisfactory diploma; a nongraduate must submit to an examination and give proof of good moral character. Fee $25.

IOWA.

Licensing.--The State board of medical examiners issues certificates on examination to graduates of recognized medical schools. To satisfy the minimum conditions of recognition schools must require for admission certificates of good character from two reputable physicians of the State from which the applicant comes, a diploma or certificate of graduation from a high school, or evidence of having passed the matriculation examination of a recognized college, or a certificate of successful examination by the faculty of any reputable university, college or high school, or by the State superintendent of public instruction, in English grammar, arithmetic, elementary physics, United States history, geography, and one year's Latin. A student may be conditioned in Latin during his first year only. The course must be for four years of not less than twenty-six weeks each and must include instruction in anatomy, physiology, hygiene, chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics, theory and practice of medicine, pathology, pathologic anatomy, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, bacteriology, microscopy, jurisprudence. Graduates of colleges in good standing having devoted regular time to biology, botany, chemistry, physics, histology,