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shall have been, for a period of ten years prior to such removal,
a practicing dentist, and provided, also, that any person holding
the diploma of doctor of medicine from any reputable medical
college, shall be entitled to practice dentistry in this State, upon
obtaining a license for that purpose as hereinafter provided: and
nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any physician
or surgeon from extracting teeth.
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners, to consist of five practic-
ing dentists is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out
the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. The mem-
bers of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor. The term
for which the members of said Board shall hold their offices shall
be five years, except that the members of the Board first to be
appointed under this Act shall hold their offices for the term of
one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, and until their
successors shall be duly appointed. In case of a vacancy occur-
ring in said Board, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor.

Sec. 3. Said Board shall choose one of its members president,
and one the secretary thereof, and it shall meet at least once in
each year, and as much oftener and at such times and places as
it may deem necessary. A majority of said Board shall at all
times constitute a quorum, and the proceedings thereof shall at
all reasonable times be open to public inspection.
It shall be the duty of every person who is engaged
Sec. 4.
in the practice of dentistry in this State, within six months from
the date of the passage of this Act, to cause his or her name and
residence or place of business to be registered with said Board of
Examiners, who shall keep a book for that purpose; and every
person who shall so register with said Board as a practitioner of
dentistry, may continue to practice the same as such, without in-
curring any of the liabilities or penalties provided in this Act.
Sec. 5. No person, whose name is not registered on the books
of said Board as a regular practitioner of dentistry, within the
time prescribed in the preceding section, shall be permitted to
practice dentistry in this State until such person shall have been
duly examined by said Board and regularly licensed in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6. Any and all persons, who shall so desire, may appear
before said Board at any of its regular meetings and be examined
with reference to their knowledge and skill in dental surgery, and

if the examination of any such person or persons shall prove satis-