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shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of den-
tistry in the State of Texas, unless such person has obtained
license from a Board of Examiners duly appointed and author-
ized by this Act to issue such license: Provided, That dentists
who have been in regular practice of dentistry in this State for
three years next preceding the passage of this Act shall not be
required to submit to an examination and shall be entitled to a
license without fee, which shall be transmitted to him by mail,
otherwise upon his application accompanied by the satisfactory
^evidence to the fact of his having been in the regular practice for
the time required.
Sec. 2. That the Board of Examiners shall be appointed by
the judge of each judicial district, and shall be composed of three
reputable dentists residing in said district, who shall hold their
offices two years from the date of. appointment, and any vacancy
shall be filled by the district judge as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. The Board shall, immediately after appointment,
select one of their number as President and one as Secretary, and
adopt all rules necessary for the transaction of the business that
may come before them.
Sec. 4. Said Board shall meet annually at some central point
in their respective districts to conduct examinations and grant
licenses; notice of the time and place of such meetings shall be
given for one month by publication in some newspaper published
in the district.
Sec. 5. Any applicant who shall furnish satisfactory evidence
of having graduated and received a diploma from a reputable

dental college, and any applicants under the provision of the first
section of this Act, and all other applicants who undergo a satis-
factory examination as to their qualifications, and shall pay to
the said Board a fee of five dollars, to be used for the advertising
and incidental expenses, shall be granted license, which license
shall entitle the person to whom granted to practice dentistry in
any county when the same has been recorded as required by Sec-
tion 12.
Sec. 6. Said Board shall keep a book in which shall be regis-
tered the names of all persons licensed to practice dentistry by
said Board.
Sec. 7. The book so kept shall be a book of record, and a
transcript from it, certified to by the officer who has it in keeping,