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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 189

this Act shall be so construed as to prevent physicians, surgeons
and others from extracting teeth.
2. A Board of Examiners, consisting of three practicing
dentists, residents of this Province, is hereby created, who shall
issue certificates to persons in the practice of dentistry or dental
surgery in this province, who have been three months in actual
practice in said Province previous to the passage of this Act; and
also to decide upon the validity and sufficiency of character of
such diplomas as may be subsequently presented for registration
as hereinafter provided.
3. The members of said Board of Examiners shall be ap-
pointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council upon the passage
of this Act, and shall serve for a term of three years, excepting
that the members of the Board first appointed shall hold their
offices as follows: One for three years, one for two years, one for
one year, respectively, and until their successors are duly ap-
pointed. In case of any vacancy occurring in said Board, such
vacancy shall be filled by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council
from those in actual practice in the said Province.
The said Board of Examiners shall keep a record in which
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shall be registered the names, residences, or places of business,
of all persons authorized under this Act to practice dentistry in
this Province. The Board shall elect from its members a Presi-
dent and a Secretary, and shall meet at least once a year, and
whenever applications for certificates shall be made. A majority
of the members of said Board shall constitute a quorum.
Every person engaged in the practice of dentistry within
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this Province at the time of the passage of this Act shall, within
three months thereafter, cause his name and residence and place
of business to be registered with the said Board of Examiners,
upon which said Board shall issue to such person a certificate
duly signed by a majority of the members of said Board, and
which certificate shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to
all the rights and privileges set forth in this Act.
6. To provide for the proper enforcement of this Act, the
said Board of Examiners shall be entitled to the following fees
(to-wit): For each certificate issued to persons engaged in the
practice of dentistry in this Province at the time of the passage
of this Act, the sum of ten dollars; for each certificate issued to
persons not engaged in dentistry at the time of the passage of
this Act, the sum of twenty-five dollars.