216                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 77

Commission shall serve without compensation and shall select one
of its members as chairman, and one as vice-chairman, who shall
act as chairman in the absence or inability of the chairman.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 2, 3, and 22 of Article 32 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supple-
ment), title "Dentistry," subtitle "In General," be and are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2.

There shall be a State Board of Dental Examiners, hereinafter
called the Board , which Board shall be part of the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, and whose duty it shall be to carry out
the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Article. Said Board
shall consist of six registered and practicing dentists of recognized
ability and honor, residents of the State of Maryland, each of whom
shall have been in active practice in the State for at least five years
immediately preceding his appointment. No member of the faculty
or teaching staff of any university or college in the State of Mary-
land which offers undergraduate courses in dentistry shall be eligible
for appointment. On the expiration of the term or terms for which
any one or more of the members of the present Board may have been
appointed, in pursuance of this Article, the Governor , with the
advice of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, shall appoint
a successor or successors from a list of dentists duly qualified as
hereinbefore prescribed of double the number of vacancies to be
filled, proposed and submitted to him by the Maryland State Dental
Association, and chosen by a majority vote of the members of said
association present at a meeting of said association called for that
purpose, of which meeting at least two weeks' notice, stating the
time, place and purpose thereof, shall be mailed by the Secretary to
the members of said association at their respective addresses ap-
pearing in the records thereof. The term for which the members of
said Board shall be appointed as aforesaid shall be six years, and
until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. No
member who has served two full consecutive terms shall be eligible
to succeed himself. In case of a vacancy occurring in said Board by
reason of the death of any member, or of his incapacity, neglect
or refusal to act, or in any other way, the Governor , with the advice
of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, shall, from a list of
duly qualified dentists of double the number of vacancies to be filled,
chosen, submitted and proposed to him as hereinbefore provided,
appoint a successor or successors of said member or members, who
shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term or terms
of said member or members. Any member of said Board, who, with-
out adequate reason shall be absent from two suc