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shall be issued under the provisions of this Act, and who shall
practice dentistry under a false name, with intent to deceive the
public, shall be liable to have such certificate revoked, upon
twenty days' notice of such proposed revocation, and of the
time and place of considering such revocation, by order of the
said Board; and any person who, after such revocation of his cer-
tificate, shall continue to practice dentistry in this State, shall for-
feit and pay the sum of three hundred dollars; a certificate of
registration or of license granted to a person under one name
shall not be pleaded as a defense to an action brought against
him for practicing without a certificate under another name; each
and every separate act of dentistry performed by any person, in
violation of any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
and taken to be a distinct and separate offense; this Act shall not
be construed to prevent any person from extracting teeth, nor to
apply to any surgical operation performed by any regular licensed
physician or surgeon.

Sec. io. And be it enacted, That the penalties imposed and sums
to be forfeited in and by the preceding section of this Act shall
be sued for and recovered with costs of suit, in an action of debt,
to be brought by the Board of Registration and Examination in
Dentistry before any judge of any city district court or court of
common pleas of the county wherein such offense shall have
been committed, or in any county wherein such offender may re-
side; one-half of such penalty or forfeit money shall be for the use
of the State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry;
and one-half shall be paid into the treasury of the State for the
use thereof; and in case the defendant shall fail or neglect to pay
the amount recovered against him, with costs, the judge or court
before whom judgment has been obtained shall issue his process
against the body of the defendant, and cause him to be com-
mitted to the jail of the county in which the judgment is ob-
tained until the judgment and costs are paid; the imprisonment,
however, shall not exceed four calendar months from the date of
such commitment.
Sec. ii. And be it enacted, That the Act of the legislature of
this State entitled, "An act to regulate the practice of dentistry
and to protect the people against empiricism in relation thereto
in the State of New Jersey," approved March the fourteenth, Anno
Domi?ii one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, the sup-
plement thereto approved February seventeenth, An?io Domi?d