THE BOARD OF MEDICAL REGISTRATION AND
EXAMINATION.

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HE law providing for the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination was passed on February 27, 1896 (Sections 4403c, d, e, f and g, Revised Statutes of Ohio).

The first Board was appointed by Governor Bushnell in March, 1896, and held its first session on March 25, 1896.

The Board consists of seven members representing the different schools of medicine in proportion to their numerical strength in the State, and the members are appointed by the Governor, each for a term of seven years.

The Secretary, who is made executive officer of the Board by the law, is not a member of the Board, but is elected each year by the Board. The law requires that the Secretary shall be a physician in good standing.

The purpose of this department is to regulate the practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery in the State of Ohio, and to protect the people of the state from illegal practitioners of the same.

The duties of the department consist of the registration of competent persons for the practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery, the regulation of medical colleges and the prosecution of illegal practitioners of medicine, surgery and midwifery.

The department is self-supporting, depending upon the fees collected from the examination and registration of physicians and midwives for its revenue.

The law of February 27, 1896, provided that the Board should issue certificates upon the basis of graduation from medical colleges recognized as in good standing by the Board. On April 14, 1900, an amendment to the law of February 27, 1896 (Sections 4403c-f, Revised Statutes of Ohio), was passed requiring that all applicants for registration in the State of Ohio shall appear before the Board and pass an examination in Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Practice of Medicine, Practice of Surgery, Obstetrics. Pathology and such other subjects as the Board may require.

The fee for registration under the provisions of the law of February 27, 1896, was $5.00, and the fee for examination under the present law is $25.00.

*Term expired March, 1896, succeeded by H. H. Baxter, M. D., Cleveland.

Columbus.

Columbus.

Cleveland.

Toledo.

Cadiz.

Cincinnati.

Sidney.
Cincinnati.

*Dr. C. A. L. Reed resigned, succeeded by Rr. A. Ravogli, Cincinnati.

N. R. Coleman, M. D.

David Williams, M. D.

H. H. Baxter, M. D.

S. B. McGavran, M. D.

A. Ravogli, M. D.

L. F. Towers, M. D.

H. E. Beebe, M. D.

OFFICIAL BOARD, 1900–1901.

Name.

Residence.

Cincinnati.

Columbus.

Cleveland.

Toledo.

Cadiz.

Sidney.

Cincinnati.

Cincinnati.

Residence.

Columbus.

Columbus.

Cleveland.

Cadiz.

Cincinnati.

Toledo.

Sidney.

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CHARLES C. LEMERT.
Secretary of the Board of Pardons.

HARLES C. LEMERT was born October 19, 1865, in Licking County, Ohio. Was educated at the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. Admitted to the bar on March 1st, 1887. Elected City Solicitor of Ada in April, 1887, and resigned that fall to move to Kenton for the practice of law. Was elected Prosecuting At-torney of Hardin county in the fall of 1893, and served three years. He was appointed by Governor Nash his Executive Clerk in January, 1900, and by virtue of that office is Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Pardons.

THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF PARDONS

Was created by an act of the General Assembly of Ohio, April 11, 1888. The act provided the Governor should nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint four suitable persons having the qualifications of electors, two of whom should be appointed from each of the two leading political parties. Two of the members thereof, appointed from the same political party, should serve for one and three years respectively, and two members thereof, appointed from the other political party, should serve for two and four years, respectively; and that thereafter the Governor in like manner should appoint a member

The State Board of Pardons.

of said board, of like qualifications and from the same political party as the member whom he succeeds, who shall serve for four years.

The act further provided that the Board should organize by electing one of their number president, and it was made the duty of the executive clerk of the Governor to act as Secretary.

The Board meets regularly on the first Thursday after the second Monday in January, and on the same day every third month thereafter, and at such other times as they may deem necessary.

The Board has formulated rules for the guidance of the applicants, which, together with other blanks, can be secured from the Secretary, at the Governor's office.

All cases presented to the Board are heard by the entire Board, and the cases separately referred to some member of the Board for investigation, who makes a written report to the entire Board at its next. meeting, when the report is adopted or rejected, and together with all other papers is transmitted to the Governor for his consideration.

The Board makes an annual written report to the Governor on the first Monday in December of each year, of its actions during the last preceding year, its officers and members, and the names thereof, with a recommendation for such legislation as they think proper in order to carry out more fully the object and purposes of its creation.

Under the constitution and laws, the Governor cannot pass upon or grant a pardon until after the case has been submitted to the Board of Pardons, and passed upon by that body, except in cases specifically mentioned in the statutes.

The Board was created for the purpose of relieving the Governor of the task of examining manifold papers and documents, which consumed a large part of his time, to the detriment of other important public business.