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member of said board who shall be absent from two successive
regular board meetings shall cease to be a member of it.

1896, ch. 378.

3. Said board shall choose one of its members president and
one secretary thereof, and shall hold regular meetings in May
and November of every year, and special meetings, as occasion
may require. A majority of said board shall at all times consti-
tute 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 make a report of its
proceedings to the Governor by the first day of December in
each year.

Ibid.

4. Any person twenty-one years of age, who has graduated
at, and holds a diploma from, a university or college authorized
to grant diplomas in dental surgery by the laws of any one of
the United States, and who is desirous of practising dentistry in
this State, may be examined by said board with refer nee to
qualifications, and, upon passing an examination satisfactory to
said board, his or her name, residence or place of business, shall
be registered in a book kept for the purpose, and a certificate
shall be issued to such person. Any graduate of a regular
college of dentistry may, at the discretion of the examining board,
be registered without being subjected to an examination.

Ibid.

5. All certificates issued by said board shall be signed by its

officers and bear its seal.

Ibid.

6. A temporary certificate for a specified time may be issued by
the officers of said board to any applicant holding a regular dental
diploma duly registered by a board of dental examiners created
by the laws of any one of the United States, but no such certi-
ficate shall be issued for any longer time than until the next
regular meeting of the board. The fee for this temporary cer-
tificate shall be five dollars.

Ibid.

7. Transcripts from the aforesaid book of registration, certified
by the officer who has the same in keeping, with the seal of said
board of examiners, shall be evidence in any court of this State.