The lieutenant-governor, on receipt of such certificate, may, if satisfied of the loyalty, integrity, and good morals of the applicant, grant to him a license to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery, or either of them, conformably to the certificate, and all such licensees are entitled to all the privileges enjoyed by licentiates of medicine (_ib._, art. 4,010). The corporation appoints a secretary who keeps a register of names of all persons duly licensed to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery, or either of them, according to the doctrines and teachings of homœopathy. Only those whose names are inscribed in said register are qualified and licensed to practise according to the doctrines and teachings of homœopathy (_ib._, art. 4,015). The said secretary is required to make the necessary alterations in the addresses or qualifications of the persons registered (_ib._, art. 4,016). OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.—A person practising according to the homœopathic doctrines for reward in contravention of this act, or assuming a title implying that a person is legally authorized to practise according to homœopathic doctrines, if unable legally to establish such authorization; or by advertisement published in a newspaper or in a written or printed circular, or on business cards or signs, assuming a designation to lead the public to believe that he is duly registered and qualified to practise according to the doctrines of homœopathy; or offering or giving his services as physician, surgeon, or accoucheur for gain or hope of reward, if not duly authorized or registered, is punishable with a penalty of $50. BURDEN OF PROOF.—In every prosecution, the proof of registration is incumbent on the party prosecuted. COSTS.—The court may condemn the defendant to pay $50 in addition to costs within a delay which it determines, and to imprisonment of sixty days in a common jail of the district on default of payment within the delay (_ib._, art. 4,017). WITNESSES.—A member of the corporation is not an incompetent witness on account of his membership (_ib._, art. 4,018). FEES.—The provincial board of medical examiners may establish examination fees (_ib._, art. 3,981). Members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec are required to pay an annual fee of $2 (_ib._, art. 3,986). FORENSIC MEDICINE. THANATOLOGICAL. THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE DEAD BODY; THE DISPOSAL AND OBLIGATION TO DISPOSE OF THE SAME; HOW AND BY WHOM IT MAY BE EXHUMED OR REMOVED; AUTOPSIES, BY WHOM ORDERED; THE RIGHTS OF RELATIVES AND ACCUSED PERSONS. INCLUDING AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A SYNOPSIS OF THE STATUTES OF THE DIFFERENT UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES CONCERNING SAME. BY TRACY C. BECKER, A.B., LL.B., ETC., _Counsellor at Law, etc.; Professor of Civil Law and Medical Jurisprudence, Law Department, University of Buffalo._ LEGAL STATUS OF THE DEAD BODY.