ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1079

and 13 of Article 32 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Dentistry, " be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
so as to read as follows:

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice den-
tistry in this State within the meaning and penalties of
this Article, and as defined in Section 9 thereof, unless
such person shall previously have been examined and
obtained a license as hereinafter provided, and unless
such person shall exhibit on the door or front of
the building wherein he shall practice or attempt to
practice dentistry, a sign on which shall be the name
of such person, provided that any person practicing
or attempting to practice dentistry, in any building
containing more than ten offices, may exhibit such
sign on the door of his office instead of on the door or
front of such building.

2. There shall be a State Board of Dental Examiners
(hereinafter called the Board) whose duty it shall be to
carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this
Article. Said Board shall consist of six registered and
practicing dentists of recognized ability and honor, resi-
dents of the State of Maryland, each of whom has
held the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery for at
least five years, no member of the faculty or teaching staff
of any university or college having a dental department in
the State of Maryland shall be eligible for appointment.
The members of the Board as at present constituted shall
hold office for the residue of the respective terms for which
they have been appointed. On the expiration of the term
or terms for which any one or more of the members of the
present Board may have been appointed, and on the ex-
piration of the term or terms for which any one or more
of the members of the present Board shall have been ap-
pointed in pursuance of this Article, the Governor shall
appoint a successor or successors from a list of dentists
duly qualified as hereinbefore prescribed of double the
number of vacancies to be filled, proposed and submitted
to him by the Maryland State Dental Association, and
chosen by a majority vote of the members of said associa-
tion present at a meeting of said association called for that
purpose, of which meeting at least two weeks' notice, stat-
ing the time, place and purpose thereof, shall be mailed by
the Secretary to the members of said association at their
respective addresses appearing in the records thereof. The