Any person desiring to commence the practice of medicine or surgery, having a medical diploma issued by any college, university, society, or association in another State or foreign country, shall lay the same before the faculty of one of the medical colleges or universities of this commonwealth for inspection, and the faculty being satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant and the genuineness of the diploma shall direct the dean of the faculty to indorse the same, after which such person shall be allowed to register as required by sec. 2 (_ib._, s. 4). The act extends the privilege of continuing to practise to those who have been in the continuous practice of medicine or surgery in the commonwealth since 1871, but such a person must make affidavit to a written statement of the facts before the prothonotary of the county in which he resides; and the prothonotary shall enter in the register the name in full of the practitioner, his place of nativity, place of residence, the time of continuous practice in the commonwealth, and the place or places where such practice was pursued, to all of which the practitioner shall make affidavit, and the prothonotary shall place the certificate or statement on file in his office (_ib._, s. 5). PENALTY.—Presenting to the faculty of an institution for indorsement or to the prothonotary a diploma which has been obtained by fraud, or in whole or in part a forgery, or making an affidavit to a false statement, or practising without conforming with the act, or otherwise violating or neglecting to comply with the act, is a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of $100 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, for each offence (_ib._, s. 7). EXCEPTION.—The act does not prevent any physician or surgeon, legally qualified to practise medicine or surgery in the State where he resides, from practising in the commonwealth, but a person opening an office or appointing a place to meet patients or receive calls is a sojourner and must conform to its requirements (_ib._, s. 8). FEES.—To the prothonotary, for affidavit of continuous practice, $2 (Act March 24th, 1877, s. 3). To county treasurer, for transient license, $50. To clerk of the court of quarter sessions, for issuing transient license, $5 (_ib._, s. 4). To the prothonotary, for registration, $1 (Act June 8th, 1881, s. 6). [NEW LAW.—The following law has been enacted whose practical application does not begin until March 1st, 1894:] MEDICAL COUNCIL.—The law provides for a medical council of the State (Act of May 18th, 1893, s. 1).