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tucky State Dental Association, or oftener, at the call of any
three of the members of said Board, or of an applicant for a cer-
tificate to practice dentistry.
Sec. 4. Thirty days' notice must be given of the annual meet-
ings of said State Association and previous thereto that all ap-
plicants for certificates to practice dentistry will be granted the
same upon satisfactory examination.
Sec. 5. The Kentucky State Dental Association shall cause
to be kept a book, in which shall be registered the names of all
persons having certificates to practice dentistry in the State of
Kentucky, and that the book or books so kept shall be a book or
books of record, and a transcript from the same, certified by the
officer who has it in charge, with the seal of said Association
affixed thereto, shall be evidence in any court in this Com-
monwealth.
Sec. 6. Three members of said Board of Examiners shall con-
stitute 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. 7. Any person who shall, in violation of this Act, prac-
tice dentistry in the State of Kentucky for a fee or reward shall
be liable to indictment by the Grand Jury of the county in which
the offense is committed, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in
the penal sum of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars for each offense: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed to prevent physicians or surgeons from extracting
teeth.
Sec. 8. On the trial of indictments found as aforesaid, it shall
be incumbent on the defendant to show that he has authority un-
der the law to practice dentistry to exempt himself from the
penalty by law prescribed.
Sec. 9. All fines collected under this Act shall inure to the
benefit of common school education, and be added to the fund
of such common school in the county in which the offense is
committed.

Sec. 10. In order to provide a fund to carry out the provis-
ions in the third section of this Act, it shall be the duty of the
Board of Examiners to collect from all who receive the certificate
to practice dentistry a sum not to exceed twenty dollars each, of
which sum, if there be any remaining after paying necessary ex-