Section 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent Repeal. herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 18th day of April, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 151. AN ACT To provide for the registration of veterinary surgeons, and to further regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall keep a book of registration. at the office of said Board, in which books shall be registered the name and address of each and every person duly qualified under existing laws, or who may hereafter become qualified, to conduct the practice of the science of veterinary medicine and surgery in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And it shall be the duty of all persons now qualified and engaged in the practice of the science of veterinary medicine and surgery, or who shall hereafter be licensed by the said State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to engage in such practice in this Commonwealth, to be registered with said Board, as such practitioners, on or before the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and six, and thereafter to register with said Board, in like manner, annually, on or before the first day of January of each succeeding year. The form and method of such registration shall be provided for by said Board, in such manner as will enable the said Board to carry into effect the purpose of this act. Section 2. The said Board shall be entitled to demand and receive for each annual registration and for the certificate, hereinafter provided, a fee, not to Fee. exceed one dollar, which sum shall accompany the application for such registration, and the amount derived from this source shall be applied to the proper expenses incurred by the said Board, as provided by the provisions of the act of May sixteen, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. Upon receiving a proper application for such registration, accompanied by the fee above provided, the said Board shall issue its certificate of registration to the applicant for Certificate. registration, upon which shall be noted the number of the book and the page therein containing the record of such registration; said certificate, together with its 14 Laws. Evidence. Veterinarians in practice. Registration of. Misdemeanor. Fine. Repeal. renewals, shall be good and sufficient evidence of registration under the provisions of this act. The said books of registration shall constitute a part of the records of the said State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Section 3. Any person who had assumed the title of Veterinary Surgeon, or analogous title, and who had been engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in this Commonwealth prior to the passage of the acts of Assembly, approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and the twenty-ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and who, under the provisions of said acts of Assembly, was entitled as such practitioner, to register in the office of the prothonotary in the county in which he then resided, but who failed to so register within the time provided by the said acts, may, and is hereby empowered to, make application to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for registration, as such practitioner, under the provisions of this act; and if he shall, by proper and competent evidence, prove to the satisfaction of said Board that he was entitled to be registered as a practitioner under the provisions of the said acts of Assembly, approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and the twenty-ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and the said Board shall so find, such practitioner shall thereupon be entitled to register with said Board, on or before the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and six, and thereafter to renew said registration in accordance with the provisions of this act. Section 4. Any person who shall practice veterinary medicine or surgery, without having been registered in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in the court of quarter sessions of the county wherein the offence shall have been committed, shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, for each offense. Said State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall be the prosecutor in all such cases. Section 5. All acts or parts of acts of Assembly inconsistent herewith shall be and are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 18th day of April, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 152. AN ACT To amend section eight of the act approved the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to convey certain real estate, and for other purposes, so as to extend its provisions to the husband or wife of a lunatic or non compos mentis, and to further regulate the procedure in action for divorce. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section eight of an act approved the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to convey certain real estate, and for other purposes," which reads as follows: Divorces. Section 8. act of cited for amendment. April 13, 1843, "Section 8. That in cases where the wife is a lunatic or non compos mentis, the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth are invested with authority to receive a petition or libel for a divorce, which may be exhibited by any relative or next friend of the wife; and the affidavit required by the act concerning divorces may be made in the manner required by the act by such relative or next friend; and all the provisions of the several acts relating to divorces shall apply to all applications made under the directions of this section: Provided, That the fact of the lunacy of the wife and such circumstances as may be sufficient to satisfy the mind of the court as to the truth of the allegation, shall be set forth in the statement; and upon the hearing of the case before the court or upon an issue to be tried by jury, the question of lunacy