PENALTY.—Violating the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of not more than $500 for each offence (_ib._, s. 14). EXCEPTIONS.—The act does not interfere with or punish commissioned medical officers serving in the army or navy of the United States, or its marine hospital service, while so commissioned, or medical examiners of relief departments of railroad companies, while so employed, or any one while actually serving as a member of the resident medical staff of any legally incorporated hospital, or any legally qualified and registered dentist exclusively engaged in the practice of dentistry, nor interfere with or prevent the dispensing and sale of medicine or medical appliances by apothecaries [or] pharmacists, nor interfere with the manufacture of artificial eyes, limbs, or orthopædical instruments or trusses of any kind _for_ (_sic_) fitting such instruments on persons in need thereof, or any lawfully qualified physicians and surgeons residing in other States or countries meeting registered physicians of this State in consultation, or any physician or surgeon residing on the border of a neighboring State and duly authorized under the laws thereof to practise medicine and surgery therein, whose practice extends into the limits of this State, provided such practitioner shall not open an office or appoint a place to meet patients or receive calls within the limits of Pennsylvania, or physicians duly registered in one county of this State called to attend cases in another, but not residing or opening an office therein. The act does not prohibit the practice of medicine and surgery by any practitioner who shall have been duly registered before March 1st, 1894, according to the Act of June 8th, 1881, and one such registration shall be sufficient warrant to practise medicine and surgery in any county (_ib._, s. 15). FORMER LAWS.—All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this are repealed (_ib._, s. 17). FEES.—To the secretary of the council, upon application for a license, $25. To the secretary of the county, upon application for a license by licensees in other States, $15 (_ib._, s. 13). To the prothonotary, upon exhibition of a license, for registry, $1 (_ib._, s. 14). RHODE ISLAND. REGISTRATION.—Every physician must cause his name and residence to be recorded in the town clerk’s office of the town where he resides (Public Statutes, 1882, c. 85, s. 12). PENALTY.—Wilful neglect or refusal to perform this duty is punishable with a fine not exceeding $20 (_ib._, s. 11). SOUTH CAROLINA.