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 special meetings as said board may by its rules provide. A majority of said board shall at all times constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. The board shall keep full and complete minutes of its proceedings, and of its receipts and disbursements, and a full and accurate list of all persons licensed and registered by said board, and such records, together with the list of licensed and registered dentists, to be kept as aforesaid, shall be public records, and shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection, and such records, or a transcript of the same, or of any part thereof, under the seal of the board, duly certified by the secretary thereof, shall at all times and places be competent evidence of the facts therein stated or recited. A sworn statement by the secretary, under the seal of the board, stating that any person is or is not a registered dentist, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is or is not entitled to practice dentistry in this State. The president of the board and the secretary thereof shall have authority to administer oaths, and the board shall have power to hear testimony as to all matters relating to the duties imposed upon it by law.

§ 4. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION-FEE.] It shall be the duty of every person who, at the time this act shall take effect, is a legally qualified practitioner of dentistry in this State, as shown by the books of registration kept by said board, under the provisions of the act of which this is an amendment, and who is desirous to continue such practice, and of all persons who shall thereafter be licensed by said board to practice dentistry: to procure from the secretary of said board, on or before the 31st day of May, 1890, and annually thereafter, a certificate of registration as a practitioner of dentistry in this State. Such certificate shall be issued by the secretary upon payment of a registration fee, to be fixed by the board, which fee shall not exceed the sum of two (2) dollars. All certificates so issued shall expire on the 31st day of May in each year, and shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the holder thereof to practice dentistry in this State during the time for which they were issued. Any certificate or license granted by said board may be revoked by the board, upon conviction of the party holding it, of a violation of any of the provisions of this act. Every person receiving such certificate shall conspicuously expose the same in his place of business.

§ 5. EXAMINATION AND QUALIFICATION OF PRACTITIONERS.] Any person having pursued the study of dentistry in the office, or under the supervision of some regularly practicing dentist, for at least three years before applying for such examination, not lawfully entitled to practice dentistry at the time when this act shall take effect, who shall thereafter desire to practice dentistry in this State, shall appear before said board and be examined with reference to his knowledge and skill in dentistry, and, if upon such examination, such person be found, in the judgment of said board,