PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1379

Secretary of the said association, or any licensed osteopath who
at least one year; and within thirty days from the receipt of
has the endorsement of five licensed osteopaths, from which per-
sons the Governor shall make further appointments to the State
Board of Osteopathic Examiners. In case of failure of said Os-
teopathic Association to submit said list, as aforesaid, the Gov-
ernor shall appoint members in good standing of said Osteopathic
Association, without restriction; provided, however, that said
members shall be qualified as aforesaid, by graduation and prac-
tice.

SEC. 3. Within fifteen days after the approval of this Act,
Secretary of the Maryland Osteopathic Association shall trans-
mit to the Governor of this State a full list of the members in
good standing of said association, who are eligible for licensure
under the provisions of this Act, and shall not be in any manner
financially interested in, nor connected with, the faculty or man-
agement of any Osteopathic school or college, and shall have been
engaged in the practice of osteopathy in this State for a period of
at least one year; and within thirty days from the receipt of
said list, the Governor shall appoint, from said list, five persons
who shall serve upon the first board.

The Governor shall, in his first apointment, designate the num-
ber 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 apointed to serve on said Board of Osteo-
pathic Examiners shall receive a certificate of appointment from
the Secretary of State. Each and every member of said board
shall, within 10 days after appointment, on being apprised of the
same, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Sec-
retary 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 inconsistent
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 Act.

SEC. 4. The first meeting of the said Board of Osteopathic
Examiners shall be held on the first Tuesday of June, one thou-
sand 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.