LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 5. Any person twenty-one years of age, who has gradu-
ated 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 practic-
ing dentistry in this State, may be examined by said board
with reference to qualifications, and, upon passing an examina-
tion 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 discre-
tion of the examining board, be registered without being sub-
jected to an examination.

Examina-
tion of
appilcant.

SEC. 6. All certificates issued by said board shall be signed
by its officers and bear its seal.

Certificates
to be signed.

SEC. 7. 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 certificate shall be issued for any longer time than
until the next regular meeting of the board. The fee for this
temporary certificate shall be tive dollars.

Temporary
certificates.

SEC. 8. 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.

SEC. 9. A fee of ten dollars shall be paid to the secretary
of the board by any applicant for examination and registration,
which money shall be used towards paying the expenses of the
board.

Evidence.

Fee of appli-
cants.

SEC. 10. Every person shall be said to be practicing dent
istry, within the meaning of this act, who shall, for a fee
salary or other compensation, 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 disease;
or lesions of the human teeth or jaws, or correct mal-position
thereof.

Who deemed
to the prac-
ticing dent-
istry.

SEC. 11. Any person who shall violate any of the provision
of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, in any court having criminal juris-
diction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than
three hundred dollars, or be confined not more than six montl
in the county jail, or if the conviction takes place in Baltimore

Violations
and penalties,