WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1839.

institution over which they are placed; and they shall
meet once or oftener in every year, at such stated times as
they may appoint, to devise the ways and means for pro-

CHAP. 155.
Meet yearly.

perly conducting the same; a majority of the whole num-
ber of Professors shall be a quorum for the transaction of
any business, except the vacating the chair of a Professor,
which shall require the consent of three-fourths of all the
Professors.

Quorum.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Professors
and their successors shall hold at least one term in every
year, for the period of four months, for the purpose of de-
livering lectures and instructions in the different branches
of Dental Science, for which they are hereby empowered
to charge such fees as they may deem proper for attending
such lectures and receiving such instructions.

Delivery of lec-

tures.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That R. S. Stewart, M.
D., Joshua T. Cohen, M. D., Thomas E. Bond, junior,
M. D., Thomas C. Risteau, M. D., Reverend John G.
Morris, Reverend Beverly Waugh, John H. Briscoe, M.
D., Samuel Chew, M. D., Reverend George C. M.
Roberts, M. D., John James Graves, M. D., Reverend
Doctor J. P. K. Henshaw, Reverend James G. Hammer,
John Fonerden, M. D., Leonard Mackall, M. D., and
Enoch Noyes, be appointed a Board of Visitors, to be
styled the Board of Visitors of the Baltimore College of

Board of Visi-

tors.

Dental Surgery; who shall be empowered to examine into
the state and condition of the institution, and see that the
requirements of this charter are fulfilled: five constituting
a quorum; they shall meet at least once in each year to
fill vacancies that may occur in their body, appoint such
officers as may be necessary to the discharge of their own
duties, and attend to any other business connected with
their office as visitors and supervisors of the institution.

Their duties.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the said Professors
shall have full power to confer on any student who. shall
have attended all the lectures in said college for two
terms, and others, who, after an examination by the Pro-
fessors, shall have been found worthy, the degree of Doc-

Degree, &, c. to

be conferred on
student.

tor of Dental Surgery; and the said Professors shall have
power, and are hereby directed to accept evidence from any
student of his having attended lectures in any respectable
Dental or Medical School for an equal period of time,
and receive the same as equivalent to his having attended
one of the terms herein mentioned.

Evidence of at-
tendance at

lectures, &c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the Professors shall
have power to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of

To confer de-
gree, &c. on

any dentist.