Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-09-29
1858
PROCLAMATION OF THE Gov
ERNOR OF MARYLAND
STATEWIDE REFERENDUMS

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
~ Chapter 800, for the purpose Of
licensing dentists which licenses shall
be issued to individual dentists; pro-
viding for q 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 o.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 8 Of Article 90 Of
the Annotated Code Of Maryland {1924
Edition., title 'Marriages". to dx the
time within which marriage license may
be issued.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. That Section Of
Article 60 Of the Annotated Code Of Mary
land 1924 Edition., title 'Marriages", be
and 1t 10 hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read 40 follows:
8. 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 APP
plication for the same, and the Clerk shall
ascertain: FIRST, the full name Of the par
ties: second, their place Of rebidence;
third, their age; fourth, their color; hfth,
whether married or single; sixth, whether
related or not, II so, in which degree Of
relationship; seventh, If ever divorced;
which facts upon the payment Of one dol
1ar tp1.UUJ Ab an application Zee BnAll De
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 Therefore provided, how
ever, that any judge Of the Circuit Court
Of the county in which the application ia
made or, II 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.
Of the courts aforesaid to make public the
fact OF an application for a marriage IL
cense until such license shall have been
issued.
Sec. Z. And be II further enacted, That
this Act shall take 81 ct June i, 1897.
Approved: March q, 1881.
CHAPTER 800
AN ACT to repeal Sections 1 to Is, inclu-
sive, OF Article 81 Of the Code Of
Public General Laws of Maryland, 1895
Supplement, Flack's Edition. title 'Den-
tistry", and to re-enact in place and in
lieu thereof twenty three new sections to
De known as Sections !, 2, 8, 4, 8, 6, z, 8,
9. 10. 10a, II, u, 10, IA, Is, i6, II, Is, 10,
20, n and p. 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
purpose Of the Act.
Section l.. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland That Sections i to
~, inclusive, Of Article 80 of the Code of
PUBLIC General Laws Of Maryland, 1895
supplement, Flack's Edition, title Den
pealed and that twenty three new sections,
to be known as Sections /, q 8, 4, o. g. 4
8; y, TO- loa; IL, -, Is, IA, Is, 49, II, is, 10.
20, q and 20, be, and they are hereby, en-.
acted in lieu and in place thereof, said
new sections to read as follows:
]. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
70 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 ms hereinafter provided,
except that the license Of any dentist. ex.
listing at the time Of the passage Of this
Act Aaa. snali continue continue In force unless sus-
manner hereinafter provided.
All licenses issued by the Board shah
be issued to individual persons, and Il
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
nership, parlor, or any entity or associa-
tion OF any kind or character Il shall he
unlawful for any individual or group Of
individuals to practice dentistry in this
State as corporation or under q corpo-
rate name; or under q partnership name:
as an association or under an Association
name; as q parlor or under any parIor
name, or an entity or under the name Of
any entity OF any kind or character.
:. There shall be q State Board Of Dem
tai Examiners, hereinafter called the BOARD
whose duty IL shall be to carry ont the
purposes and enforce the provisions IN
this Article. Said Board shall consist Of
SIX registered and practicing dentists Of
recognised ability and honor, residents OF
the State Of Maryland, each Of whom shall
nave been In active practice In the State for
az least nve years immediately preceding
ms appointment. No member Of the faculty
or teaching stan Of any university or coll
lege In the State Of Maryland which offers
undergraduates courses In dentistry shall
% eligible for appointment. The members
OF me Board as at present constituted
shall hold once for the residue Of the re-
spective terms for which they iAve benn
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 q successor
or successors from a list Of dentists tiulv
quali1ed as herein before Drcacrfhed ~