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not, at the time of the passage of this Act, lawfully entitled to
practice dentistry in this State, pursuant to the provisions of the
Act of which this Act is a revision and amendment, to practice,
or attempt to practice, dentistry in this State, unless such per-
sons shall have first received a license to practice dentistry from
the Board of Dental Examiners, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners to consist of five practicing
dentists is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out
the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. The mem-
bers of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor. The
term for which the members of said Board shall hold their offices
shall be five years, except that the members of the Board ap-
pointed by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of the Act to
which this is an amendment, residing in North Dakota, and act-
ing as such at the time this Act shall take effect, shall hold their
respective offices until the close of the term for which they were
respectively appointed. The offices of those living in South Da-
kota are hereby declared vacant, and shall be filled as in case of
any other vacancy. Any vacancy in said Board, whether by re-
moval, death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the
Governor. No person who shall be in any manner pecuniarily
interested in, or who shall be officially connected with, any dental
college, or dental department of any school or university, shall
be appointed a member of said Board.
Sec. 3. Said Board shall have power to make reasonable
rules and regulations for carrying into effect and maintaining the
provisions of this Act. It shall choose one of its members Presi-
dent and one Secretary thereof, and shall hold regular meetings
twice in each year, and such other regular and special meetings as
said Board may by its rules provide. A majority of said Board
shall at all times constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of
business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. The
Board shall keep full and complete minutes of its proceedings,
and of its receipts and disbursements, and a full and accurate list
of all persons licensed and registered by said Board, and such
records, together with the list of licensed and registered dentists,
to be kept as aforesaid, shall be public records, and shall at all
reasonable times be open to public inspection, and such records,
or a transcript of the same, or of any part thereof, under the seal
of the Board, duly certified by the Secretary thereof, shall at all
times and places be competent evidence of the facts therein