existing laws on account of current expenses for the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, and the Michigan Reformatory, during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred two, by institutions as follows: For the Michigan State Prison, the sum of thirty thousand dollars; for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, the sum of thirty-eight thousand dollars; for the Michigan Reformatory, the sum of forty-two thousand dollars. The money arising from the taxes levied under the provisions of this act shall, when collected, be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the same for the money previously expended. paid. SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated or disbursed by the Appropriaprovisions of law for which this tax is levied shall be paid out tions, how of the general fund in the State treasury to the proper board or officer of the respective institutions at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. Approved May 27, 1903. [No. 162.] AN ACT to regulate the practice of Osteopathy in the State of Michigan, to provide for the examination, licensing and registration of osteopathic practitioners, to appoint a State Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination and for the punishment of offenders against this act and to repeal acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith. The People of the State of Michigan enact: of board. SECTION 1. There shall be a State Board of Osteopathic Appointment Registration and Examination, consisting of five persons, appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, in the following manner, to-wit: Within thirty days after the passage of this act, the Governor shall appoint five persons having the qualifications required by this section, who shall constitute the first Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination. The terms of office shall be so desig- Term of office. nated by the Governor that the term of one member shall expire each year, these several periods to date from May first, nineteen hundred three. Thereafter, in each year, prior to May first, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall, in the same manner, appoint one person to fill the vacancy to occur on the board on that date, from expiration of term. A vacancy occurring from any other cause shall Vacancy, how be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term in the same filled. manner, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, if in session when such vacancy occurs, or in other cases subject Qualifications to the approval of the senate at its regular session. of members. Compensation. To keep records. When person make application for certificate. Application, what to state. Each person appointed as a member of the board, shall, before receiving his certificate of appointment, file with the Governor a certificate of the Michigan State Osteopathic Association, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Michigan, under the seal of its president and secretary, setting forth that the person named in the certificate is a graduate of a reputable school of osteopathy; that he has been engaged in the practice of osteopathy in the State of Michigan for two years or more; that he is of good moral character, and that he is of good standing in his profession. The board shall organize by electing a president, secretary and treasurer, each to serve for a term of one year. The treasurer shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the board for the faithful discharge of his duties. The secretary shall receive a salary to be fixed by the board, of not exceeding six hundred dollars per annum. The members of the board shall each receive their actual expenses for the time actually employed in the discharge of their duties. The board shall have a common seal, and shall formulate rules to govern its actions. Its president and secretary shall have power to administer oaths. The board shall meet in Lansing on the first Tuesday of September of each year, and at such other times as a majority of the board may appoint. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum but no certificate to practice osteopathy shall be granted on an affirmative vote of less than three. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings, and a register of all applicants for certificates, giving the name and location of the institution granting the applicant the decree [degree] of Doctor of Osteopathy, the date of his diploma, and also whether the applicant was rejected or a certificate granted. The books and register of the board shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. The board shall create no expense exceeding the sum received from time to time as fees and fines herein provided. SEC. 2. Any person before engaging in the practice of osteopto pay fee and athy in this State, shall, upon the payment of a fee of twentyfive dollars, make application for a certificate to practice osteopathy to the Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination, on a form prescribed by the board, giving, first, his name; age-which shall not be less than twenty-one years-and residence; second, evidence that such applicant shall have, previous to the beginning of his course in osteopathy, a diploma from a high school, academy, college or university, approved by aforesaid board; third, the date of his diploma, and evidence that such diploma was granted on personal attendance and completion of a course of study of not less than three years of nine months each, and such other information as the board may require; fourth, the name of the school or college of osteopathy from which he was graduated, and which shall have been in good repute as such at the time of the issuing of his diploma, as what to may grant persons now determined by the board. The board may, in its discretion, accept as the equivalent of any part of all of the second and third requirements, evidence of five or more years' reputable practice of osteopathy, by an osteopathic practitioner located in the State at the time of the passage of this act: Provided, Proviso. Such substitution be specified in the certificate. If the facts Examination, thus set forth, and to which the applicant shall be required include. to make affidavit, shall meet the requirements of the board, as laid down in its rules, then the board shall require the applicant to submit to an examination as to his qualifications for the practice of osteopathy, which shall include the subjects of anatomy, physiology, physiological chemistry, toxicology, pathology, bacteriology, histology, neurology, physical diagnosis, obstetrics, gynecology, minor surgery, hygiene, medical jurisprudence, principles and practice of osteopathy, and such other subjects as the board may require. If such an examination be When board passed in a manner satisfactory to the board, then the board certificate. shall issue its certificate granting him