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complaint or upon any information or indictment filed against
any person under this Act: Provided, Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to prevent the prosecution of any person for violation
of this Act upon information of the prosecuting attorney di-
rectly. The attorney-general of this State shall appear in the Su-
preme court and attend to the prosecution of all criminal cases
arising under this Act which maybe appealed to said court or be
taken to said court by writ of error.
Sec. 13. Sections I, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Act of the
Territory of Washington entitled "An Act to regulate the prac-
tice of dentistry and to protect the people against empiricism in
relation thereto in the Territory of Washington," approved Janu-
ary 28, 1888 (said sections being sections 2854, 2856, 2857, 2858,
2859, 2860, 2861, 2862 and 2863, of the first volume of Hill's Stat-
utes and Codes of Washington), are hereby repealed.
Sec. 14. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Six. 15. Whereas, no adequate law relative to the practice
of dentistry exists, and great embarrassment and inconvenience in
relation thereto in this State will arise from delay of time when
this Act shall take effect, it is therefore declared that an emer-
gency, exists, and that this Act take effect and be in force from
and after the approval by the Governor.
Approved March 8, 1893.

WEST VIRGINIA.

An Act to Regulate the Practice of Dentistry in this State,
and to Protect the People Against Empiricism in Rela-
tion Thereto.

(Passed February 14, 1881.)
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of J Vest Virginia :
Section i. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in
the practice of dentistry, for compensation in this State, unless
such person shall have received a diploma from some dental col-
lege, duly incorporated under the laws of this State, or some
of the United States, or foreign government in which is annually
delivered, in good faith, a full course of lectures and instruction
in dentistry, or shall have obtained a license from a Board of
Dentists, duly authorized and appointed by the authorities of this