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reputable medical colleges of this State, approved of by said board, may obtain a certificate of registration as graduates of such colleges and without examination by the board upon payment of a fee of ten dollars. The Board of Registra- Publication tion in Medicine shall, from time to time, adopt and publish standard. a minimum standard of medical education, and no medical college shall be approved and designated by said board under this subdivision one, of section three, unless, in the judg ment of the board, it conforms with such standard: Pro- Proviso, vided, That any raising of the standard of medical educa- raising of tion, including preliminary education, by the board under when effective. this provision shall not go into effect until at least one year after its adoption and publication by the board: And Pro- Further vided further, That the standard of preliminary education proviso under the provisions of this act shall not exceed the standard fixed for admission to the literary department of the University of Michigan; ..

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Second, The applicant shall be registered and given a Licentiates of certificate of registration if he shall present a certified copy countries. or certificate of registration or license which has been issued to said applicant in any foreign nation where the requirements of registration shall be deemed by said Board of Registration in Medicine to be equivalent to those of this act: Provided, Such country shall accord a- like privilege to Proviso. holders of certificates from this board. The fee for registra- Fee. tion from applicants of this class shall be fifty dollars;

other states.

Third, The applicant shall be registered and given a certifi- Residents of cate of registration if he shall present a certified copy of certicate of registration or license which has been issued to said applicant within the states, territories, districts or provinces of the United States where the requirements for registration shall be deemed by the Board of Registration in Medicine to be equivalent to those of this act, and shall otherwise conform to the rules and regulations agreed upon between the State Board of which he is a licentiate and said board relative to the recognition and exchange of certificates between states. The fee for registration from applicants of this Fee. class shall be fifty dollars;

statements,

Fourth, If any person shall unlawfully obtain and pro- Untrue cure himself to be registered under this section, either by etc., deemed false and untrue statements contained in his application to felony. the Board of Registration in Medicine, or by presenting to said board a false or untrue diploma or license, or one fraudulently obtained, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not Penalty. less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year, nor more than three years, or both, at the discretion of the court, and shall forfeit all rights and privileges obtained or conferred upon him by virtue of such registration as a physician or surgeon;

Fifth, Any person who shall swear falsely in any affi- Perjury.

When board shall refuse certificate.

"Unprofessional and dishonest conduct," defined.

Penalty.

davit or oral testimony made or given by virtue of the pro-
visions of this act, or the regulations of the Board of Regis-
tration in Medicine, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to all the pains and
penalties of perjury;

Sixth, The Board of Registration in Medicine shall re-
fuse to issue a certificate of registration provided for in this
section to any person guilty of grossly unprofessional and
dishonest conduct. The words "unprofessional and dishonest
conduct," as used in this act, are hereby declared to mean:
First, The procuring, aiding or abetting in procuring a
criminal abortion;

Second, The obtaining of any fee on the assurance that an incurable disease can be permanently cured;

Third, The wilfully betraying of a professional secret; Fourth, All advertising of medical business in which grossly improbable statements are made, or where specific mention is made in such advertisements of venereal diseases or diseases of the genito-urinary organs;

Fifth, Having professional connection with, or lending one's name to an illegal practitioner of medicine; or having professional connection with any person who had been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction under the provisions of this section;

Sixth, All advertising, of any nature or kind, of any medicine, or of any means for the regulation or re-establishment of the menses;

Seventh, All advertising of any matter of an obscene or offensive nature derogatory to good morals;

Eighth, Employing any capper, solicitor or drummer for the purpose of securing patients; or subsidizing any hotel or boarding-house with a like purpose; or paying or presenting to any person money or any other thing of value with a like purpose;

Ninth, Being guilty of offenses involving moral turpitude, habitual intemperance, or being habitually addicted to the use of morphine, opium, cocaine or other drugs having a simiMisdemeanor. lar effect. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to be guilty of "unprofessional and dishonest conduct" as defined in this act. Any person who shall be charged with the commission of such misdemeanor shall be tried in a court of competent criminal jurisdiction and upon conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed three months, or may be both fined and imMisdemeanor prisoned in the discretion of the court. The creation of such created by act, misdemeanor by this act shall not be construed to supersede any existing remedy or punishment, whether civil or criminal for any act embraced within the provisions of this act, but shall be construed to be in addition thereto. The Board of Registration in Medicine shall, upon the filing with it of a duly certified copy of a final conviction, obtained in

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Certificate, may suspend or revoke.

