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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 69

INDIAN TERRITORY.

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IOWA.

(Chapter 36, Nineteenth General Assembly.)

An Act to Insure the Better Education of Practitioners of
Dentistry in the State of Iowa.

Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa :
Section i. That it shall be unlawful for any person who is not,
at the time of the passage of this Act, engaged in the practice of
dentistry in the State, to commence such practice unless such per-
son shall have received a license from the Board of Examiners,
or some member thereof as hereinafter provided, or a diploma
from the faculty of some reputable dental college, duly author-
ized by the laws of the State, or by some other of the United
States, or by the laws of some foreign country m which college
or colleges there was at the time of the issue of such diploma,
annually delivered, a full course of lectures and instruction in
dental surgery.
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners is hereby created, whose duty
it shall be to carry out the purpose and enforce the provisions of
this Act. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the
Governor, and shall consist of five practicing dentists, who shall
have been engaged in the continuous practice of dentistry in the
State for five years or over at the time of or prior to the passage
of this Act. The term for which the members of said Board
shall hold their office shall be five years, except that the members
of the Board first appointed under this Act shall hold their
offices for one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, and
until their successors shall be duly appointed. In case of vacancy
in said Board, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor.
Sec. 3. Said Board shall choose one of its members Presi-
dent, and one the Secretary thereof; and it shall meet at least
once in each year, and as much oftener and at such time and
place 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.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of every person engaged in the
practice of dentistry in the State, within six months from the date