To the board of examiners, for examination of non-graduate, $10. If applicant fails to pass a satisfactory examination, and no certificate or license is issued to him, $5 only is retained. For a certificate of temporary license, $1, which is to be credited to the applicant when he applies for a permanent license (_ib._, s. 12, as amended Act 1891, c. 109, s. 2). TEXAS. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION.—The legislature may pass laws prescribing the qualifications of practitioners of medicine, but no preference shall ever be given by law to any schools of medicine (Const. 1876, art. xiv., s. 31 in part). BOARDS OF EXAMINERS.—A board of medical examiners for each judicial district is appointed by the judge of the district court (R. S., art. 3,625). Each board is composed of not less than three practising physicians of known ability, graduates of some medical college recognized by the American Medical Association, residents of the district from which they are appointed (_ib._, art. 3,626). The boards are required to meet regularly semi-annually at some central point in their districts to conduct examinations and grant certificates, and after at least one month’s public notice of the time and place of meeting by publication in at least one newspaper published in the district (_ib._, art. 3,629). QUALIFICATION.—The board is required to examine thoroughly all applicants for a certificate of qualification to practise medicine in any of its branches or departments, whether furnished with medical diplomas or not, upon anatomy, physiology, pathological anatomy and pathology, surgery, obstetrics, and chemistry; but no preference shall be given to any school of medicine (_ib._, art. 3,632). When the board is satisfied as to the qualifications of an applicant, they are required to grant a certificate, which entitles him to practise medicine in any county when it has been recorded (_ib._, art. 3,633). Any two members of the board may grant a certificate, and any member may grant a temporary certificate upon examination, which shall be in force until the next regular meeting of the board (_ib._, art. 3,634). The certificate must, before the person to whom it was granted is entitled to practise, be recorded in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which such practitioner resides or sojourns, and when recorded the clerk shall certify thereon under his official seal the fact and date of record, and shall return the certificate to its owner (_ib._, art. 3,635). EXCEPTIONS.—This title does not apply to those who have already qualified under the act of May 16th, 1873, nor to those regularly engaged in the general practice of medicine in the State in any branch or department for five consecutive years prior to January 1st, 1875, nor to females who follow the practice of midwifery strictly as such (_ib._, art. 3,637).