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DENTAL LAWS CONDENSED. 121

Licentiates.
1. The following persons only shall be decnicd licensed to
jiractise dentistry in this State:
A. Those who are now duly licensed and rcfjislered as den-
tists pursuant to the provisions of this act.
R. Those who may hereafter be duly licensed and registered
as dentists jiursuant to the ])rovisions of this act.
The State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry.
2. The members and officers of the State Board of Registra-
tion and E.xamination in Dentistry, as now constituted pursuant
to chapter one hundred and forty-three of the laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety, may continue to hold office until the expira-
tion of their term, unless previously removed ; the New Jersey
State Dental Society shall, at each of its annual meetings, recom-
mend to the Governor for appointment as a member of said board
a dentist of good repute, residing and practising in this State,
whom the Governor shall appoint ; the member so appointed shall
hold otlfice for five years, or until his successor is appointed ; the
Governor shall also fill, for the unexpired term only, vacancies
occurring in the board by reason of death, resignation or other-
wise ; cause being shown before him, he may remove a member
from office upon proven charges of inefficiency, incompetency,
immorality or professional misconduct; the board shall, at its
annual meeting, elect from its members a president and secre-
tary; it shall hold at least two meetings annually for examining
and licensing persons to practise dentistry in this State, at which
meetings three members shall constitute a quorum ; said board
shall have the powder to determine the good standing and repute
of any dental college, school or department of a university, and
may from time to time designate in some public manner schools,
colleges or departments or universities whose diplomas will be
received by it ; it shall annually make a report of its proceedings
to the Governor and to the New Jersey State Dental Society;
the seal heretofore adopted by it shall continue to be the common
seal of the board ; it may sue or be sued, and in all actions brought
by of against it the board shall be designated as "The State Board
of Registration and Examination in Dentistry."
Examination.
3. The board shall from time to time adopt rules for its own
government and for the examination of candidates for licenses to
practise dentistry; any rule altering the nature or increasing the
severity of the examination or the subjects to be included therein
shall not be enforced within six months after its adoption and
public promulgation ; the examination of applicants shall be con-
fined to written or oral, or both written or oral, examinations
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