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in case of default in the payment of such tax the same penalty shall obtain and the lands may be sold and conveyed in the same way that lands are sold and conveyed for the collection of other taxes, and the money so collected shall be preserved in a separate fund for the maintenance of the ditch, drain or canal for the original construction of which such lands were assessed.

Sec. 5. Any person, or persons, found guilty of impeding or obstructing the flow of water through any such ditch, drain or canal by the placing of any matter or substance therein shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment of not more than six months in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall become operative immediately upon its approval by the Governor.

Approved May 11, 1911.

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CHAPTER 6191-(No. 72).

AN ACT Imposing License on Cotton Seed Oil Mills, and to Provide for the Payment Thereof; Prescribing Penalties for Operating Oil Mills Without First Procuring License.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall engage License in or manage any plant or machine for the purpose of ex- required. tracting oil from cotton seed without first procuring from the Tax Collector of the county in which such business is

to be carried on a State and County license as herein provided for.

license.

Sec. 2. That cotton seed oil mills with a capacity of not Amount of more than ten tons per day shall pay a State license of twenty dollars; mills with a capacity of more than ten tons and less than twenty-five per day, shall pay a license

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of forty dollars; mills with a capacity of more than twenty-five tons per day shall pay a license of one hundred dollars.

Sec. 3. That all said license shall be payable on or before the first day of October of each year, and no license shall be issued for any fractional part of a year.

Sec. 4. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding double the amount of said license.

Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect October 1st, 1911.
Approved May 19, 1911.

CHAPTER 6192-(No. 73).

AN ACT to Create the Florida State Board of Dental Examiners; to Provide for the Appointment of Its Members; to Prescribe the Duties and Powers of the Board and Its Members; to Require the Examination by Said Board or Its Members, of Applicants for Certificates to Practice Dentistry and Dental Surgery; to Regulate the Manner of Issuing Such Certifi cates, to Specify the Charges Therefor, to Regulate the Practice of Dentistry and Dental Surgery in This State; to Declare the Practicing of Dentistry or Dental Surgery, Without First Having Obtained and Recorded such Certificate to be a Violation of This Act, and to Provide the Punishment Therefor, and for the Violation of This Act, to Declare the Filing, or Attempting to File with Said Board, or Its Members, Certain Spurious Documents as a Basis for the Issuing of

Such Certificates to be a Violation of This Act, and to Provide for Its Punishment, to Provide for the Cancellation of Certain Certificates, and to Repeal All Laws in Conflict Herewith.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

Section 1. That a Board of Examiners, to consist of five practicing dentists, who shall be graduates of reputable dental colleges, to be known as the Florida State Board of Dental Examiners, is hereby created, whose duty shall be to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act, as hereinafter provided. The members of the said Board shall be appointed by the Governor, and at the time of their appointment upon the said Board, must be actual residents of this State, and must have been for a period of five years or more legally licensed to practice dentistry or dental surgery in this State. The terms for which the members of said Board shall hold office shall be four years, and their successors in office shall be appointed by the Governor for a like term of four years, and thereafter in succession for like terms. In case of a vacancy occurring on said Board, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.

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Sec. 2. The Board shall choose one of its members Organization President and one Secretary thereof, and, it shall have the right to adopt for its use a seal having the name "Florida State Board of Dental Examiners" thereon, the said Board shall meet at least once each year, and oftener if necessary, in the discretion of the Board, and at such times and places as it may deem proper, notice of such meeting having been published one time, not less than thirty nor more than ninety days prior thereto. A majority of the members of the said Board shall at all times constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board. It shall be the duty of the Board to adopt such rules for its government and the control of its business as it may deem wise and proper; Provided, That said rules shall not conflict with the provisions of this Act.

certificates.

Sec. 3. One member of said Board shall grant a tem- Temporary porary certificate to practice dentistry and dental surgery in this State to an applicant who has a diploma from a

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Who entitled to practice.

Who regarded as practicing.

Applicants to practice.

reputable dental college, and who passes a satisfactory examination, for which fee shall be charged as hereinafter provided. This certificate, after being duly recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county where the applicant desires to practice shall entitle the holder thereof to practice until the next regular meeting of said Board, at which time the temporary certificate shall expire, and in no case shall a temporary certificate be renewed or extended, nor shall such a temporary certificate be again granted to the same applicant upon a second application therefor, nor after such applicant has been rejected by the Board.

Sec. 4. No person, unless legally qualified prior to the passage of this Act, shall practice dentistry or dental surgery, or any branch thereof, in this State, until he has obtained and had recorded a certificate from the Florida State Board of Dental Examiners, or some of its members, as herein provided.

Sec. 5. Any person shall be regarded as practicing dentistry or dental surgery, in the meaning of this Act, who shall open or manage an office for such purpose, or shall announce to the public in any way that he is a practicing dentist, or anyone who performs any operation upon the teeth, or provides artificial teeth as substitutes for natural teeth. And the opening of a dental office or the announcement to the public in any way that the one so announcing is a practicing dentist shall be prima facie evidence in any court of competent jurisdiction that such person is practicing dentistry and dental surgery; Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent regularly licensed physicians and surgeons from extracting teeth; and Provided, further, That nothing in this Act shall prevent any one from extracting teeth without the use of local or general anæsthetic.

Sec. 6. Each person who desires to practice dentistry or dental surgery, or any branch thereof, within this State shall file with the Secretary of said Board a written application for a permanent certificate, and furnish satisfactory proof that he is at least twenty-one years of age, of good moral character, and present evidence satisfactory to the Board that he is a graduate of a reputable dental college as defined by the National Association of Dental

Examiners. Such application must be upon the form prescribed and furnished by the Board and verified by the oath of the applicant.

Sec. 7. When such application and accompanying proof are found satisfactory, the Board shall notify the applicant to appear before it for examination at a time and place to be fixed by the Board. Examination may be made orally or in writing, or may be practical, or theoretical, or both, at the discretion of the Board, and shall be of such a character as to test the qualifications of the applicant to practice dentistry or dental surgery. Should the applicant pass a satisfactory examination, he shall be granted a certificate by the Board, signed by all members present, and bearing the seal of the said Board, which certificate when duly recorded as herein provided, shall be conclusive evidence of his or her right to practice dentistry or dental surgery in this State.

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cant of examination.

Sec. 8. Any person granted a certificate to practice Certificate to dentistry or dental surgery in this State by the State be recorded. Board of Dental Examiners, as herein provided, shall personally cause his or her certificate to be recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of each county in which he or she desires to practice, before beginning the practice of dentistry or dental surgery in said county or counties, and shall cause said certificate to be, at all times, displayed in a conspicuous place in his or her office wherein he or she shall practice such profession, and shall further, when requested, exhibit such certificate to the members of said Board.

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aside, etc.

Sec. 9. The Board of Dental Examiners of the State of Florida shall have the right to apply to any court of cates set chancery in this State having jurisdiction of the parties to revoke, annul and set aside any certificate to practice dentistry and dental surgery which has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or if the person named therein uses intoxicants or drugs to such a degree as to render him or her unfit to practice dentistry or dental surgery, or if such person has been convicted of a felony subsequent to the date of his or her certificate, and said court shall have the power to revoke, annul and set aside such certificate.

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