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Tn addition to an act entitled " An Act regu-


fating the practice Of Physic and Surgery"


DE ii enacted By the Senate and House
7ec. l. D of Representatives. an General Court
assembled, and by the authoraty Of the same
That no person entering the practice OF Physlc or
Sureerv. after the first day of July next, shall
he entitled TO the benefit of law for the recovery
of any debt or fee, accruing for his professional
services, unless he shall, previously to rendering
those services have been licensed by the othcers
of the Massachusetts, Medical Society, hereafter
70 be designated in the act or shall have been
graduated Z. Doctor in Medicine in Harvard Uni
gersity.


Sec. 9. BE 1T further enacted, That it shall be
che duty of the CounseIlors Of the Massachusetts,
Medical Society. at their first meeting in every
wear, after the annual meeting OF said Society, to
appoint twenty FIVE Examiners or Censors from
among the Fellows of said Society, viz five in
each Of the Districts of this Commonwealth, to be
hereafter described the five in each Of said
Districts respectively, or majority OF them, 10
constitute separate Board of Examiners or Gen.
sors and the Censors Of each OF these Boards,
shall have the same power, and be subject to the
same penalties, as are already gwen and imposed
by the laws Of this Commonwealth TO and upon
the Censors of the said Society: And when any
person. who has been educated to the practice of
physc or surgery, out of this Common wealth,a
who has come into this Commonwealth TO pursue
the practice of the same, shall present hlmseltto
either of the Boards of fCensors, described IN this
act as a candidate for examination, the said
Censors may examine any documents which such
candidate may offer and fthey are satisfied by
the same. that such candidate has received an
education. agreeably to the regulations which
have been or may be provided by said society,
and has been duly examined and approved by
some competent authority, the may thereupon
licence such candidate TO practice physic or sur
gerry. or both as the case may be, without SUBJ
iecting him TO a new examination.


Sec. g. BE ii further enacted, That for the pur-
nose expressed in the second section OF this act,
the Commonwealth shall be divided into five
Districts. to be entitled the first second, third,
fourth and fifth Medical District, respectively,
viz. the First Medical District to include the
Counties of Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex. Norfolk,
Bristol. Plymouth. Barnstable, Dukes 20. and
Nantucket; the Second Medical District to M
clude the County Of Worcester the Third Medi
cal District to include the Counties of Franklin,
Hampden and Hampshire; the Forth Medical
District to include the county OF Berkshire the
Fifth Medical District to include all the Counties
IN the District of Maine. The meetings OF the


ansors shall be held in these Districts respective
". in such places and at such stated periods, as
4ba Counsellers of the Massachusetts, Medical So
c;etv NAV direct and the said Counsellors shall
be authorized to make new Districts, ana ap-
point new Censors, whenever the public good may
sppear to require