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practice of dentistry in the Commonwealth of Virginia on the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety, and who shall
comply with the requirements of Section one thousand seven
hundred and seventy-four of this Act shall be otherwise exempt
from the provisions of this Section: And provided further, That

nothing contained in this Section shall prevent a student who is
pursuing a regular course of instruction from assisting a person
in the practice of dentistry qualified as herein provided, or shall
prevent any authorized physician or surgeon from extracting
teeth for anyone suffering from toothache.
Sec. 1768. The Board of Examiners shall consist of six prac-
titioners of dentistry, of acknowledged ability in the profession,
to be appointed by the Governor. The Board shall continue to
be divided into three classes with two members each, one of which
classes shall go out of office each succeeding year; and the
Governor shall annually appoint the successors of each class, as
it goes out, for the term of three years. He shall make the ap-
pointments in each case from four persons who shall be nomi-
nated by the Virginia State Dental Association, and reside in
different sections of the State. All vacancies for unexpired
terms shall be filled by the Governor on nominations made by
the Board. If no nominations be *made by said Association or
Board, as the case may be, or the nominations made be not ap-
proved by the Governor, he shall appoint such persons as he may
deem fit.
Sec. 1769. It shall be the duty of this Board: First, To meet
annually at the time and place of meeting of the Virginia State
Dental Association, or at such other time and place as the Board
shall agree upon, to conduct the examination of applicants. They
shall also meet for the same purpose at the call of any four members
of the Board, at such time and place as may be designated by said
members. Thirty days' notice of the meetings shall be given by
advertising in at least two of the daily papers published in the
State. Second, To grant a certificate of ability to practice den-
tistry to all applicants who undergo a satisfactory examination,
and receive at least four affirmative votes, which certificate shall
be signed by the members of the Board, and be stamped with a
suitable seal (which they may adopt). Third, To keep a book
in which shall be registered the name and qualification (as far as
practicable) of every person to whom such certificate is granted.
Sec. 1770. The book so kept shall be a book of record, and