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SEVENTI ETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 352. 1929 . Not violating com- religious freedom : Provided, That the laws, rules, and regulations municable diseases, etc ., laws, etc . relating to communicable diseases and sanitary matters are not Sale of medicine . violated ; or (e) to the sale, manufacture, or advertising of drugs Condition .
and medicines : Provided, That the vendor, maker, or advertiser, Burden of proof of refrains from any attempt to diagnose : Provided, That it shall not exemption on defend- be necessary to negative any of the aforesaid exemptions in any ant .
prosecution brought under this Act, but the burden of proof of any Moneyreceivedtobe such exemption shall be on the defendant . deposited as a special SEC. 44 . All money payable under the provisions of this Act shall fund .
be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia and be by Pa ym ent from, for him deposited as a special fund to the credit of the commission . all expenses, except of The commission shall pay from such fund all of the expenses of crimina l prosecutio ns . carrying this Act into effect, except such as may be incident to crimi nal prosecuti ons and to , supervision and investiga tion with a view to criminal prosecution, the cost of which shall be paid from appropriations in the same manner as the expenses of other criminal prosecutions and supervisory work and investigations incident thereto are paid . Payments by the commission shall be made by check, signed by the president and treasurer of the commission . Members of the several examining boards and all officers and employees of the commission shall be paid at such rates as the com- Pr es ent medical mission deems proper . boards to deliver rec- SEC . 45 . As soon as practicable after the approval of this Act the ords, etc ., to Commis- sion on Lic ensur e to Board of Medical Supervisors of the District of Columbia, the Board Practice the Healing of Medical Examiners of said District, the Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners, and the Board of Electric Medical Examiners shall deliver to the Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Board of Medic al Art in the Distr ict of Columb ia all records and property in their Supervisors to transfer balance commission . possession, respectively . The Board of Medical Supervisors of the eto
District of Columbia shall transfer to said commission all money remaining to the credit of said board after the payment in full of all Use for expenses of outstanding obligations against it ; and the money so transferred the Act .
may be used by the commission to defray the expenses of carrying this Act into effect in the same manner as other money coming into Enforcement provi . the custody of the commission is used for that purpose . lions.
SEC . 46 . It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District Criminal pro cee d- of Columbia and of the major and superinten dent of polic e of said ings .
District to enforce the provisions of this Act . Criminal prosecution Su spen sion of 11. sha ll be conduct ed by the Uni ted States dis trict attorne y for the cau ses, and inju nctio ns . District of Columbia . Proceedings looking toward the suspension or revocation of licenses or registration a nd toward the issue of injunctions, under the provisions of this Act, shall be conducted by said United States district attorney when instituted on behalf of the commission, and by the corporation counsel for the District of Columbia when instituted on behalf of the commissioners of said Distri ct or by the majo r and superi ntende nt of polic e of s aid Annual report, etc. Di strict . SEC . 47 . The commission shall report annually to Congress, on the first Monday in December, its proceedings under the provisions of this Act during the next preceding fiscal year, with recommenda- tions for such further legislation as may be necessary to protect the people of the District of Columbia from ignorance and quackery Title of Act .
in the practice of the healing art in said District . SEC . 48 . This Act may be cited as the "Healing Arts Practice Disposition of mat- Act, District of Columbia, 1928 . " t ers p endin g bef ore SEC . 49 . Matters pending before the Board of Medical Super- Bo ard of Medical Su- pervisors . visors of the District of Columbia at the time of the approval of this Act shall be disposed of by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this Act, unless in the judgment of the commission it would be unjust or oppressive so to do ; any matter, which in
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