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That it shall be the duty of every person practicing
Sec. 4.
dentistry in said District at the time of the passage of this Act to
make application to said Board in form prescribed by said Board,
for certification, and present the certificates thus obtained for
registration to the health officer within sixty days from the pass-
age of this Act. Every such person so registering may continue
to practice without incurring the penalties of this Act.
Sec. 5. That persons desiring to commence the practice of
dentistry in said District after the passage of this Act shall first
obtain a certificate of qualification from the Board of Dental Ex-
aminers, granted under authority conferred upon said Board by
Section 3 of this Act, and present the same to the health officer
for registration.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the health officer to
register all persons presenting certificates from said Board in a
book kept for this purpose, and indorse upon each certificate the
fact and date of such registration.

Sec. 7. That certificates issued and indorsed under the pro-
visions of this Act shall be evidence of the right of the person to
whom granted to practice under this Act.
Sec. 8. That anyone who shall practice or attempt to practice
dentistry in the said District without having complied with the
provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty nor
more than two hundred dollars, and in default of payment of such
fine shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety
days, said fines, when collected, to be paid into the Treasury of
the United States, to the credit of the District of Columbia; Pro-
vided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with
physicians in the discharge of their professional duties, nor with
students pursuing a regular uninterrupted dental college course
or in bona fide pupilage with a registered dentist.
Sec. 9. That to provide a fund to carry out and enforce the
provisions of this Act the Board of Dental Examiners may charge
such fees, not exceeding one dollar for each certificate and ten
dollars for each examination, as will from time to time, in the
opinion of said Board, approved by said Commissioners, be neces-
sary. From such fund all expenses shall be paid by the Board;
Provided, That such expense shall in no case exceed the balance
of receipts.
Approved June 6, 1892.