1082 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 564

5. A fee of twenty dollars shall be paid to the
secretary of the Board at the time of application by each
applicant for examination, or registration, or both, as
often as he or she shall apply for same; provided, however,
that the fee for a temporary certificate, if issued, shall be
five dollars; and provided further that payment of said
fee of twenty dollars by a dental student who may
apply for examination upon certain subjects as pro-
vided in Section 4 hereof shall entitle him or her to take
the examination upon the remainder of the prescribed sub-
jects, no part of said fee to be refunded under any cir-
cumstances.

6. The fees collected by the Board shall be used to
defray the cost of executing and enforcing the provisions
of this Article, including a salary to the secretary as fixed
by the Board and a per diem to each member of the Board
of twenty-five dollars for every day he is actually em-
ployed in the discharge of his official duties, necessary
expenses of the secretary and members in the perform-
ance of their official duties, and such other expenses as
the Board shall deem necessary in carrying out the pur-
poses of this Article. The secretary shall receive and dis-
burse all moneys of the Board, and shall account for the
same to the State Comptroller in the month of December
in each and every year; and should the amount in his
hands as of December first in any year, after deducting
all expenses paid or incurred, exceed five hundred dol-
lars, the excess shall be paid over to the State Board
of Health.

7. Transcripts from the aforesaid book of registration
certified by the secretary, sealed with its seal, and all cer-
tificates issued in pursuance of the terms of this Article,
shall be evidence of the acts and proceedings of the Board
in any court of this State.

8. Upon presentation to the Board of a certified copy
of a court record showing that the practitioner of dentistry
has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude,
or upon a finding by the Board after notice and an oppor-
tunity to him to be heard that a practitioner of dentistry

(a) has presented to the Board a false diploma, license, or
certificate, or one obtained by fraud or illegal means, or

(b) by reason of persistent inebriety or addiction to drugs
is incompetent to continue in the practice of dentistry, or
(c) has been guilty of using fraudulent or misleading ad-