with every other matter of fact that is affirmed by one side and denied by the other, shall be heard and investigated in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the several acts concerning divorces," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Clause A. That from and after the passage of this where husband act, in cases where the husband or wife is a hopeless natic. lunatic or non compos mentis, the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth are invested with the authority to receive a petition or libel for divorce; Petition. the affidavit, as now required by law to such petition for libel, to be made by the petitioner; and the ser- Service of subvice of subpoena in divorce shall be made as now pro- poena. vided, such service to be made upon the committee of such lunatic; and all the provisions of the several acts relating to divorces shall apply to all applications made under this act. or wife is a lu Affidavit. Clause B. That the fact of the lunacy of the husband or wife, and such circumstances as may be sufficient to satisfy the mind of the court as to the truth of the allegation, shall be set forth in the petition; and upon the hearing of the case before the court, a Hearing. master, or issue to be tried by jury, the question of Expert testimony. lunacy shall be fully established by expert testimony, together with every other matter of fact that is affirmed by one party and denied by the other, and the same shall be heard and investigated in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the several acts concerning divorces. Proof required. Alimony. Bond. Clause C. No divorce shall be granted under this act to any petitioner or libellant unless it be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the husband or wife of the petitioner is hopelessly insane: Provided, however, That if the husband or wife has been for ten or more years an inmate of an asylum for the insane, it shall be conclusive proof of hopeless insanity. Clause D. In case of the application of a husband for divorce from an insane wife, under the provisions of this act, the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth, or the judges thereof to whom application is made, are hereby vested with full and complete authority to provide alimony for the support of such insane wife during the term of her natural life, by requiring the petitioner to file a bond, with surety or sureties if necessary, in such sum as they may direct, conditioned as aforesaid, before granting the divorce prayed for. And if the wife be the petitioner, and have sufficient means, the courts aforesaid, or the judges thereof, may provide for the support of the insane husband as in this section required for an insane wife; provided the insane husband has not suffi cient estate in his own right for his support. Clause E. This act shall in no way interfere or prevent an insane wife from obtaining a divorce from a husband, as provided in the act of April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, to which this is a supplement. APPROVED-The 18th day of April, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. Pool rooms, billiard rooms, bowling saloons, etc. Presence of persons under 18 years forbidden. No. 153. AN ACT For the better regulation of public pool rooms, billiard rooms, bowling saloons, and tenpin alleys in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall not be lawful for the licensed keeper, proprietor, owner or superintendent of any public pool rooms, billiard room, bowling saloon or tenpin alley, in this Commonwealth, knowingly to allow or permit any person under the age of eighteen years to be present in such public pool rooms, billiard room, bowling saloon or tenpin alley; and that the keeper, proprietor, owner or superintendent of such public pool rooms, billiard room, bowling saloon or tenpin alley, knowingly allowing or permitting any person under the age of eighteen years to be present therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine Misdemeanor. not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred Fine. dollars. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent Repeal. herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 18th day of April, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PEENYPACKER. No. 154. AN ACT To prevent the buying and selling of infant children, and providing for the punishment therefor. Infant children. Buying and sell Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That if any person or APPROVED-The 18th day of April, A. D. 1905. Fine and penalty No. 155. AN ACT To validate sales of real estate upon writs of levari facias awarded upon judgments obtained upon writs of scire facias sur mortgage, issued subsequent to the passage of an act, entitled "An act relating to the service of certain process in actions at law, and to the effect thereof, and providing who shall be made parties to certain writs," approved the ninth day of July, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one, and prior to the passage of this act, in all cases in which the affidavit required by division ten of section one of said act has not been filed with the praecipe, and the proceedings subsequent to the filing of the praecipe have not been in accordance with provisions of said act, but in accordance with the provisions of acts in force prior to its passage; so as to vest in the purchasers the title to said real estate, with the same force and effect as if the proceedings upon said writs of scire facias sur mortgage had been had prior to the passage of said act of July nine, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one, unless, within one year after the passage of this act, an entry be made upon such real estate, or an action of ejectment be brought for its recovery by those who were the real owners thereof when said writs of scire facias were issued, or by the persons claiming under such owners. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases in Real estate. |