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grant license to all applicants who undergo a satisfactory exami-
nation. Fourthly, to keep a book in which shall be registered
the names of all persons licensed to practice dentistry in the
State of Georgia.

Sec. 4. That the book so kept shall be a book of record,
and a transcript from it, certified to by the officer who has it in
keeping, with the common seal, shall be evidence in any court in
the State.
Sec. 5. That three members of said Board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and should a quorum not
be present on the day appointed for their meeting, those present
may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
Sec. 6. That one member of said Board may grant a license
to an applicant to practice until the next regular meeting of the
Board, when he shall report the fact, at which time the temporary
license shall expire, but such temporary licenses shall not be
granted by a member of the Board after the Board has rejected
the applicant.
Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws
Sec. 7.
in conflict with this charter are hereby repealed
Approved October 9, 1885.

An Act of October 20, 1879, AS Amended by the Act of 1885.

Section i. Be it e?iacted by the General Assembly, That Section
1416 of the Code of Georgia be so amended as to read as follows:
"That any person who shall, in violation of this Act, practice
dentistry in the State of Georgia, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as pre-
scribed in Section 4310 of the Code of 1873: Provided, That
nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any person
from extracting teeth: A /id provided further, That none of the
provisions of this Act shall apply to regular licensed physicians
and surgeons in practice at or prior to the passage of this Act,
and dentists who were in practice prior to the 24th of August,
1872."

Sec. 2. That on trial of such indictment, it shall be incum-
bent on the defendant to show that he has authority, under the
law, to practice dentistry, to exempt him from such penalty.
Sec. 3. That one-half of all the fines collected shall inure to
the informer, and the other half to the educational fund of the
count) r .