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Sec. 2. Any person beginning to practice dentistry in this
State, after the passage of this Act, having a dental diploma
issued or purporting to have been issued by any college, univer-
sity, society or association, shall present the same to the State
Examining Board provided for in the Act to which this is a sup-
plement, for approval; such Examining Board being satisfied as
to the qualifications of the applicant and the genuineness of the
diploma shall, without fee, indorse the same as approved, after
which the same may be recorded as aforesaid.
Any person who is entitled to practice dentistry in
Sec. 3.
this commonwealth, without a diploma or certificate under the
provisions of the eighth section or the Act to which this is a sup-
plement, shall make written affidavit before some person quali-
fied to administer an oath, setting forth the time of his continu-
ous practice and the place or places where such practice was
pursued in this commonwealth, and shall, within three months
after the passage of this Act, have such affidavit recorded in the
recorder's office of the county in which he is practicing. And it
shall be the duty of the Recorder to record such diplomas, cer-
tificates and affidavits in a book provided for such purpose.

Sec. 4. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with
any of the provisions of this Act, or of the Act to which this is
a supplement, or who shall cause to be recorded any diploma or
certificate which has been obtained fraudulently, or is in whole
or in part a forgery, or shall make affidavit to any false state-
ment to be recorded as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, on conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars,
for each offense, for the use of the proper county.
Sec. 5. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Approved, the 20th day of June, A. D., 1883.

RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

An Act to Establish a Board of Registration in Dentistry.

// is Enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
Section i. The Governor of the State shall, on the passage
of this Act, appoint five graduates in dentistry residing and do-
ing business in the State, who shall constitute a Board of Regis-
tration in Dentistry. The term for which such members shall