Security on appeals.

Onus pro

Evi ence of registry and signature of Registrar.

Limitation of prosecutions.

Stay of proceedings.

To whom penalties paid.

Prosecutor.

Council funds.

costs awarded by him or them are not upon conviction forthwith paid, may commit the offender to the Common Gaol, there to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one month, unless the penalty and costs are sooner paid. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, s. 46.

52. Any person convicted under this Act who gives notice of appeal against the decision of the convicting Justice, shall be required before being released from custody to give to the Justice satisfactory security for the amount of the penalty, costs of conviction and appeal. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, s. 48.

53. In any trial under this Act the burden of proof as to gistration shall be upon the person charged. R. S. O. 1877, 142, s. 49.

54. In all cases where proof of registration under this Act is required to be made, the production of a printed or other copy of the register, certified under the hand of the registrar of the council for the time being shall be sufficient evidence of all persons who are registered practitioners, in lieu of the production of the original register; and any certificate upon such printed or other copy of the register, purporting to be signed by any person in his capacity of registrar of the council under this Act shall be prima facie evidence that such person is the registrar, without any proof of his signature or of his being in fact the registrar. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, s. 50.

55. Every prosecution under this Act shall be commenced within one year from the date of the alleged offence. R. S. 0. 1877, c. 142, s. 51.

56. The council by an order signed by the president having the seal of the College appended thereto, may stay proceedings in any prosecution under this Act where it is deemed expedient. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, s. 52.

57.—(1) All penalties recoverable under this Act shall be paid to the convicting Justice and by him paid to the registrar of the college, and shall form part of the funds thereof.

(2) Any person may be prosecutor or complainant under this Act, and the council may allot such portion of the penalties recovered as may be expedient towards the payment of such prosecutor. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, s. 53.

58. All moneys forming part of the council funds shall be paid to the treasurer, and may be applied to carry this Act into execution. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, s. 54,

SCHEDULE A.

(Sections 6 and 15.)

1. Western and St. Clair Electoral Divisions, as established previous to Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

2. Malahide and Tecumseth Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

3. Saugeen and Brock Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

4. Gore and Thames Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

5. Erie and Niagara Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

6. Burlington and Home Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

7. Midland and York Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the Late Province of Canada.

8. King's and Queen's Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for the election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

9. Newcastle and Trent Electoral Divisions, as established previons to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

10. Quinté and Cataraqui Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

11. Bathurst and Rideau Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of Members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada.

12. St. Lawrence and Eastern Electoral Divisions, as established previous to the Confederation of the British American Provinces, for election of members of the Legislative Council of the late Province of Canada. R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, Sched. A.

SCHEDULE B.

(Sections 24 and 25.)

1. License to practise Physic, Surgery and Midwifery, or either, within Upper Canada, granted under the Acts of Upper Canada, 59 Geo. III. c. 13, and 8 Geo. IV. c. 3, respectively.

2. License or diploma granted under 2 Vict. c. 38, or under the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, chapter 40, or any Act amending the same.

3. License or authorization to practise Physic, Surgery and Midwifery or either, within Lower Canada, whether granted under the Ordinance 28 Geo. IIl., c. 8, or under the Act 10 & 11 Vict., c. 26, and the Acts amending the same, or under chapter 71 of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, or any Act amending the same.

4. Certificate of Qualification to practise Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery, or either, hereafter to be granted by any of the Colleges or bodies named or referred to in section 6 of this Act.

5. Medical or surgical degree or diploma of any University or College in Her Majesty's Dominions, or of such other Universities or Colleges as the Council may determine.

6. Certificate of registration under the Imperial Act, 21 & 22 Vict c. 90, known as The Medical Act," or any Act amending the same.

7. Commission or warrant as Physician or Surgeon, in Her Majesty's military service.

8. Certificates of qualification to practise under any of the Acts relating to Homeopathy or the Eclectic system of Medicine.

R. S. O. 1877, c. 142, Sched. B

CHAPTER 149.

An Act respecting the Study of Anatomy.

