1080 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 564

term for which the members of said Board shall be ap-
pointed as aforesaid shall be six years, and until their
successors shall have been appointed and qualified. In
case of a vacancy occurring in said Board by reason of the
death of any member, or of his incapacity, neglect or re-
fusal to act, or in any other way, the Governor shall, from
a list of duly qualified dentists of double the number of
vacancies to be filled, chosen, submitted and proposed to
him as hereinbefore provided, appoint a successor or suc-
cessors of said member or members, who shall hold office
for the remainder of the unexpired term or terms of said
member or members. Any member of said Board, who,
without adequate reason shall be absent from two succes-
sive meetings thereof shall cease to be a member thereof.

3. Said Board shall choose one of its members presi-
dent, and one secretary thereof, whose duties shall be
those usually appertaining to their respective offices. The
secretary shall also be the legal custodian of all the prop-
erty, money, minutes, records, proceedings and the seal of
said Board. Said Board shall hold regular meetings in
the months of June and November of every year, and spe-
cial meetings as it may deem necessary, upon call of the
president or secretary thereof and upon due notice. A
majority of said Board shall at all times constitute a
quorum, but a less number may adjourn from time
to time; the proceedings thereof shall at all reasonable
times be open to public inspection. The Board shall adopt
and have a seal inscribed substantially as follows: "Mary-
land State Board of Dental Examiners, 1884. " Said Board
shall annually on or before the first day of December in
each year, submit to the Governor a report in writing of its
proceedings.

4. Any person of good moral character, twenty-one or
more years of age, who has been graduated and admitted
to the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of Den-
tal Medicine, or other equivalent degree by any university
or college duly incorporated and authorized to grant said
degree by the laws of the United States or any of its terri-
tories, districts or possessions, or by the laws of any State
of the United States, and recognized by the Board as main-
taining an acceptable course in Dental Education, may
make application in writing to said Board to be examined
by it with reference to his or her qualifications to practice
dentistry as aforesaid, and upon his or her passing an
examination satisfactory to said Board, which examina-