ART. 43] OSTEOPATHY. 677

The Governor shall, in his first appointment, designate the number
of years for which each appointee shall serve. In case of vacancy, by
death or otherwise, there shall be appointed, in like manner, a person
to serve through such unexpired term. Each person who shall be
appointed to serve on said Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall re-
ceive a certificate of appointment from the Secretary of State. Each
and every member of said board shall, within 10 days after appoint-
ment, on being apprised of the same, take and subscribe an oath or
affirmation before the Secretary of State to faithfully and impartially
perform the duties of said office. The Board of Examiners shall make
and adopt all. necessary rules, regulations, and by-laws, not inconsist-
ent with the Constitution and Laws of the State or of the United
States, whereby to perform the duties and transact the business required
under the provisions of this sub-title.

1914, ch. 786.

293. The first meeting of the said Board of Osteopathic Examiners
shallbe held on the first Tuesday of June, one thousand nine hundred
and fourteen, at Baltimore, Maryland, and subsequent meeting for
organization, in June, annually; suitable notice in the usual form being
given by the Secretary of the Board to each of the members thereof,
specifying the time and place of meeting.

At the first meeting of the Board, and at each annual meeting in
June, an organization shall be effected by the election from its member-
ship of a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.

1914, ch. 786.

294. For the purpose of examining applicants for license, the said
Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall hold two stated meetings in each
year, due notice of which shall be made public, at such times and
places as the Board may determine. At said meetings a majority of
the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum thereof; but the
examination may be conducted by a committee of one or more members
of the Board of Examiners, duly authorized by said Board; but no
license to practice osteopathy shall be granted on an affirmative vote
of less than three. Said examinations shall 'be conducted in writing,
in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the State
Board of Osteopathic Examiners, and may be supplemented by prac-
tical examinations at the bedside in available eleemosynary or other
institution, the laboratory, and by practical tests upon the human
cadaver, and shall embrace the subjects named in Section 297 of this
Article. After each such examination the committee having charge
thereof, shall, without unnecessary delay, act upon the same. An
official report of such action, signed by each acting 'member of said
committee of examiners, stating the examination average of each can-
didate in each branch, the general average, and the result of the exami-
nation, whether successful or unsuccessful, shall be transmitted to the