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except that such partnership shall not be renewed unless so provided in the original agreement.

§ 31. ACT (ACTS) REPEALED.] Except as affecting existing limited partnerships to the extent set forth in section 30, the Act entitled "An Act to revise the law in relation to limited partnerships," approved March 18, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, is hereby repealed.

FILED June 28, 1917.

This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this twenty-eighth day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State.

LUNATICS, IDIOTS, DRUNKARDS AND SPENDTHRIFTS.

§ 1. Amends Act of 1874, by adding section 36a.

§ 36a. Removal of estate of ward to another county-jurisdiction.

(HOUSE BILL No. 878. APPROVED JUNE 26, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to idiots, lunatics, drunkards and spendthrifts," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 36a.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to idiots, lunatics, drunkards and spendthrifts," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, be, and the same is hereby amended, by adding thereto a new section, to be known as section 36a, to read as follows:

§ 36a. Whenever it shall appear to the court granting letters of conservatorship that the ward or the corpus of the estate or a major portion thereof, is removed from the county into another county in this State and that it would be for the best interest of the ward or his estate that the estate be administered in the county to which such ward or estate is removed, the court shall have power by an order entered therein to transfer such conservatorship to such other county and to order or authorize the issuance of certified copies of all petitions, applications, reports and orders in the estate: Provided however, that such order shall not be entered until it shall appear to the court having original jurisdiction that a conservator has been duly appointed and qualified in such other county.

Upon the filing of such order in the court to which the estate is transferred, such court shall enter such estate upon its docket, and upon the filing of satisfactory bond, issue letters of conservatorship and thereafter administer the estate as if letters originally issued from such court.

Copies of the files in any such case certified by the clerk of the court in which the same were filed, shall have the same force and effect as if originally filed in the court to which an estate is transferred. APPROVED June 26, 1917.

AN ACT to amend section five, (5) of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning masters in chancery," approved April 4, 1872, in force July 1, 1872; as amended by an Act approved April 29, 1873, in force July 1, 1873, and as amended by an Act approved May 29, 1891, and in force July 1, 1891.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section five (5) of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning masters in chancery," approved April 4, 1872, in force July 1, 1872; as amended by an Act approved April 29, 1873, in force July 1, 1873, and as amended by an Act approved May 29, 1891, and in force July 1, 1891, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 5. Whenever it shall happen that there is no master in chancery in any county, or when such master shall be of counsel or of kin to either party interested, or otherwise disqualified or unable to act in any suit or matter, the court may appoint a special master to perform the duties of the office in all things concerning such suit or matter; and every special master in chancery so appointed, before entering on the duties of his appointment, shall give bond, with security to be approved by the court, and take and subscribe an oath of office in such suit or matter, which bond and oath shall be filed with the clerk of the court making the appointment and spread upon the records thereof; Provided, however, that said special master shall not be required to give said bond if no funds shall be paid to him in said cause.

APPROVED June 14, 1917.

(HOUSE BILL No. 657. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1917.)

AN ACT to revise the law in relation to the practice of the art of treating

human ailments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: This Act shall be known as

"the Medical Practice Act of Illinois."

§ 2. No person shall practice medicine and surgery or any of the branches thereof, or any system or method of treating human ailments. without the use of drugs or medicines and without operative surgery, or midwifery, without a license so to do.

§ 3. No person shall, except as otherwise provided in this Act, hereafter be licensed to practice medicine, or any other system or method of treating human ailments, or midwifery, unless he shall pass a satisfactory examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education, pursuant to an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to the civil

administration of the State Government, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved March 7, 1917, in force July 1, 1917. § 4. Each applicant for examination shall:

1. Make application for examination on blank forms prepared and furnished by the Department of Registration and Education;

2. Submit evidence, verified by oath, and satisfactory to the Department of Registration and Education that

(a) He his [is] twenty-one years of age or over;

(b) He is of good moral character;

(c) He has the professional and preliminary education required by this Act;

3. Designate in his application whether he desires to practice medicine and surgery in all their branches, or to treat human ailments without the use of drugs or medicines and without operative surgery and, if, he desires to treat human ailments without the use of drugs or medicines and without operative surgery, the designation shall be in accordance with the tenets of the professional school, college or institution of which he is a graduate;

4. Pay in advance to the Department of Registration and Education examination fees as follows:

(a) For the examination in medicine and in other systems of treating human ailments, ten dollars;

(b) For the examination in midwifery, five dollars.

