742 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 259. 1838. ascertained as above by the Society; and any one of the said examiners may grant a license to practise, until a board, in conformity to this act, pmvim can be held: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the said corporation in any wise, to regulate the practice of medical or chirurgical attendance on such persons as may need those services, nor to establish or fix a tariffof charges or fees for medical attendance or advice, or to interfere, in any way, with charges or fees for medical attendance or advice. Persons not Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That after the appointment of the %“°W°d *° P*I¤°· aforesaid medical board, no person, not heretofore a practitioner of 2::’,,8{]‘;g,,;v;°:,Z medicine or surgery within the District of Columbia, shall be allowed diploma. to practise within the said district, in either of said branches, without first having obtained a license, testified as by this law directed, or the production of a diploma from a respectable medical college or board Pyqvigq, of examiners established by law: Provided, That the professors in such college, or the examiners in such board, be men regularly instructed in medicine and surgery, and the collateral branches of medical education, anatomy, chemistry, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offence, to be recovered in the county court, where he may reside, by bill of presentment and indictment; one-half for the use of the society, and the other for that of the informer. Nc,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,., Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That every person who, upon apto pay not ex- plication, shall be elected a member of the medical society, shall pay a
- g°n‘¥;‘g0El° °“ sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be ascertained by the society.
powers by the Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the medical society be, and society. they are hereby, empowered, from time to time, to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they may find requisite; which by-laws, rules and regulations, shall, in their application and operation, be exclusively confined to said society, as a society or body corporate, and not to its members individually, when not acting in a corporate character; to break, or alter their common seal; to fix the times and places for the meetings of the board of examiners, filling up vacancies in the medical board, and to do and perform such other things as may be requisite for carrying this act into execution, and which may not be repugnant to proviso_ the constitution and laws of the United States: Provided, always, That it shall and may be lawful for any person resident as aforesaid, and not prohibited as aforesaid, when specially sent for, to come into any part of this district and administer or prescribe medicine, or perform any operation for the relief of such, to whose assistance he may be sent for: Proviso. And provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to prevent any person, living within or without said district, from administering medicine, or` performing any surgical operation, with the consent of the person or the attendants of the person to whom such medicine is administered, or upon whom such surgical operation is performed, without fee or reward, nor to prevent the giving advice or assistance in any way to the sick, or afflicted, upon charity and kindness, nor to prevent the receipt of reward for the same, if voluntarily tendered or made, nor to extend to midwifery by females; and any person, so administering medicine, or performing any surgical operation, not authorized to practise physic and surgery agreeably to the provisions of this act, shall be prohibited from collecting any fee or reward Proviso. for the same, by any process at law. And be it further provided, That no person shall be admitted to an examination, until he shall produce satisfactory evidence that he has studied physic and surgery three years, including one full course of medical lectures as usually taught at medical schools, or four years without such a course of lectures. gong,,,,, may Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That Congress may, at any time, alter or annul alter, amend, or annnl, this act of incorporation of said society at pleasure, thm “°'· Am-novae, July 7, 1838,
