OF FREE SCHOOLS. Sussex county aforesaid; and the said John W. Layton and Luther C. Roberts, and all and every other person or persons residing on the said lands, or who may hereafter reside thereon, shall enjoy all the advantages and privileges and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of taxables of said School District No. 123 in Sussex county, and they are hereby relieved and discharged from the same in School District No. 26 in Sussex county. SECTION 2. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act. Passed at Dover, March 1, 1895. CHAPTER 37. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT to transfer a part of the farm of Elizabeth W. Mathews from WHEREAS, The dividing line between School Districts Nos. 40 and 43, in Broad Creek hundred, Sussex county, Delaware, so runs across the farm of Elizabeth W. Mathews as to cut off the mansion with about 20 acres of land to School District No. 40, making the distance to attend school about twice as great as it otherwise would be if the line should be changed so as to include the whole of said farm in District No. 43; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: farm of Mathews transferred from Dis SECTION I. That the dividing line between School Dis- Part of tricts Nos. 40 and 43 be and the same is hereby changed so Elizabeth as to include the whole of the farm of Elizabeth W. Mathews W in School District No. 43, and in the county aforesaid. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act to District the aforesaid farm and mansion shall be assessed for school No. 43. purposes in School District No. 43 in Sussex county, and is hereby released and discharged from the same in School District No. 40 in said county. SECTION 3. be a public act. That this act shall be deemed and taken to Passed at Dover, March 6, 1895. trict No. 40 OF FREE SCHOOLS. Farm of from Dis to District No. 34. Hereafterto in No. 42 CHAPTER 38. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT to transfer the farm of Gardner R. Marvel from School District Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: SECTION I. That the farm and premises of Gardner R. Marvel, now situated and lying in School District No. 42 in Sussex county, be and the same is hereby transferred to School District No. 34 in said county, and shall hereafter constitute a part of said District No. 34. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act be assessed the aforesaid farm and premises shall be assessed for school purposes in said School District No. 34, in Sussex county, and not in School District No. 42. only. Passed at Dover, April 8, 1895. Levy Court may appro annually to CHAPTER 39. OF REFORM SCHOOLS. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Delaware Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [of the State of Delaware] in General Assembly met (twothirds of each branch thereof herein concurring): SECTION I. Amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate of New Cas- the Delaware Industrial School for Girls" by adding after the county, the word "thereafter" in the last line of Section 7 of said act priate 1000 the following words: "The Levy Court of New Castle county. Industrial shall have authority to make an appropriation or appropriaGirls. tions annually to the said corporation for the purposes of its incorporation; provided, however, that the appropriation shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in any one year." Passed at Dover, April 15, 1895. School for OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. CHAPTER 40. OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. AN ACT regulating the Practice of Medicine and Surgery in this State. WHEREAS, The safety of the public may be endangered by incompetent physicians and surgeons, and due regard for public health and the preservation of human life demands that none but competent and properly-qualified physicians and surgeons shall be allowed to practice their profession; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: council SECTION I. That there shall be established a Medical Medical Council of Delaware, consisting of the Chief Justice of the established. State and of the Presidents of the two State Boards of Med- Members of ical Examiners provided for in this act. SECTION 2. The said Council shall be known by the Style. name and style of the "Medical Council of Delaware", and may make and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws for their own government, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States, and shall have Powers. power to locate and maintain an office within this State for the transaction of business. Two members of said Council Quorum. shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 3. The said Council shall organize within ten Organizadays from the date of the organization of the two Boards of tion. Medical Examiners, and shall elect from its own number a president and a secretary, who shall also act as treasurer, Officers. both of whom shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are chosen. tion. SECTION 4. The members of said Council shall receive, in Compensaaddition to their necessary expenses, five dollars per day each for each meeting of the Council, but said per diem shall not exceed in any one year more than fifteen dollars, the same to be paid out of the fees hereinafter provided for. SECTION 5. The said Medical Council shall hold two Meetings. stated meetings in each year, and may hold special meetings Shall issue at such times as it may deem proper. It shall