§ 5. Minimum standards of professional education are fixed as follows:

1. For the practice of medicine and surgery in all their branches: (a) For an applicant, who is a graduate of a medical college prior to July 1, 1922, that he is a graduate of a medical college deemed to be reputable and in good standing at the time of his graduation and completed a course of study in such medical college in accordance with the laws to regulate the practice of medicine and the rules of the State Board of Health established and in force at the time of graduation;

(b) For an applicant, who is a graduate of a medical college subsequent to July 1, 1922, that he is a graduate of a medical college deemed to be reputable and in good standing and which requires of its students, as a prerequisite to graduation either, at least five years' course of instruction, the time elapsing between the beginning of the first year and the ending of the last, or fifth year in the medical college to be not less than fifty months, or, as a prerequisite to admission to such medical college, one year in a college of liberal arts approved by the Department of Registration and Education, and pursuing in such college of liberal arts a course of study approved by such department, and at least four years' course of instruction in the medical college, the time elapsing between the beginning of the first year in the medical college and the ending of the last or fourth, year in the medical college to be not less than forty (40) months, and, in either case, in addition thereto, a course of training of not less than twelve months in a hospital approved by the Department of Registration and Education;

2. For the practice of any system or method of treating human ailments without the use of drugs or medicines and without operative

surgery; that the applicant is a graduate of a professional school, college or institution teaching the system of treating human ailments for which the applicant desires to be licensed, which requires as a prerequisite to graduation four years' course of instruction, the time elapsing between the beginning of the first year and the ending of the last, or fourth year to be not less than forty months, and which is deemed to be reputable and in good standing;

3. For the practice of midwifery: That the applicant is a graduate of a college of midwifery in good standing.

The standards of professional education above defined shall be deemed to be minimum requirements. The Department of Reigstration and Education may, by rule, prescribe other and additional requirements for professional education.

§ 6. The Department of Registration and Education may, prior to July 1, 1922, in its discretion, admit to examination a student who has completed in a medical college, determined to be reputable and in good standing, the course of instruction required by the rules of the Department of Registration and Education, and who has passed the examination in such college but has not received a diploma, if the medical college of which he is a graduate requires as a prerequisite of graduation, at least five years course of instruction, the time elapsing between the beginning of the first year and the ending of the last, or fifth year, in the medical college to be not less than fifty months. If such student shall pass the examinations of the Department of Registration and Education it may issue to him a limited license authorizing him to practice medicine and surgery in a hospital approved by the Department of Registration and Education, and in no other place whatsoever in the State of Illinois, which limited license shall remain in effect for a period not exceeding eighteen months from the date thereof, and the Department of Registration and Education may then issue to the applicant the regular permanent license to practice medicine and surgery without further examination, on condition that the applicant present a diploma from a medical college reputable and in good standing in which he has completed a course previous to the issuance of the limited license hereinbefore mentioned, and otherwise complies with the requirement of the rules of the Departmnt of Registration and Education.

The word (year) as used in sections 5 and 6 of this Act shall be held to mean a school year.

§ 7. Minimum standards of preliminary education deemed requisite to admission to a medical college, or to a professional school, college or institution teaching other systems of treating human ailments, deemed to be reputable and in good standing, are fixed as follows:

1. That the applicant for admission to such college, school or institution has satisfactorily completed an approved course of study in a high school or other equivalent school having a course of studies requiring an attendance through four school years and which is approved by the Department of Registration and Education.

2. That the applicant present a certificate of having passed a satisfactory written examination before the Superintendent of Public Instruction of this State, or like state officer of another state or country,