A. 1898, p. 78. A. 1898, p. 78. A. 1898, p. 98. Trust Companies, how incorporated, rights and liabilities. as shall be prescribed in the by-laws. In the case of failure to elect on the day named, the shareholders may adjourn to another time, or in the event of their failing so to do, the president may call a special meeting for the purpose of electing trustees, of which special meeting ten days' notice shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the city in which such company is located. The vacancies occurring in the intervals of election shall be filled by the board of trustees. $6464. By-laws and officers.-The trustees shall have power from time to time to make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or the United States, as they shall deem expedient for the conduct and management of the business, affairs and property of such company. The said trustees shall elect one of their number president of the board, and may elect or appoint such other officers and agents as they may deem proper, and fix their compensation. § 6465. Capital stock. The capital stock of the Trust Company may be increased from time to time by a vote of two-thirds of the shareholders at any regular annual meeting, or special meeting called for that purpose, to a sum not exceeding two million ($2,000,000) dollars. The capital stock shall be divided into shares of one hundred ($100) dollars each, which shares shall be deemed personal property and shall be transferable in such manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of the company. $6466. Corporations hereto chartered may acquire same rights.-Any savings bank, trust, security or guarantee company having a paid in capital of not less than one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars, heretofore incorporated by the General Assembly of this state, with authority to exercise any trust powers, may acquire all the rights, privileges and immunities with the same restrictions as are specified in section 3 hereof, in the following manner: The shareholders at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose may, by a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders present, pass a resolution declaring their desire to acquire the right, privileges and immunities, subject to the restrictions specified in section 3 of this act, which resolution shall be certified by the president and secretary or treasurer of the corporation, and filed with the secretary of state. Whereupon the secretary of state shall issue a certificate declaring that such resolu tion having been filed, such corporation has become vested by law with all the rights, powers and privileges, and subject to the restrictions conferred, defined and limited by section 3 of this act. The corperation filing such resolution shall pay into the treasury of the state a fee of twenty-five ($25) dollars, and the secretary of state shall cause said resolution and his certificate to be duly recorded. Combines and Trusts. CHAPTER III. COMBINES AND TRUSTS. 68. § 6467. SECTION 1. Combines and trusts made illegal.—All ar- A. 1896, p. rangements, contracts, agreements, trusts, or combinations between persons or corporations made with a view to lessen, or which tend to lessen full and free competition in the importation or sale of articles imported into this State, or in the manufacture or sale of articles of domestic growth or of domestic raw material, and all arrangements, contracts, agreements, trusts, or combinations between persons or corporations designed, or which tend to advance, reduce or control the price or the cost to the producer or to the consumer of any such product or article, are hereby declared to be against public policy, unlawful and void. 68. $6468. SEC. 2. Attorney-General to prosecute.-Any corpora- A. 1896, p. tion, chartered under the laws of this State, which shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall thereby forfeit its charter and its franchise, and its corporate existence shall thereupon cease and determine. Every foreign corporation which shall violate any of the provisions of this Act is hereby denied the right to do, and is prohibited from doing business in this State. It is hereby made the duty of the Attorney-General of this State to enforce this provision by due process of law. 68. $6469. SEC. 3. Penalty.-Any violation of the provisions of this A. 1896, p. Act shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be destructive of full and free competition and a conspiracy against trade, and any person or persons who may engage in any such conspiracy, or who shall, as principal, manager, director or agent, or in any other capacity, knowingly carry out any of the stipulations, purposes, prices, rates or orders made in furtherance of such conspiracy, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year or nor more than ten years; or, in the judgment of the court, by either such fine or such imprisonment. 68. 68. $6470. SEC. 4. Agricultural Products and Live Stock excepted. a. 1896, p. -The provisions of this Act shall not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the possession of the producer or raiser. $6471. SEC. 5. Damages, action for.-Any person or persons, or A. 1896, p. corporations, that may be injured or damaged by any such arrangement, contract, agreement, trust or combination, described in section one of this Act, may sue for and recover in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, of any person, persons or corporation operating such trust or combination, the full consideration or sum paid by him or them for any goods, wares, merchandise or articles, the sale of which is controlled by such combination or trust. A. 1898, p. 68. Public Health and Safety-Dentistry. § 6472. SEC. 6. Grand Juries to be charged with law. It shall be the duty of the judges of the superior courts of this State specially to instruct the grand juries as to the provisions of this Act. TITLE XIX. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. Chapter I. Dentistry. Chapter II. Georgia State Board of Embalming. CHAPTER I. DENTISTRY. § 6473. License to practice. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of dentistry in the State of Georgia 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 effect the right under the laws of Georgia of dentists to practice dentistry who have lawful right to practice dentistry at the time of the passage of this Act. $6474. Board of Dental Examiners; how appointed; vacancies, etc.-A board of examiners is hereby created to be known as the Board of Dental Examiners of Georgia. The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor of Georgia upon the recommenda tion of the Georgia State Dental Society as follows, to wit: The State Dental Society shall nominate, at its first annual meeting after the passage of this Act, ten reputable practicing dentists, who have been in the practice of dentistry in this State for five years or over at the time of their appointment, five of whom shall be mem bers of the State Dental Society of this State, and five non-members. From such names the Governor shall appoint five persons who shall compose the Board of Dental Examiners of Georgia, and hold their terms for one, two, three, four and five years, according to their ap pointment and commission, and every year thereafter said Dental Society, at its annual meeting, shall select four names, two members of such society and two non-members, who shall have the same quali fications as hereinbefore provided for the members previously elected, from which number the Governor shall appoint one person to be a Dentistry. member of said board who shall hold his office for a term of five years; provided, that nothing in this Act shall interfere with the members of the present board serving in office to the end of the period for which they were elected, and said members, to wit: J. H. Colye, of Thomasville, Ga.; A. G. Bouton, of Savannah, Ga.; B. H. Catching, of Atlanta, Ga.; H. H. Johnson, of Macon, Ga., and D. D. Atkinson, of Brunswick, Ga., until the expiration of their said term, to wit: at the annual meeting of the Georgia State Dental Society for the year 1898, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, be, and they are, hereby made the members of said board. In case of vacancy in said board, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor upon the recommendation of the president of the Georgia State Dental Society. (a) It shall be the power and duty of said board to organize by the election of one of its members president and another secretary and treasurer; to meet immediately after the close of the commencement of each dental college in this State in the place where such college may be located, and also to meet annually regularly at the time and place of the regular meeting of the Georgia State Dental Society, and to hold such meetings in any county in this State as often as the business and duties of the board may require, the calls for such meetings to be made by not less than three members of said board, and a written notice of the time and place and object of said called meeting to be mailed by the secretary and treasurer of said board to all the members thereof not parties to the call, at least fifteen days before the day of meeting; to examine all applicants for licenses to practice dentistry who are entitled under this Act to be examined, and to issue. licenses to practice dentistry according to the provisions of this Act; to collect and apply all fees as directed by this Act; to 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 doings of said board; to have and use a seal bearing the name, "Board of Dental Examiners of Georgia." 119. $6475. Address of members.-Each member of the board shall, A. 1897, p. upon his qualification, file with the secretary and treasurer his postoffice address and thereafter a 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. 119. $6476. Books of Board.--All books of said board shall be books A. 1897, p. of public record, and at all times, except on Sunday and public holidays, be kept open to public inspection. A certified copy of any pårt 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 and treasurer 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 fifteen cents per hundred words A. 1897, p. 119. A. 1897, p. 119. A. 1897, p. 119. A. 1897, p. 119. A. 1897, p. 119. Dentistry. so copied, the said fee to belong to the secretary and treasurer. All certified copies shall be certified by the secretary and treasurer. 86477. Examination of applicants.-Said board shall examine all applicants furnishing satisfactory evidence of having graduated from a school of dentistry whose term and curriculum is equal to that of a majority of schools of dentistry of the United States, or furnishing satisfactory evidence of having been licensed after examination by any other State board, and if such applicant pass a satisfactory examination, a license to practice dentistry shall be granted to the applicant. $6478. Misconduct of Dentist.-If any dentist shall be guilty of cruelty, incapacity, unskilfulness, gross negligence, indecent conduct toward patients, or any such professional misbehavior, or show unfitness upon the part of the dentist to practice, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, in any court of this State having jurisdiction of such offenses, shall be fined as prescribed in section 1039 of vol. 3 of the Code of 1895, and his license to practice dentis try shall be revoked by the board. False statement to examining board.--Any dentist or other person who shall at any hearing before the board, either by himself or by his procurement, make any false statement or misrepresentation with intent to deceive or mislead said board, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before any court having jurisdiction of said offense, be fined as prescribed in section 1039 of vol. 3 of the Code of 1895, and such dentist's license to practice shall be revoked by the board. $6479. Practicing without license.-Any person who, in violation of the provisions of this Act, shall practice or attempt to practice dentistry in this State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed in section 1039 of vol. 3 of the Code of Georgia of 1895; provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any person from extracting teeth without fee or reward. § 6480. License fee.-In order to provide the means for carrying out and maintaining the provisions of this Act, the said board of examiners may charge in advance each person applying to or appearing before it for each entire examination for license to practice dentistry, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which in no case shall be refunded to the applicant. Out of the funds coming into the possession of the board when so collected the members of the board may receive as compensation the sum of four dollars ($4.00) each for each day actually engaged in the duties of their office, and all necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the board or in prosecuting cases. Said expenses shall be paid from the fees received by the board under the provisions of this Act, and no part of the salary or other expenses of said board shall ever be paid out of the State treas ury. All money received in excess of said expenses above provided |