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 178 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 202. 1924. plied with the conditions of this Act and shall have obtained a license from the lS¥;t1§·ict};>;lCol£1rpl%ia Board of Optogaetrg, preateg ?`°'S°*¤*¥’°¥S°“°*‘°”· b this Act· nor it aw u or an erson in e is r1c o ·£h¤i‘1%regmm'em' Cblumbia to represent that he is a lawful) holder of a license as provided by this Act when in fact he is not such lawful holder, or to impersonate any licensed practitioner of optometry, or shall fail to P°“‘* l’· lm register the certificate as provided in section 13 of this Act. ?"““'“m°“‘ '°‘ '*°‘ An rson violatin any of the provisions of this Act shall be lations. _ y P6 _ g . . guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for the iirst offense shall be lined not more than $500, and upon conviction for ang subsequent offense shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than 1,000, or be imprisoned in the District jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. _ m{,f,’§f{"f,‘§‘§§; Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall District Q¤·¤gm§mi¤,;*§¤é appoint a Board of Optometry consisting of five persons, such peril; kbliitiiiiiemc sb- sons and those thereafter appomted as hereinafter provided for to be _ new. selected from a list of ten optometrists submitted by a ma]or1ty vote at some regular meetinsi of the District of Columbia Optometric quaunemum. Society, each of whom all be a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, actually engaged in the practice of .4m,p.1rv. . optometry as defined in section 1 of this Act, and who shall haye been engaged in the actual and continuous practice of the same 1_n the District of Columbia for at least three years next preceding his Tewrng or mr an- appointment, The said Board of Optometry shall be so appointed wm within thir?l days after the approval of this Act, and of the 1’irst appointees e said commj$oners shall designate two, who shall serve for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years from the date of said appointment, and S¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*· each year thereafter the commissioners shall appoint successors to those whose terms expire as members of said board to serve for a term of three years; and in case of death, resignation, or removal of any member the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be filled by the said commissioners in the same manner as other appointments. qunaying mu. Each appointee to the Board of O tometry as hereinbefore provided for shall, within fifteen days fiom the date of his appointment, qualify by subscribing to the following oath of office before any officer authorized to administer oaths in the District of Columbia: " I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully, impartially, with fidelity and according to law, perform the duties of a member of the Board of Optometry of the District of Columbia, to the best of my ability, so he p me God.” wfgggg? °' W Upon such oath being filed with the commissioners, they shall issue to said member a certificate of his appointment. 1<em¤~·¤1.¤¢¤- The commissioners are herewith vested with authority to remove from office at any time any member of said board for neglect of duty, incompetenciy, improper conduct, or when the license to practice optometrly; o any member of said board shall have been suspended or revo ed. o¤z¤¤i¤»ri¤¤.¤¤= Src, 4. That the first meeting of the Board of Optometry created under the provisions of this Act shall be held within thirty days from the date of appointment, at which meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter the members shall organize by electing a president, vice president, and a secretary—treasurer, who shall _ hold office for one year or until their respective successors have M*¤¤¤· been appointed and have qualified. Said board shall hold its meetings at the end of every six months thereafter at such hour and Elace as it may designate for the examination of applicants for cense to practice optometry in the District of Columbia, and for the transaction of such other business as may legally come before it; and may hold such additional meetings upon the call of the