terms of six years. The Commission has supervision and custody of
the buildings and properties known as the Maryland Line Confederate
Soldiers Home, located in Pikesville, which was deeded by the United
States Government to the State of Maryland in 1879 (Code 1939 and
1947 Supp., Art. 65, secs. 90-94).

Appropriations: None
Staff: None

EXAMINING AND LICENSING BOARDS
STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS

President: Norman P. Chanaud, D.D.S., 1953

Carl P. Russell, D.D.S., 1953; William E. Trail, D.D.S.,
1955; C. Adam Bock, D.D.S., 1955; L. Lynn Emmart, D.D.S.,
1957.
Harry Levin, D.D.S., Secretary, 1957

3429 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore 29 Telephone: Liberty 6158

The Governor appoints the six members of the Board of Dental
Examiners. Two members are appointed biennially, from a list of
four practicing dentists furnished by the Maryland State Dental
Association (Code 1939, Art. 32, sec. 2). The Dental Practice Act of
the State provides that this Board regulate the practice of dentistry
by testing the qualifications of candidates for licenses in dentistry
and in dental hygiene.

All applicants for licenses to practice dentistry must be at least
twenty-one years of age and graduates of dental colleges duly incor-
porated to grant degrees in Dental Surgery by the laws of one of the
United States or Canada. All applicants for a license to practice
dental hygiene must be at least twenty years of age and graduates
of a school teaching dental hygiene which has been approved by the
Board. Examinations are held twice a year, and are both written and
practical. Every dentist and every dental hygienist must register
annually.

Expenditures, 1950, Special funds............................. ...$2,293.43
Appropriation, 1951, Special funds............................. 2,570.00
Staff: None

THE STATE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
PRACTICAL PLUMBING

Chairman: Henry Werner, 1952

T. A. Tauser, 1951; E. J. Hatter, 1953; Theodore F.
Shaffer, 1953; Roger B. White, 1953.
203 Old Town Bank Bldg., Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 8183

The first Board for the examining and licensing of plumbers in
Maryland was established in 1886. The jurisdiction of this Board