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accordance with the provisions of this act, revoke or suspend
for a limited period, not less than six months, the certi-
ficate of the person so convicted. Said board may, after fair
hearing, revoke any certificate of registration heretofore or
hereafter granted upon mistake of material fact or by reason
of fraudulent misrepresentation of fact by such applicant.
The said Board of Registration shall also revoke any certi
ficate obtained through fraud or perjury, or the certificate
of any person guilty of a criminal offense created by or em-
braced within the provisions of this act, when such criminal
offense or such fraud or perjury shall have been legally estab-
lished in a court of competent jurisdiction.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 18, 1907.

[No. 165.]

AN ACT to protect fish in that part of Big Portage lake lying in Washtenaw county, and to protect fish in Little Portage lake in Washtenaw county, and to regulate the spearing of ciscos and carp in said Little Portage lake.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

ciscos, open season.

SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to spear Unlawful or attempt to spear at any time any fish in the waters of to spear. Big and Little Portage lakes lying in the counties of Washtenaw and Livingston: Provided, It shall not be unlawful to Proviso, spear ciscos and carp in the waters of Little Portage lake by means of artificial light from the fifteenth day of November to the thirtieth day, inclusive, of the same month, of each year: Provided also, The provisions of this act shall not Proviso, Big apply to that part of Big Portage lake lying in Livingston Portage lake. county. Every person desirous of spearing such fish in the waters of said lake, shall first make application to the deputy game warden of Washtenaw county for a license so License, to do, for which license such person shall pay the sum of for; fee. one dollar per year, this fee to go to the said deputy game warden, as remuneration for his constant attendance in the vicinity of said lakes during the period mentioned. The licenses herein provided for shall be issued by said deputy game warden, at his expense and shall be substantially in the following form:

Office of Deputy Game Warden.

... 19. . . . having paid to me the

statutory fee of one dollar, is hereby licensed to spear ciscos and carp in the waters of Little Portage lake, Washtenaw

application

Form of.

Penalty for violation.

county, from the fifteenth day of November to the thirtieth
day of the same month, inclusive.

(Signed)...

Deputy Game Warden for
Washtenaw county.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail of the
county in which the offense shall be committed, for a period
of not less than ten nor more than thirty days or by both
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 18, 1907.

Hedges, trimming of, height, etc.

Trimmings removed.

Penalty for violation.

[No. 166.]

AN ACT to compel the trimming of hedges or hedge rows.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant or person having charge of lands in this State, to cut or trim, or cause to be cut or trimmed, to a height not exceeding four and one-half feet and a width not to exceed three feet, all hedges or hedge rows along, or on the public highway, or adjacent thereto, in each and every year, except such hedges as shall have been set out for the protection of fruit trees and nursery stock. Trimmings or brush from such hedge. rows shall not be left lying within the limits of the highway, but shall be forthwith removed.

SEC. 2. Any owner, occupant or person having charge of lands who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, on conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not more than ten dollars, together with the cost of prosecution, and in default of payment of the same shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county where the land is situated, for a period not exceeding twenty days.

Ordered to take effect September first, nineteen hundred eight.

Approved June 18, 1907.

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[No. 167.]

AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of companies for the purpose of prospecting for, manufacturing or refining oil.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

with certain

SECTION 1. Any number of persons, not less than three, Number may desiring to become incorporated for the purpose of prospect- incorporate. ing for, manufacturing or refining oil, may, by complying with all the provisions of act number one hundred thirteen To comply of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-seven, being act. chapter one hundred eighty-seven of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of companies for mining, smelting or manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral coal and other ores and minerals, and to fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations," and the acts amendatory thereof, with their successors and assigns, may become a body politic and corporate with all the powers, duties and liabilities of corporations organized under the act above mentioned: Provided however, That the capital stock of Proviso, such corporation may be not less than five thousand dollars capital stock, nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars, the par value of the shares to be not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each share.

Approved June 18, 1907.

limit, etc.

[No. 168.]

AN ACT to provide for the raising of funds by taxation or the sale of bonds for the improvement of highways in counties or parts of counties, which have adopted the county road system.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

system,

tax under.

SECTION 1. All counties or parts of counties which shall County road have adopted the county road system, may raise by tax for amount may the improvement of the highways in the road district so con- raise by stituted, not exceeding two dollars on each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation upon the assessment rolls of the county or district for the preceding year, except in Wayne county, which shall not exceed fifty cents on each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation.

May issue

SEC. 2. All counties or parts of counties in the State, bonds. which have adopted the county road system, may issue

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