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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 107

one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and the supplement
thereto approved March the twenty-seventh, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and all Acts and parts
of Acts inconsistent herewith, be and the same hereby are re-
pealed.
Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect im-
mediately.

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.
An Act to Regulate the Practice of Dentistry within the
Territory of New Mexico.
Be it E?iacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico :
Section i. That it shall be unlawful for any person who is
not at the time of the passage of this Act engaged in the prac-
tice of dentistry in the Territory of New Mexico to commence
such practice unless such person shall have received a certificate
from the duly authorized Board of Dental Examiners hereinafter
provided for.
Sec. 2. A Board of Dental Examiners to consist of five prac-
ticing dentists within the Territory of New Mexico is hereby
created, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and
enforce the provisions of this Act. The members of said Board
shall be appointed by the Governor. The term for which the
members of said Board shall hold their offices shall be four years,
and until their successors shall be appointed. In case of a
vacancy occurring in the membership of said Board such vacancy
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.
Sec 5 The said Board shall within sixty days after their
appointment meet at the capital of the Territory of New Mexico
and organize by electing one of its members President and one
Secretary thereof. Said Board shall meet at least once in each
year thereafter, and as often and at such times and places as it
may deem proper and necessary. A majority of said Board shall
at all times constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of every person who at the time
of the passage of this Act is engaged in the practice of dentistry
in the Territory of New Mexico within six months from the date
of the passage of this Act to cause his or her written application
to be filed with the Secretary of said Board for a certificate to
continue in the practice of dentistry within said Territory; and