Chapter LX. *to incorporate the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society*
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CHAP. LX.— An Act *to incorporate the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society*. April 22, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Washington Homeopathic Medical Society incorporated. That Tullio S. Verdi. Gustave W. Pope, C. W. Sonnenschmidt, E. S. Kimball, and Jehu Brainerd, and their associates and successors, physicians, be, and they hereby are, made a corporation by the name of the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions set forth in this act.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That said corporation may hold realEstate. and personal estate to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the members of said society,Members may practise, &c.; or such of their officers or members [as they shall appoint], shall have the power to practise medicine and surgery and collect their fees within the District of Columbia. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the members of said society, ormay examine candidates for membership, &c. such of their officers or members as they shall appoint, shall have full92FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 60, 61. 1870. License to practise medicine, &c. in the District of Columbia to be given without exception on account of color.power and authority to examine all candidates for membership concerning the practice of specific medicine and surgery, provided said candidates shall sustain a good moral character, and shall present letters testimonial of their qualifications from some legally authorized medical institution; and if, upon such examination, the same candidates, without exception on account of color, shall be found qualified for the practice of medicine and surgery, they shall receive the certificate of membership or the license to practise medicine or surgery within the District of Columbia.
Sec. 5. Repealing clause.*And be it further enacted*, That any acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, April 22, 1870.