issue certifi- certificates cates for license to practice medicine and surgery to such medicine. to practice Powers limited. Two boards examiners. OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. applicants as have presented such diplomas as hereinafter required and successfully passed the examination hereinafter provided, and the said Medical Council shall have no powers, duties or functions except as provided for in this act. SECTION 6. That from and after the passage of this act of medical there shall be, and continue to be, two separate Boards of Medical Examiners for the State of Delaware, one representing "The President and Fellows of the Medical Society of Delaware', and the other "The Homeopathic Medical Society of Delaware State and Peninsula". Styles. Member. Terms of office. appoint names submitted Each board shall consist of five members, and each of said. number shall serve for a term of two years from the first day of March next after appointment, with the exception of those first appointed, who shall serve as follows, namely: two of each board for one year, and three of each board for two years, from the first day of March, A. D. 1895. Governor to The Governor shall appoint the members of said Board of from lists of Examiners, respectively, from the lists of members submitted by said medical societies residing in this State, which lists by societies. shall, within ten days from the passage of this act, and on or before the first day of every January thereafter, be transmitted to the Governor under the seal and signed by the secretary of the society so nominating. From these lists of nominees, respectively, the Governor shall, within ten days after the receipt thereof, appoint two separate Boards of Medical Examiners, each board to be composed exclusively of members of the same medical When lists society. In case of the failure of either of the said societies submitted to submit lists as aforesaid, the Governor shall appoint memGovernor to bers in good standing of the corresponding society entitled to nominate without other restrictions. are not appoint without. Qualifications of members. Vacancies. Removals for cause. Each one of the said appointees must be a registered physician in good standing, and shall have practiced medicine or surgery under the laws of this State for a period of not less than five years prior to such appointment. The Governor shall fill vacancies by death or otherwise* for unexpired terms of said examiners from the lists submitted as aforesaid, and may remove any member of either of said boards for continued neglect of the duties required by this act, or on recommendation of the medical society of which said member may be in affiliation for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct. *So enrolled. OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. In first ap pointments The Governor shall in his first appointments designate the Governor to number of years for which each appointee shall serve. designate term. The appointments of successors to those members whose Annual apterms of office will expire on the first day of March of each pointments. year shall be made by the Governor during the first ten days of January of such year, upon the same conditions and requirements as herein before specified with reference to the appointment of two separate Examining Boards, each to be composed exclusively of members of the same medical society, as herein before provided. boards. Secretary SECTION 7. Said boards shall be known by the name and Style of style of "Boards of Medical Examiners of the State of Delaware". Every person who shall be appointed to serve on Certifleate either of said boards shall receive a certificate of appoint- of appointment from the Secretary of State under his hand. Each of ment from said Boards of Examiners shall make and adopt all neces- of State. sary rules, regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with the By-laws. laws of this State or of the United States, whereby to perform the duties and transact the business required under the provisions of this act. SECTION 8. From the fees provided by this act the Medi- Expenses. cal Council shall pay, not to exceed said income, all proper How pail. expenses incurred by its provisions; and if any surplus above Surplus of said expenses shall remain at the end of any year, it shall be disposed of. apportioned among said medical societies pro rata according to the number of candidates examined by each. income,how First meet tion. SECTION 9. The first meeting of each of the examining ing of boards, respectively, shall be held on the first Tuesday of July, each board. 1895. At such meeting of each of the boards, respectively, an Organizaorganization shall be effected by the election from their own membership of a president and secretary, for the purpose of examining applicants for certificate for license. Each of Meetings. said Boards of Medical Examiners shall hold two or more stated or special meetings in each year, due notice of which shall be made public at such times and places as they may determine. At said stated or special meetings a majority of the members of either board shall constitute a quorum thereof, but the examination may be conducted by a committee duly authorized by said boards. Quorum. for exauri SECTION 10. Each Board of Medical Examiners, not less Questions than one week prior to each examination, shall submit to the nation. Medical Council of Delaware questions for thorough examinations in anatomy, physiology, hygiene, chemistry, surgery, |