WHAT BODIES MAY BE DELIVERED REGISTER TO BE KEPT BY SUPERIN

FOR DISSECTION, S. 1.

BODY MAY BE CLAIMED BY FRIENDS,

TENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTITU-
TIONS, S. 11.

SECURITY TO BE GIVEN BY MEDICAL

SCHOOLS, S. 13.

PENALTIES:

Neglect of duty by inspectors,

etc., s. 14.

Removal of bodies from Province,

s. 15.

Recovery of, s. 16.

NOTICE TO INSPECTOR BY CORONER, BURIALS BY MUNICIPALITIES, s. 17.

ETC., SS. 7-10.

H'

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

delivered for

1. In all localities coming under the provisions of this Act Certain bodies the body of any person found dead, publicly exposed, or sent may be to a public morgue, or who immediately before death had been study of supported in and by any public institution, shall be delivered anatomy. to persons qualified as hereinafter mentioned, unless such body be within forty-eight hours after death claimed by_relations or bona fide friends, or being a lunatic, dies in any Provincial Asylum for the insane; provided nevertheless, that the authorities in whose care any body may be, shall not deliver the same Proviso. to any person other than a known relative unless such shall pay to the said authorities the sum of $5 to defray the funeral expenses of the body so claimed, the said sum to be paid over to the undertaker by the said authorities when satisfied that the body has been properly interred. 48 V. c. 31, s. 2.

person

medical school

may be

2. Any medical school obtaining a body as provided by Body delivthe preceding section shall keep and preserve the same for a ered to period of not less than five days, and in the event of a relative or bona fide friend claiming the body within a period of claimed by five days from the receipt thereof by the medical school, the friends. medical school shall deliver over the body to the said relative or bona fide friend upon the receipt of the reasonable costs and charges for preserving and keeping the same, not to exceed the sum of $10. 48 V. c. 31, s. 3.

To whom such

delivered.

3. The persons qualified to receive such unclaimed bodies. bodies shall be shall be teachers of anatomy or surgery in recognized medical schools; and if there be any medical school in the locality, such school shall have the first claim to the body. 48 V. c. 31, s. 4.

Appointment of Inspector of Anatomy.

Duties of
Inspector.

Distribution to different medical schools in same city.

Coroner to

give notice to

Inspector of bodies found exposed.

4. The Lieutenant-Governor may appoint, during pleasure, a person not being a medical practitioner, nor connected with any school of medicine, to be Inspector of Anatomy for such part of the Province, or for such city, town or other locality therein as may be named in the appointment. 48 V. c. 31, s. 5.

5. It shall be the duty of every inspector of anatomy

1. To keep a register of the name, age, sex, birth place and religious denomination, if any, of each unclaimed body received by him, and the name of the school to which delivered, with date of delivery.

2. To keep a register of medical schools duly qualified to receive and desirous of receiving bodies for instruction of pupils.

3. To distribute all bodies, in rotation, to such schools in proportion to the number of persons actually engaged in the study of human anatomy in each school, as shewn by their official registers, which he shall be allowed to inspect.

4. To inspect the several authorized practical anatomy rooms in his locality at least once in every six weeks, and to direct the removal and decent interment of any remains that he deems it advisable to have interred.

5. To keep his registers open for the inspection of any medical practitioner who may desire to inspect them. 48 V. c. 31, s. 6.

6. Where more than one medical school situated in the same city shall have made application for bodies, every inspector upon sending a body to either school shall notify the inspector of the city in which such school is situated, and the inspector for such city in distributing the bodies he receives from his own district shall have regard to the number of bodies each school has received from other inspectors outside, and if necessary direct them from time to time to which school they shall send bodies, so that each school shall receive from all sources in proportion to the number of persons actually engaged in the study of human anatomy in each school. 48 V. c. 31, s. 7.

7. Every coroner, whether he does or does not hold an inquest on a body found publicly exposed, to which his attention has been called, and which is not claimed in accordance with section 1 of this Act, shall give notice to the inspector of anatomy of the locality, if there be one, failing which, he shall cause the body to be interred as has been customary. 48 V. c. 31, s. 8.