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ination and license, and at the time of making such application
shall pay to the Secretary of said Board a fee of ten dollars, and
each applicant shall present himself before said Board at its first
regular meeting after filing his application for examination by
said Board. The examination shall be of an elementary and
practical character, but sufficiently thorough to test the fitness of
the applicant to practice dentistry. The examination may be
written, or oral, or both, at the option of the Board, and shall in-
clude the following subjects, to-wit: Anatomy, physiology, chem-
istry, materia medica, therapeutics, metallurgy, histology, path-
ology, and operative, mechanical and surgical dentistry. All
persons successfully passing such examinations, or who may
legally hold diplomas from any reputable college of the United
States or any foreign country, or who may have been regularly,
since July 4, 1889, engaged in the practice of dentisty in this
State, of good moral character, shall be registered and licensed
by said Board as dentists, and shall receive a certificate of such
registration and license duly authenticated by the seal and signa-
ture of the President and Secretary of said Board; and in no
case shall the examination fee be refunded.

4. Every person receiving such a certificate of registration
and license as dentist shall, before engaging in the practice of
dentistry in this State, place and retain in place, while engaged
in the practice of dentistry in this State, such certificates of regis-
tration and license in a conspicuous position at his place of busi-
ness, in such a manner as to be easily seen and read.
Every person who may legally hold a diploma from any
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reputable dental college in the United States, or any foreign
country, or who has been regularly, since July 4, 1889, engaged
in the practice of dentistry in this State, shall, upon application
and payment of a fee of two dollars to the Secretary of said
Board of Dental Examiners, and producing satisfactory and rea-
sonable proofs of the fact that he holds such diploma, or has
been so engaged in the practice of dentistry in this State, since
July 4, 1889, receive a certificate of registration and license to
practice dentistry in this State. Every applicant for license to
practice dentistry under the provisions of this section shall, in
person, by mail or otherwise, produce for the inspection of the
Board of Dental Examiners his diploma, or the affidavits of him-
self and two freeholders, stating that he has been regularly en-
gaged in the practice of dentistry in this State, and at what place