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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 73

Sec. 6. Any person desiring to commence the practice of
dentistry, or dental surgery, within this State after the passage
of this Act, shall, before commencing such practice, hie for rec-
ord, in a book kept for such purpose, with said Board of Exam-
iners, his or her diploma, or a duly authenticated copy thereof,
the validity of which said Board shall have power to determine.
If accepted, said Board shall issue to the person holding such
diploma a certificate duly signed by all or a majority of the mem-
bers of said Board, and which certificate shall entitle the person
to whom it is issued to all the rights and privileges set forth in
Section i of this Act.
To provide for the proper and effective enforcement
Sec. 7.
of this Act, said Board of Examiners shall be entitled to the fol-
lowing fees, to-wit: For each certificate issued to persons in
practice in this State at the time of the passage of this Act, the
sum of three dollars; for each certificate issued to persons not
engaged in the practice of dentistry in this State at the time of
the passage of this Act, the sum of ten dollars.

Sec. 8. The members of said Board shall each receive the
compensation of five dollars per day for each day actually en-
gaged in the duties of their office, which, together with all other
legitimate expenses incurred in the performance of such duties,
shall be paid from fees received by the Board under the provis-
ions of this act; and no part of the expenses of said Board shall
at any time be paid out of the State treasury. All moneys in ex-
cess of said per diem allowance and other expenses shall be
held by the Secretary of said Board as a special fund for meeting
the expenses of said Board, he giving such bond as the Board
shall from time to time direct; and such Board shall make an an-
nual report of its proceedings to the Governor by the 15th day of
December of each year, together with an account of all moneys
received and disbursed by them in pursuance of this Act.
Sec. 9. Any person who shall violate this Act by practicing
or attempting to practice dentistry within the State without first
complying with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in
a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dol-
lars.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and
after publication in the statutes.
Approved February 25, 1885; took effect May 1, 1885.