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DENTAL LAWS CONDENSED. IO9

Ninth.—That any person who shall engage in the practice
of dentistry, or any of its branches, withont being cluly licensed as
herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
convection thereof, shall be lined not less than one hundrcfl dol-
lars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto,
upon a second conviction may be sentenced to, hard labor for the
county for a period of not less than thirty days and not more
than ninety days.
Tenth.—That any license to practise dentistry obtained
through fraud, or by any false or fraudulent representation or
practice shall l)e void ; and any person who shall procure by false
or fraudulent representation or practice such license ; or who shall
make any false or fraudulent representation for the purpose of
procuring such license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars,
nor more than three hundred dollars.
Eleven.—That said Board of Dental Examiners shall consist
of five persons who shall be members in good standing of the
Alabama Dental Association, and not connected with or inter-
ested in any dental college or school and shall be graduates of
some reputable dental college or school, and legally licensed den-
tists, and must have practised dentistry in this State regularly for
not less than three years; that the present members of said Board
of Dental Examiners shall constitute said board and shall hold
office until their successors are elected and qualified; that one
member of said board shall be elected at each annual meeting of
the Alabama Dental Association, and shall hold office until his
successor is elected and qualified ; that all members of said board
shall be elected by the Alabama Dental Association as herein
provided, except that vacancies on said board caused by death,
resignation or removal from the State, shall be filled by appoint-
ment of the president of the Alabama Dental Association, such
appointee to hold during the unexpired term of his predecessor.
Twelfth.—That it shall be the duty of each member of said
board, wnthin ten days after the receipt of his commission and
notice of his election of appointment to file with the Judge of
Probate of the county in which he resides an oath to properly and
faithfully discharge the duties of his office, which oath may be
taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths in this
State.
Thirteenth.—That annually said Board of Dental Examiners
shall organize by the election of a President, Secretary and Treas-
urer, all of whom shall be members of said board, and who shall
hold their respective offices for one year, and until their succes-
sors are elected and qualified ; that the Secretary and Treasurer
shall each give bond in such sums as may be prescribed by said
board, conditioned to discharge the duties of their respective