certificate to that effect, signed by the president and secretary of the said board, and such certificate shall be conclusive as to the right of the lawful holder of the same to practise medicine in this State; provided, that the provisions of this sub-title of this article shall not apply to any person who has been practising medicine continuously within this State for ten years before the passage of this sub-title of this article.

1888, ch. 429, sec. 2.

40. The verification of the diploma shall consist in the affidavit of the holder or applicant that he or she is the lawful possessor of the same, and that he or she is the person therein named; and for the purpose of this sub-title of this article the said State board of health, or a majority thereof, is authorized to administer oaths, or examine under oath, any person applying for the certificate of the board. Graduates may present their diplomas, with affidavits as to the genuineness of the same taken before any person authorized to administer oaths in this State, attested under the hand and official seal of such officer, if he have a seal, by letter or by proxy; and the said State board of health shall, if satisfied that the diploma has been issued by a legally authorized medical college of good reputation and standing, and that the applicant is the lawful possessor of the same, issue a certificate the same as though the owner of the diploma were present.

Ibid. sec. 3.

41. Every person not a graduate of any legally authorized medical college, but who is practising in the State, shall present himself before the State board of health for such examination as the said board shall require; and if the examination be satisfactory to the examiners, the said board shall issue its certificate in accordance with the facts, and the lawful holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges herein mentioned.

Ibid. sec. 4.

42. The said State board of health shall receive a fee of one dollar for every diploma examined and certificate issued thereon, or from every graduate who applies for the certificate of the board; and every candidate, not a graduate, applying for a cer

tificate, shall pay a fee of five dollars, which shall be returned to the applicant if a certificate be refused; all fees received by the said board shall be applied to the expenses of carrying out the provisions of this sub-title of this article, and the excess thereof, if any, shall be used for the State board of health, an account of which and how disbursed the said board of health shall report to the governor.

1888, ch. 429, sec. 5.

43. Every person holding a certificate from the State board of health shall have it recorded in a book to be bept for that purpose in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county, or the clerk of the circuit court of Baltimore city, as the case may be, in which he or she resides, and the record shall be endorsed on the certificate; any person removing to another locality other than that in which his certificate is recorded shall procure an endorsement to that effect, and shall in like manner have his or her certificate recorded in the county or city of Baltimore, as the case may be, to which he or she removes; and the holder of the certificate shall pay to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, or clerk of the circuit court of Baltimore city, as the case may be, the usual fees for making the record.

Ibid. sec. 6.

44. Any person shall be regarded as practising medicine within the meaning of this sub-title who shall profess publicly to be a physician and prescribe for the sick, or who shall append to his name the letters M. D.; but nothing in this sub-title of this article shall be construed to prohibit students from prescribing under the supervision of preceptors, or to prohibit gratuitous services in cases of emergency; and this sub-title of this article shall not apply to commissioned surgeons in the United States army, navy or marine hospital service, nor shall it apply to physicians or surgeons not resident in this State, who may be called in consultation within this State.

Ibid. sec. 7.

45. The State board of health may refuse certificates to persons presenting diplomas from colleges or schools not in good standing, or to individuals guilty of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct or of criminal practise, and they may revoke

certificates for like causes; no such certificate shall be refused to any such person because he or she may belong to a different recognized school of medicine from any member of said board.

1888, ch. 429, sec. 8.

46. Any person practising medicine in this State without complying with the provisions of this sub-title of this article, or who shall advertise himself to the public as skilled in the treatment of any particular disease or injury without first having secured and recorded the certificate of the State board of health, or who shall, by writing, printing, or any other method, publicly profess to cure or treat diseases, injury or deformity by any drug, nostrum, manipulation or other expedient, without having complied with the provisions of this sub-title of this article, or who shall represent himself as being authorized to practise medicine or surgery in this State, when in fact he is not so authorized, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in jail not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or be both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court.

Ibid. sec. 9.

47. Any person filing or attempting to file as his own the diploma or certificate of another, or a forged diploma or forged affidavit of identification, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of forgery, and on being convicted thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary or house of correction, at the discretion of the court, for not less than two years, or by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.

1. Governor to appoint board of 9. May hold property.

7. Shall maintain effective inspec- 14. Annual appropriation for support

8. Shall appoint two or more students 15. Fence and enclosure to be built of insanity.

and maintained.

1876, ch. 351, sec. 1.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 44, sec. 1. 1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall biennially appoint three persons of undoubted character, and selected with a view to skill and efficiency, managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, who shall serve without pay, and hold their offices for six years, and until others are appointed in their stead, so that the said board shall always consist of nine members.

1876, ch. 351, sec. 13. 1878, ch. 341.

2. The hospital for the insane, which was heretofore located and built on its present site, at or near Catonsville, in Baltimore county, in this State, by and under the authority of the laws of this State, and which is now under the general direction and control of the managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, is hereby declared to have been built and established on its said site by the authority and direction of this State; the board of managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane are a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The board of managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane," and shall by that name have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued in any court of

this State, and may have and use a common seal, and may, at their pleasure, alter and change the same; the said board of managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, as such corporation, is hereby declared to be a public agency of this State for the administration of one of the charities thereof; and the hospital aforesaid, located as aforesaid, is hereby declared to be one of the means adopted by this State for the administration of one of its public charities.

Co. Comm'rs v. Board of Managers Md. Hospital, 62 Md. 127.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 44, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 2. 1888, ch. 468. 3. The president and visitors of the Maryland hospital are hereby authorized and directed to transfer by deed all the real estate and other property belonging to said trust, which may be in their possession, to the managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, above provided for; and the government of the State hospital for the insane shall be vested in the said board of managers, five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 3

4. The said board of managers shall have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of the said hospital, and shall take charge of its general interests, and see that its great design be carried into effect, and everything done faithfully according to law, and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the said hospital; but said board of managers shall have no authority or power to mortgage or pledge any of the property, real or personal, of said hospital.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1878, ch. 341.

5. They shall appoint one of their number as treasurer, who shall give bond for the faithful performance of his trust, in such sum and in such sureties as the comptroller of the State shall approve; they shall also appoint a superintendent, who shall be a well-educated physician; and in addition, shall also appoint as many physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, stewards, matrons, nurses, servants and other officers, for the administration and service of said hospital, as they may deem necessary; all of whom shall hold their appointments at the pleasure of the board of managers.