Any registrar, deputy registrar or subregistrar who shall neglect or fail to enforce the provisions of this act in his district, or shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this act or by the instructions and directions of the state registrar, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duties imposed upon them by the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Any transportation company or common carrier transporting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or employees for transportation or carriage, the body of any deceased person without an accompanying permit, issued in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. § 18. Local registrars are hereby charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this act in their districts under the supervision and direction of the state registrar. They shall make an immediate report to the state registrar of any violations of this law coming to their notice by observation or upon complaint of any person or otherwise. The state registrar shall have authority to investigate cases of irregularity or violation of law, personally or by accredited representative, and all registrars shall aid him, upon request, in such investigations. When he shall deem it necessary, he shall report cases of violation of any of the provisions of this act to the prosecuting attorney or other proper officer of the county or municipality, with a statement of the facts and circumstances, and when any such case is reported to them by the state registrar all prosecuting attorneys or officials acting in such capacity shall forthwith initiate and promptly follow up the necessary court proceedings against the parties responsible for the alleged violations of law. § 19. All acts and parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. ACT 898. TITLE 131. DEBRIS COMMISSIONER. To provide for the appointment, duties and compensation of a debris commissioner. [Stats. 1893, p. 339.] Amended 1897, p. 169; 1901, pp. 284, 564; 1905, p. 142; § 6 repealed 1901, p. 564. Repealed 1907, pp. 215, 224. This act prescribed the manner of making and acknowledging conveyances. It was superseded by the codes. ACT 904. Real estate, conveyances of. [Stats. 1873-74, p. 345.] Citations. Cal. 154/89. Partly codified by § 1096 of Civil Code. See note to § 1096, Civil Code. It relates to conveyances by persons whose names are changed. To establish the boundary line between the county of Humboldt and the counties of Del Norte and Siskiyou. [Stats. 1901, p. 600.] ACT 910. Making applicable to act of 1871-72, p. 203, relating to fence and pound districts. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 391.] ACT 911. Provision for care of indigent sick of. [Stats. 1871-72, p. 169.] Superseded by subds. 5 and 6, § 25, County Goverament Act, 1897, pp. 458, and 1901, p. 636. ACT 912. Repealing all special road laws in force and relating to. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 335.] ACT 913. Supervisors, changing manner of electing. [Stats. 1871-72, p. 756.] Amended 1873-74, p. 12. ACT 914. Repealed by County Government Act, 1897, p. 452. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 507.] Superintendent of schools, salary of. Repealed by County Government Act, 1897, p. 569, § 212. ACT 915. Treasurer of, bonds of. [Stats. 1877-78, p. 2.] Superseded by County Government Act, 1897, p. 475, § 66. ACT 916. Transfer of swamp land fund to general fund. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 143.] Superseded by subd. 18, § 25, County Government Act, 1897, p. 463. Insuring the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry. [Stats. 1885, p. 110.] Bee post, Act 922. Amended 1893, p. 70. Repealed 1901, p. 564. ACT 922. An act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the state of California, providing penalties for the violation hereof, and to repeal an act now in force relating to the same and known as "An act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regu late the practice of dentistry in the state of California, approved March 12, 1885." [Approved March 23, 1901. Stats. 1901, p. 564.] Amended 1903, p. 322; 1905, p. 430; 1907, p. 111; 1909, p. 800. § 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of dentistry in the state of California, unless said person shall have obtained a license from a board of dental examiners, duly authorized and appointed under the provisions of this act to issue licenses; provided, that this act shall not affect the right under the laws of the state of California, of dentists to practice dentistry who have lawful right to practice dentistry at the time of the passage of this act, and no dentist shall be exempt from paying an annual license tax, as hereinafter provided. [Amendment approved April 6, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 800. In effect immediately.] § 2. A board of dental examiners to consist of seven (7) reputable and ethical practicing dentists is hereby created, to be known as the board of dental examiners of California, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. The members of this board shall be appointed by the governor of California, all of whom shall have been actively and legally engaged in the practice of dentistry in the state of California, for at least (5) years next preceding the date of their appointment, and none of whom shall be members of the faculty of any dental college, or dental department of any medical college, in the state of California, or shall have any financial interest in any such college. The said seven (7) shall compose the board of dental examiners of California. The term for which the members of said board shall hold office shall be four (4) years, except that two of the members of the board first to be appointed under this act, shall hold their term of office for the term of one year, two for the term of two years, two for the term of three years, and one for the term of four years, and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. In case a vacancy occurs in the membership of said board, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor, within thirty (30) days after such vacancy occurs. § 3. It shall be the power and duty of said board to elect from its membership the following officers: President, treasurer and secretary. The secretary shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the board, which shall be in addition to his per diem and mileage as a member of the board. They shall meet regularly at least twice each year, at such time and place as the board may designate, for the purpose of transacting its business, and special meetings may be held at such other times as the board may eleet, or on the call of the president of the board, or of not less than four (4) members thereof. A written notice of the time, place and object of such special meeting shall be mailed by said secretary to all the members not parties to the call, at least fifteen (15) days before the day of meeting. The said board shall examine all applicants for licenses to practice dentistry according to the provisions of this act; collect and apply all fees as directed by this act; keep a book showing the names of all persons to whom licenses have been granted by said board to practice dentistry, and such other books as may be necessary to plainly show all the acts and proceedings of said board; have and to use a seal bearing the name "Board of dental examiners of California." [Amendment approved April 6, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 800. In effect immediately.] §4. Out of the funds coming into the possession of the board, each member of said board may receive as compensation ten dollars ($10) for each day actually spent in attending to the duties of his office, and mileage at the rate of five cents ($.05) per mile for all distances actually traveled in going to and coming from the meetings of the board. Said expenses shall be paid from the fees and fines received by the board ander the provisions of this act, and no part of the salary or other expenses of the board shall ever be paid out of the state treasury. 95. Each member of the board shall, upon his qualification and the organization of the board, file with the secretary, his post office address, and thereafter any notice of any change therein. Any notice sent to the address so on file, shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this act as to notice to them. §6. All books of said board shall be of public record and at all times during business hours open to public inspection. A certified copy of any part or all thereof shall be primary evidence in any court of this state. The original books shall be kept in the office of the secretary of said board wherever he may reside, and he shall furnish to any person making application therefor a copy of any part thereof, upon the applicant paying a fee of twenty-five cents ($.25) per hundred words so copied, the said fee to belong to the secretary. All copies shall be certified by the secretary. §7. The governor shall have the power to remove from office at any time, any member of the board for continued neglect of duty required by this act, or for incompetency, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct. 38. Said board shall examine all applicants for examination, who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of having complied with the pro visions of this act relating to qualification for examination, together with the payment of the fee provided for in section twelve of this act. The examination of applicants shall be sufficiently thorough to test the fitness of the candidate to practice dentistry. It shall include, written in the English language, questions on the following subjects: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics, metallurgy, histology, pathology, operative and prosthetic dentistry, oral surgery and orthodontia; the answers to which shall be written in the English language. Said written examination may be supplemented by an oral examination. Demonstrations of the applicant's skill in operative and prosthetic dentistry must also be given. All persons successfully passing such examinations shall be registered as licensed dentists on the board register, as provided in section three, and shall be granted by the board a license to practice dentistry in the state of California, which license is subject to renewal, as hereinafter provided. In no case shall any applicant be examined or given a license who is not twenty-one years of age. [Amendment approved April 6, 1909. Stats. 1909, p. 801. In effect immediately.] § 9. Any member of the board may inquire of any applicant for examination concerning his character, qualifications or experience, and may take testimony of any one in regard thereto, under oath, which he is hereby empowered to administer. § 10. Every person now licensed to practice dentistry in this state, who has failed to register his license with the clerk of the county wherein his place of business is located, as provided by law, must register the same within sixty days after this law takes effect, and every person who shall hereafter be licensed to practice dentistry in this state, shall within six months thereafter register in the office of the clerk where his place of business is located, in a book kept by the clerk for such purpose, and called a register of dentists, his name, age, office address, the date and number of his license to practice dentistry, and the date of such registration, which registration he shall be entitled to make only upon showing to the county clerk his license or a copy thereof certified by the secretary of the board over its seal, and making an affidavit stating his name, age, birth place, the number of his license and the date of its issue; that he is the identical person named in the license; that before receiving the same he complied with all the preliminary requirements of this statute and the rules of the board of dental examiners as to the terms and the amount of study and examination; that no money other than the fees prescribed by this statute and said rules, was paid directly or indirectly for such license, and that no fraud, misrepresentation or mistake in a material regard was practiced, employed or occurred by any person in order that such license should be conferred. Said person need not personally register before the county clerk but may make the affidavit afore provided before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and which affidavit together with the other information and license, or the certified copy thereof as afore provided, shall be forwarded to the |