The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-26
1888
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOV
ERNOR OF MARYLAND
STATEWIDE REFERENDUMS
1888

WHEREAS, at the January 1887
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 5 Of Article 81 of
the Annotated Code Of Maryland 1924
EDITION., title Marriages, to fix the
time within which marriage license may
be issued.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
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and 1t is hereby repealed and re-enacted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, If so, in which degree of
relationship; seventh, If ever divorced;
which facts upon the payment of one dol
lar ($10O) 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 (4S) hours from the time ap
plication is made therefor; provided, how
ever that any judge Of the Circuit Court
of the county in which the application is
made or, if made in Baltimore City, any
s,.1 1r al afN Arn far
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
of the courts aforesaid to make public the
fact of an application for a marriage Ii
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 1 to 10, 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, 5, 6, z, 8,
8, 10, 10a, IL, -, 10, IA, 49, 10, II, is, 10,
70, Fl and %, for the purpose of licensing
dentists, which licenses shall be issued
to individual dentists; providing 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 issu-
ance OF new licenses in place of those
that are lost or destroyed; providing for
fees upon taking Of examinations; pro-
viding 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.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Sections to
49, inclusive, Of Article 80 of the Code of
Public General Laws Of Maryland, 1885
Supplement, Flaeks 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, 6, z,
s, 8, 10, 10a, IL. u. 10, H. is, 16, II, 1S 10,
90 q and 90, be, and they are hereby, en-,
acted in lieu and In place thereof, said
new sections to read as follows:
1. 1t 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 a license from the
State Board of Dental Examiners of the
State of Maryland as hereinafter provided,
except that the license of any dentist, eX-
listing at the time of the passage of this
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-
tice in this State under any name except
his own true name. No license shall be
issued to any corporation, association, part
nershlp, parlor, or any entity or associa-
ton of any kind or character. 1t shall be
unlawful for any individual or group of
individuals to practice dentistry in this
State as corporation or under a corpO-
rate name; or under partnership name;
name; as parior or under any parlor
name, or an entity or under the name of
any entity of any kind or character.
2. There shall be State Board of Den
tai Examiners, hereinafter called the Board
whose duty it shall be to carry out the
purposes and enforce the provisions of
this Article. Said Beard 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