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three members of said Board, and after thirty days' notice thereof;
second, to grant a certificate to any applicant who shall furnish
satisfactory evidence of having graduated or received a diploma
from any incorporated dental college, without fee, charge or ex-
amination; thirdly, to grant certificates to all other applicants who
may undergo a satisfactory examination, also without fee or charge
of any kind; fourthly, to keep a book in which shall be registered
the names of all persons to whom such certificate shall be granted.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., 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, shall be evidence in any court of
this State.
Sec. 5. Be itfurther enacted, etc., 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 of meeting, those
present may adjourn from day to day until a quorum be present.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That two members of said
Board may grant a certificate to any applicant to practice until
the next authorized meeting of the Board, when they shall report
the fact, and such temporary certificate shall expire, but such
temporary certificate shall not be granted after the Board shall have
refused a certificate.
Sec. 7. Be itfurther enacted, etc., That any person who shall in
violation of this Act, pretending to be a regular practitioner of
dentistry, practice dentistry in the State of Louisiana, shall be
liable to indictment, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less
than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars: Provided,
That nothing in this Act shall apply to regular physicians and
surgeons.
Sec. 8. Be itfurther enacted, etc., That one-half of all fines col-
lected shall inure to the Louisiana Dental Society, and the other
half to the educational fund of the parish in which the offense
was committed.
Be it further enacted, etc., That dentists who are in
Sec. 9.
practice in this State at the time of the passage of this Act shall
be exempt from the provisions made in the first section thereof.
Sec. 10. Be itfurther enacted, etc., That all laws and parts of
laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved March 10, 1880.
[Note.—A new Act has passed the Senate and House of Representatives
but has not been signed by the Governor of the State.] -