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time and place of the meeting of said Board by publication of
such notice in at least four newspapers in general circulation pub-
lished in the State of Washington, no two of such newspapers to
be published in any one county. Three members of said Board
shall constitute a quorum, and the proceedings thereof shall at
all reasonable times be open to public inspection.
Sec. 4. Any person or persons who desire to begin the prac-
tice of dentistry in the State of Washington after the passage of
this Act shall file his or her name, together with an application
for examination, with the Secretary of the State Board of Dental
Examiners, and, at the time of making such application, shall pay
to the Secretary of the Board a fee of twenty-five dollars, and
shall present him or herself at the first regular meeting thereafter
of said Board to undergo examination before that body. No
person shall be eligible for such an examination unless he or she
shall be of good moral character, and shall present to said Board
his or her diploma from some dental college in good standing, and
shall give satisfactory evidence of his or her rightful possession
of the same: Provided, That the said Board may admit to ex-
amination such other persons of good moral character as shall
give satisfactory evidence of having been engaged in the practice
of dentistry ten years prior to the date of application for exami-
nation. Said Board shall have the power to determine the good
standing of any colleges from which such diplomas may be
granted. Said examination shall be elementary and practical in
character, but sufficiently thorough to test the fitness of the can-
didate to practice dentistry. It shall include, written in the
English language, questions on the following subjects: Anatomy,
physiology, chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics, metallurgy,
histology, pathology, operative and surgical dentistry, and also
demonstrations of their skill in operative and mechanical den-
tistry. All persons successfully passing such examination shall
be registered as licensed dentists in the Board register as herein-
after provided, and also receive a certificate to be signed by the
President and Secretary of said Board and in substantially the
following form to-wit:
This is to certify that is hereby licensed to prac-
tice dentistry in the State of Washington. This certificate must
be filed for record in the office of the auditor of any county in
which the party holding said certificate desires to practice, and it