QUALIFICATION.—Every person practising medicine and surgery, in any of their departments, must possess the qualifications required. If a graduate of medicine, he must present his diploma to the State board of health for verification as to its genuineness. If the diploma is found to be genuine, and the person named therein to be the person claiming and presenting the same, the board must issue a certificate which is conclusive of the right to practise. If not a graduate, he must submit to such examination as the board shall require, and if the examination is satisfactory to the examiners the board must issue its certificate in accordance with the facts, and the holder shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges herein mentioned (Rev. Stats., 1889, s. 6,871). The board must issue certificates to all who furnish satisfactory proof of having received a diploma or license from a legally chartered medical institution in good standing, of whatever school or system of medicine, and shall not make any discrimination against the holders of genuine licenses or diplomas under any school or system of medicine (_ib._, s. 6,872). The verification of a diploma consists in the affidavit of the holder and applicant that he is the lawful possessor of the same, and the person therein named; the affidavit may be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths, and shall be attested under the hand and official seal of such officer, if he have a seal. Graduates may present their diplomas and affidavits by letter or proxy (_ib._, s. 6,873). All examinations are made directly by the board, and the certificates authorize the possessor to practise medicine and surgery in the State (_ib._, s. 6,874). The certificate must be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the holder resides and the record must be indorsed thereon; a person moving to another county to practise must procure an indorsement to that effect on the certificate from the said clerk, and have the certificate recorded in the office of the clerk of the county to which he removes (_Ib._, s. 6,875). Examinations may be made wholly or partly in writing and must be of an elementary and practical character, but sufficiently strict to test the qualifications of the candidate as a practitioner (_Ib._, s. 6,877). The board may refuse a certificate to an individual guilty of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, and may revoke a certificate for like causes after giving the accused an opportunity to be heard (_Ib._, s. 6,878).