832 DENTISTRY. [ART .32

1904, art. 32, sec. 9. 1896, ch. 378, sec. 10.

9. Every person shall be said to be practicing dentistry within the
meaning of this article who shall for a fee, salary or other compensa-
tion paid either to himself or to some one else for services rendered
perform operations or parts of operations of any kind pertaining to
the mouth, treat diseases or lesions of the human teeth or jaws, or
correct mal-positions thereof.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1888, art. 32, sec. 6. 1896, ch. 378, sec. 11.
1884, ch. 150, sec. 6.

10. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof in any court having criminal jurisdiction shall be fined not
less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or be
confined not more than six months in the county jail, or, if the convic-
tion takes place in Baltimore city, in the Baltimore city jail, in the
discretion of the court. All fines received under this article shall be
paid into the common school fund of the city or county in which such
conviction takes place.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1888, art. 32, sec. 8. 1896, ch. 378, sec. 12.

11. Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to interfere
with the rights and privileges of resident physicians and surgeons or
with persons holding certificates duly issued to them prior to the
passage of the act of 1896, ch. 378, and dental students operating under
the immediate supervisions of their instructors in dental infirmaries
or dental schools chartered by the general assembly of Maryland.

By persons "holding certificates," ia meant those holding certificates Issued
by the board of examiners of Maryland. Knowles v. State, 87 Md. 206.
This section referred to in construing section 4. State v. Knowles, 90
Md. 653.

As to physicians and surgeons, see art. 43, sec. 107, et seq.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1896, ch. 378, sec. 13.

12. Nothing in this article shall prevent or be so construed as in
any way to hinder the prosecution, conviction or punishment of any
person who may have offended against any of the provisions of this
article or against any of the provisions of any of the acts of assembly
of which the same was a codification.