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period of six months, shall work a forfeiture of the certificate,
and no certificate when once forfeited shall be restored, except
upon the payment to said Board of Examiners of the sum of
twenty-five dollars as a penalty for such neglect, failure or refusal.
Sec. 9. Any person who shall knowingly and falsely claim or
pretend to have or hold a certificate of license, diploma or de-
gree granted by any society, or who shall falsely and with intent
to deceive the public, claim or pretend to be a graduate from any
incorporated dental college, not being such graduate, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to the same
penalty as provided in section six of this Act.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
Approved March 10', 1885.

TENNESSEE.

A Bill to be Entitled "An Act to Regulate the Practice of
Dentistry in the State of Tennessee, and to Punish Vio-
lators Thereof."

Be it Enacted by the Ge?ieral Assembly of the State of Te?messee :
Section i. That it shall be unlawful for any person to prac-
tice, or attempt to practice, dentistry or dental surgery in the
State of Tennessee, without first having received a diploma from
some reputable dental college, school, or university department,
duly authorized by the laws of this State, or some other of the
United States, and in which college, or school, or university
department there are at the time of the issuance of said diploma
annually delivered a full course of lectures and instructions in
dentistry and dental surgery: Provided, That nothing in section 1
of this Act shall apply to any person engaged in the practice of
dentistry or dental surgery in the State at the time of the passage
of this Act, except as hereinafter provided: And provided further,
That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent
physicians, surgeons or others from extracting teeth.
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners, consisting of six practicing
dentists of acknowledged ability as such, two of whom shall be
residents in each of the three subdivisions of the State— East,
Middle and West Tennessee—is hereby created, who shall have
authority to issue certificates to persons in the practice of den-
tistry or dental surgery in the State at the time of the passage of