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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 399

dentists to be kept in pursuance of the provisions of
this Act:
" Registrar" shall mean the registrar appointed under the
provisions of this Act.

DENTAL BOARD AND OFFICERS.

The Governor in Council may appoint a Board consisting
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of eight members under the style of the " Dental Board of
Victoria" hereinafter in this Act termed "the Dental Board."
4. No person shall be appointed or elected President or
member of the Dental Board for more than three years, but any
person appointed or elected a member of the Dental Board shall
upon the expiration of the term for which he was so appointed
or elected be eligible for re-appointment or re-election. The
Governor in Council may from time to time remove the Presi-
dent or any member of the Dental Board.
5. A quorum of the Dental Board shall consist of not less
than three members thereof. In the absence of the President
from any meeting of the said Board one of the members present
shall be elected Chairman of that meeting.
6. The first members of the Dental Board including the
President shall be appointed by the Governor in Council without
previous election for a period of three years. Provided, That at
least four of the persons so appointed shall be persons who
appear to be eligible for registration as dentists under this Act,
and three shall be legally qualified medical practitioners regis-
tered under the "Medical Practitioners Statue, 1865." If any
vacancy occur in the office of member of the Dental Board during
the period for which the first members of the said Board are
appointed, the Governor in Council may fill such vacancy by
appointing without previous election any dentist; and the person
so appointed shall hold office until the expiration of three years
from the date of the appointment of the first members and no
longer.
On the expiration of the period for which such first mem-
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bers are appointed to hold office no person shall be eligible to be
appointed a member of the Dental Board unless he have been
elected to act as a member of the said Board by the dentists;
and no person shall be appointed President unless he be a mem-
ber of the said Board and have been elected by the other mem-

bers thereof to act as President. At least four members of the