1380 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

At the first meeting of the Board, and at each annual meeting
in June, an organization shall be effected by the election from its
membership of a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.

SEC. 5. For the purpose of examining applicants for license,
the said Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall hold two stated
meetings in each year, due notice of which shall be made public,
at such times and places as the Board may determine. At said
meetings a majority of the members of the Board shall consti-
tute a quorum thereof; but the examination may be conducted by
a committee of one or more members of the Board of Examiners,
duly authorized by said Board; but no license to practice osteo-
pathy shall be granted on an affirmative vote of less than three.
Said examinations shall be conducted in writing, in accordance
with the rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of
Osteopathic Examiners, and may be supplemented by practical
examinations at the bedside in available eleemosynary or other
institution, the laboratory, and by practical tests upon the human
cadaver, and shall embrace the subjects named in Section eight
of this Act. After each such examination the committee having
charge thereof, shall, without unnecessary delay, act upon the
Name. An official report of such action, signed by each acting
member of said committee of examiners, stating the examination
average of each candidate in each branch, the general average,
and the result of the examination, whether successful or unsuc-
cessful, shall be transmitted to the said State Board of Osteo-
pathic Examiners. Said report shall embrace all the examina-
tion papers, questions and answers thereto, and such written
reports as result from the practical tests as hereinbefore speci-
fied. All such examination papers and reports shall be kept for
reference and inspection, for a period of not less than five years.
The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings, and a register
of all applicants for license; giving the name and location of the
institution granting the applicant the degree of doctor of, or
diplomat in osteopathy; the date of his or her diploma; and also
whether the applicant was rejected or granted a license, and the
number of the license granted. The record and register shall
be prima facie of all matters recorded therein.

SEC. ,6. All fees provided by this Act shall be paid in advance
to the Treasurer of the Board, to be by him held as fund for the
use oi the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. The compen-
sation and expenses of the members and officers of said Board,
and all expenses proper and necessary, in the opinion of said
board, to discharge its duties under, and to enforce the law, shall