the right to practice osteopathy in the State of Michigan. Any person failing to pass such examination may be re-examined at any regular meeting of the board within a year from the time of such failure, without additional fee. Any person engaged in the practice of Relative to osteopathy in this State at the time of passage of this act, who in practice. holds a diploma from a regular college of osteopathy as determined by the board, and who makes application to the State Board of Osteopathic Registra [Registration] and Examination before January first, nineteen hundred four, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars, shall receive a certificate from the board without examination, which, when filed with the county clerk in the county where he resides, shall authorize the holder thereof to practice osteopathy in the State of Michigan, but shall not permit him to practice medicine within the meaning of act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine or acts amendatory thereto: Pro- Proviso as to vided further, That the board may, in its discretion, dispense ing license with an examination of the case, first, of an osteopathic practitioner duly authorized to practice osteopathy in any other state or territory, or the District of Columbia, who presents a certificate or license issued after an examination by the legally constituted board of such state, territory or District of Columbia, accorded only to applicants of equal grade with those required in Michigan, or, second, an osteopathic practitioner who has been in the actual practice of osteopathy for five years, who is a graduate of a reputable school of osteopathy, who may desire to change his residence to Michigan, and who makes application on a form to be prescribed by the board, accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars. persons hold from other states. may refuse The Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination When board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration provided for certificate. in this section to any person guilty of grossly unprofessional and dishonest conduct. SEC. 3. All fees shall be paid in advance to the treasurer Fees, disposiof the board, and by him at once covered into the State treasury. tion of. Compensa paid. to the credit of a continuing fund, which is hereby appropriated for the use of the State Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination. The compensation of the secretary tion, etc., how and expenses of members and officers of said board, and all expenses proper and necessary in the opinion of said board to discharge its duties under and to enforce the law, shall be paid out of such fund, upon fully itemized bills certified by the president and secretary as having been duly authorized by the board. Such bills shall be presented to the Auditor General who shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the payment thereof. Certificate, what to authorize. Proviso. Certificates to be recorded. Penalty for practicing. etc., without complying with act. SEC. 4. The certificate provided for in section two of this act shall entitle the holder thereof to practice osteopathy in the State of Michigan, but it shall not authorize him to practice medicine and surgery within the meaning of act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine or acts amendatory thereto: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit any legalized osteopath in this State from practicing medicine and surgery after having passed a satisfactory examination before the State Board of Medical Examiners in the State of Michigan. Osteopathic practitioners shall observe and be subject to the State and municipal regulations relating to the control of contagious diseases, the reporting and certifying of births and deaths, and may have the right to certify to births and deaths. SEC. 5. Every person holding a certificate from the State Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination shall have it recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which he expects to practice, and the date of the recording shall be indicated thereon. Until such certificate is filed for record the holder shall exercise none of the rights or privileges conferred therein. The county clerk shall keep, in a book provided for the purpose, a complete list of all the certificates recorded by him, with the date of the recording of each certificate. Each holder of a certificate shall pay to the county clerk a fee of one dollar for making such record. SEC. 6. Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice, or use the science or system of osteopathy in treating diseases of the human body, or any person who shall buy, sell or fraudulently obtain any diploma, license, record, or registration to practice osteopathy, or who shall aid or abet in such selling or fraudulent obtaining; or who shall practice osteopathy under cover of any diploma, license, record, or registration to practice osteopathy, illegally obtained, or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representations; or who after conviction of felony shall practice osteopathy, or who shall use any of the forms of letters, "Osteopath," "Osteopathist," "Osteopathy." "Osteopathic Practitioner," "Doctor of Osteopathy," "Diplo mate in Osteopathy," "D. O.," or any other titles or letters either alone or with qualifying words or phrases, under such circumstances as to induce the belief that the person who uses such terms is engaged in the practice of osteopathy, without having complied with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, what declared SEC. 7. This system, method or science of treating diseases of Osteopathy, the human body known as osteopathy is hereby declared not to be the practice of medicine, or surgery within the meaning of act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine of the State of Michigan and not subject to the provisions of said act: Provided, That this act Proviso. shall not apply to any legally qualified medical practitioner practicing medicine and surgery, under act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetynine or acts amendatory thereto, nor shall this act apply to masseurs or nurses practicing massage or manual Swedish movements in this State. SEC. 8. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 28, 1903. [No. 163.] AN ACT to amend section five of chapter eleven of act number two hundred forty-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement and maintenance of highways and private roads, and the building, repairing and preservation of bridges within this State," approved June eight, eighteen hundred eighty-one, as subsequently amended, the same being compiler's section four thou sand one hundred seventy-one of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Section five of chapter eleven of act number two Section hundred forty-three, of the session laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws |