The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
1888
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOV
ERNOR OF MARYLAND
STATEWIDE REFERENDUMS

session of the General Assembly of
Maryland, an Act was passed known
as Chapter 81, fixing the time within
which marriage license may be issued /;
| and
WHEREAS, at the January 1887
session of the General Assembly of
Maryland, an Act was passed known
as Chapter 300, for the purpose of
licensing dentists which licenses shall
be issued to individual dentists; pro-
viding for a State Board of Dental
Examiners, its organization and
duties; providing for the giving of
examinations and licenses by said
Board; providing for the issuance of
new licenses in place Of those that are
lost or destroyed; providing for fees
upon taking of examinations; provid-
ing for the revocation and suspension
of licenses; prohibiting advertising
by dentists; providing appeals from
the ruling of the Board; defining
dentistry; creating certain exceptions
to the Act; providing for penalties,
and providing other matters incidental
to the general purpose Of the Act; in
words and figures as follows:
CHAPTER 81
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section of Article 62 of
the Annotated Code Of Maryland 1924
Edition), title Marriages, to fix the
time within which marriage license may
be issued.
D. . TOD n ba
| Assembly Of Maryland, That Section Of
| Article 90 of the Annotated Code Of Mary
land 1924 Edition), title Marriages, be
| and 1t is hereby repealed and re-enacted
| with amendments to read as follows:
s. Before the Clerk of any Of the Courts
| aforesaid shall issue any license he shall
| examine one of the contracting parties to
| the marriage, under oath, who shall appear
personally before the Clerk and make ap-
| plication for the same. and the Clerk shall
ascertain: first, the full name Of the par
ties: second, their place Of residence
third, their age; fourth, their color; fifth,
| whether married or single; sixth, whether
related or not, IL SO, In which degree Of
| relationship; seventh, If ever divorced !;
| which facts upon the payment of one dol
| lar ($100) as an application fee shall be
| set out in printed form to be signed by
| the person making the application, and no
| such license to marry shall be delivered
| by the Clerk until after the expiration Of
Forty. -eight (4sl hours from the time ap-
ever, that any Judge OF the Circuit Court
| of the county in which the application is
| made or, If made in Baltimore City, any
| Judge Of the Court Of Common Pleas, for
good and SUFFICIENT cause shown, may, BY
an order in writing signed by him, au-
| thorize the Clerk to deliver such license
| at any time after the application therefor.
| 1t shall be unlawful for the clerks of any
0f tho PonrfQ aforesaid fO mako nnhIiC the
fact of an application for a marriage IL
cense until such license shall have been
issued.
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted. That
this Act shall take effect June /, 1887.
Approved: March %, 1887.
CHAPTER 800
AN ACT to repeal Sections to IS, inclu-
sive, of Article 80 of the Code Of
Public General Laws of Maryland, 1885
Supplement, Flack's Edition. title Den
tistry", and to re-enact in place and in
lieu thereof twenty -three new sections to
be known as Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, s, 9, z, 8,
9. TO- 10a, II, -, -, IA, IS, 10, 4, 49, 10.
dentists. which licenses shall be issued
to individual dentists; providing for, a
State Board of Dental Examiners, it's
organization and duties; providing for
by said Board; providing for the issu-
ance Of new licenses in place of those
that are lost or destroyed; providing for
fees upon taking Of examinations; pro-
of licenses; prohibiting advertising by
dentists; providing appeals from the
ruling Of the Board; defining dentistry;
creating certain exceptions to the Act !;
other matters incidental to the general
purpose Of the Act.
Section 1. Be It enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That Sections to
-. inclusive, Of Article 80 Of the Code Of
Supplement, Flack's Edition, title "Den-
tistry'', be, and the same are hereby, re-
| pealed; and that twenty three new sections,
to be known as Sections /, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8. Z,
8, 0, 10, 10a, II, IL, 10, IA, Is, 16, II, 49, 49,,
20, p and %, be, and they are hereby. en-.
acted in lieu and in place thereof, said
new sections to read as follows:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person
| to engage in the practice Of dentistry in
| the State of Maryland, unless such per-
son shall have obtained license from the
| State Board of Dental Examiners Of the
| State Of Maryland as hereinafter provided,
| except that the license of any dentist. ex-
Act, shall continue in force unless sus-
| pended or revoked by the Board in the
manner hereinafter provided.
| All licenses issued by the Board shall
be issued to individual persons, and it
| shall be unlawful for any dentist to prac-
his own true name. No license shall be
| issued to any corporation, association, part
nership, parlor, or any entity or associa-
| tion of any kind or character. 1t shall be
| unlawful for any individual or group Of
| individuals to practice dentistry in this
| State as q corporation or under a corpo-
| rate name; or under a partnership name !;
| as an association or under an association
| name; as a parlor or under any parlor
name, or an entity or under the name Of
any entity Of any kind or character.
q There shall be State Board Of Den
| tai Examiners, hereinafter called the Board
| whose duty 1t shall be to carry out the
| purposes and enforce the provisions Of
| this Article. Said Board shall consist Of
| six registered and practicing dentists Of
recognized ability and honor, residents Of
| the State of Maryland, each of whom shall
| have been in active practice in the State for
| at least five years Immediately preceding
his appointment. No member of the faculty
or teaching STAFF of any university or col
lege in the State Of Maryland which offers
| undergraduate courses in dentistry shall
be eligible for appointment. The members
| Of the Board as at present constituted
shall hold Office for the residue Of the re-
| spective terms for which they have been
| appointed. On the expiration of the term
| or terms for which any one or more of the
members of the present Board may have
been appointed, In pursuance Of this Arti-
| Gle, the Governor shall appoint successor
| or successors from q list Of dentists duly
| qualified as hereinbefore prescribed of
| double the number Of vacancies to be filed,