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Sec. 1530. After the Board of Dental Examiners have quali-
fied they shall meet at the capitol of the State in pursuance of a
call to be made by the Governor, and organize by electing a
President and Secretary of the Board from among themselves.
Sec. 1 531. Every person who desires to practice dentistry
must apply in writing to the Board of Dental Examiners for a
license to do so, and, unless exempted by the provisions of this
chapter, must appear before the Board and be examined by it
touching his learning and skill in dentistry, and if he be found to
possess sufficient learning and skill therein, and be of good
moral character, the Board shall immediately issue to him a
license to practice dentistry, which shall be signed by each mem-
ber of the Board who attends the examination and approves of
the issuance of the license.
Sec. 1532. The Board of Dental Examiners shall meet at the
capitol of the State on the first Tuesday of April of each year,
for the purpose of examining applicants for license to practice
dentistry, and it shall continue in session until all applicants for
license have been examined and their examinations have been
approved or disapproved. All examinations, except as to char-
acter, shall be upon written questions and answers, and three
members of the Board are a quorum for business.
Sec. 1533. Applicants for license who are required to be
examined touching their learning and skill in dentistry must each
pay a fee of ten dollars to the Board of Dental Examiners, as a
condition precedent to the examination, which fee shall be dis-
tributed among the members of the Board as their compensation
in such proportion as the Board may allow.
Sec. 1534. Each person now engaged in the practice of
dentistry in this State is entitled to receive a license therefor
without being examined touching his learing and skill in den-
tistry, if he shall apply therefor within six months after this law
becomes operative, and shall pay twenty-five cents for its issu-
ance. If such application be made within the time prescribed
and the twenty-five cents be paid, the Secretary of the Board of
Dental Examiners shall issue to the applicant a license to prac-
tice dentistry, which shall be signed in the name of the Board by
him as Secretary.

Sec. 1535. Any member of the Board of Dental Examiners
may examine applicants orally or in writing, and issue a tem-
porary license to them to practice dentistry, which shall authorize