⚫ under provisions of this act, for the making and certification of which he shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the applicant. And any such copy of the record of death, when properly certified by the state registrar to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. For any search of the files and records, when no certified copy is made, the state registrar shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents for each hour or fractional hour of time of search to be paid by the applicant. And the state registrar shall keep a true and correct account of all fees by him received under these provisions, and turn the same over to the state treasurer.

Sec. 16. Every physician and undertaker, residing in, at the date of this act or thereafter establishing a residence in, any registration district, shall forthwith register his or her name, address, and occupation, with the local registrar of the district in which he or she resides, and they shall thereupon be fur nished by the registrar a copy of this act and such rules, regulations, and instructions as may be prepared by the state registrar with relation to their duties under this act.

Sec. 17. If any physician who was in medical attendance upon any deceased person at the time of death shall neglect or refuse to make out and deliver to the undertaker, sexton, or other person in charge of the interment, removal, or other disposition of the body, upon request, the medical certificate of cause of death hereinbefore provided for, or shall willfully or knowingly make a false certification of the cause of death in any case, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

If any undertaker, sexton, or other person acting as undertaker, shall inter, remove, or otherwise dispose of the body of any deceased person without having received a burial or removal permit as herein provided, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any registrar, deputy registrar or subregistrar who shall neglect or fail to enforce the provisions of this act in his district, or shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this act or by the instructions and directions of the state registrar, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

And any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duties imposed upon them by the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any transportation company or common carrier transporting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or employés for transportation or carriage, the body of any deceased person without an accompanying permit, issued in accord

ance with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Sec. 18. Local registrars are hereby charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this act in their districts under the supervision and direction of the state registrar. They shall make an immediate report to the state registrar of any violations of this law coming to their notice by observation or upon complaint of any person or otherwise. The state registrar shall have authority to investigate cases of irregularity or violation of law, personally or by accredited representative, and all registrars shall aid him, upon request, in such investigations. When he shall deem it necessary, he shall report cases of violation of any of the provisions of this act to the prosecuting attorney or other proper officer of the county or municipality, with a statement of the facts and circumstances, and when any such case is reported to them by the state registrar all prosecuting attorneys or officials acting in such capacity shall forthwith initiate and promptly follow up the necessary court proceedings against the parties responsible for the alleged violations of law.

Sec. 19. All acts and parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

To provide for the appointment, duties and compensation of a debris commissioner. [Stats. 1893, p. 339.]

Amended 1897, 169; 1901, 284, 564; 1905, 142; 6 repealed 1901, 564.

ACT 903.

TITLE 127.
DEEDS.

Concerning conveyances. [Stats. 1850, p. 249.]

Cal. Rep. Cit. 43, 343; 54, 483; 61, 506; 64. 269.

This act prescribed the manner of making and acknowledging conveyances. It was superseded by the codes.

ACT 904.

Real estate, conveyances of. [Stats. 1873-4, p. 345.]

Partly codified by amendment of Civil Code, 1905. See note to g 1036, Civil Code.

This act appears in full in Civil Code, Appendix, p. 714. It relates to conveyances by persons whose names are changed.

TITLE 128.

ACT 909.

DEL NORTE COUNTY.

To establish the boundary line between the county of Humboldt and the counties of Del Norte and Siskiyou. [Stats. 1875-6, p. 600.]

ACT 910.

Making applicable to act of 1871-2, 203, relating to fence and pound districts. [Stats. 1875-6, p. 391.]

ACT 911.

Provision for care of indigent sick of.

[Stats. 1871-2, p. 169.]

Superseded by subds. 5 and 6, sec. 25, County Government Act, 1897, 458, and 1901, 636.

АСТ 912.

Repealing all special road laws in force and relating to. [Stats. 1875-6, p. 335.

АСТ 913.

Supervisors, changing manner of electing. [Stats. 1871-2, p. 756.]

Amended 1873-4, 12. Repealed by County Government Act, 1897, 452. АСТ 914.

Superintendent of schools, salary of.
Repealed by County Government Act,

АСТ 915.

[Stats. 1875-6, p. 507.] 1897, 569, sec. 212.

Treasurer of, bonds of. [Stats. 1877-8, p. 2.] Superseded by County Government Act, 1897, 475, sec. 66. АСТ 916.

Transfer of swamp land fund to general fund.

p. 143.]

[Stats. 1875-6,

Superseded by subd. 18, sec. 25, County Government Act, 1897, 463.

TITLE 129.
DENTISTRY.

ACT 921.

Insuring the better education of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry. [Stats. 1885, p. 110.]

Amended 1893, 70. Repealed 1901, 564.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 144, 168; 144, 169; 144, 170; 144, 177.

ACT 922.
An act to insure the better education of practitioners of dental
surgery, and to regulate the practice of dentistry in the
state of California, providing penalties for the violation
hereof, and to repeal an act now in force relating to the
same and known as An act to insure the better educa-
tion of practitioners of dental surgery, and to regulate the
practice of dentistry in the state of California, approved
March 12, 1885."

[Approved March 23, 1901. Stats. 1901, p. 564.]

Amended 1903, 322; 1905, 430.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 144, 169; 144, 170; 144, 177.

The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of dentistry in the state of California, 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 affect the right under the laws of the state of California, of dentists to practice dentistry who have lawful right to practice dentistry at the time of the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. A board of dental examiners to consist of seven (7) reputable and ethical praticing dentists is hereby created, to be known as the board of dental examiners of California, whose duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. The members of this board shall be appointed by the governor of California, all of whom shall have been actively and legally engaged in the practice of dentistry in the state of California, for at least (5) years next preceding the date of their appointment, and none of whom shall be members of the faculty of any dental college, or dental department of any medical college, in the state of California, or shall have any financial interest in any such college. The said seven (7) shall compose the board of dental examiners of California. The term for which the members of said board shall hold office shall be four (4) years, except that two of the members of the board first to be appointed under this act, shall hold their term of office for the term of one year, two for the term of two years, two for the term of three years, and one for the term of four years, and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. In case a vacancy occurs in the membe filled by appoint

bership of said board, such vacancy (30) days after such va

ment by the governor, within thirty

cancy occurs.

Sec. 3. It shall be the power and duty of said board to organize by the election of one of its members president, another secretary, and another treasurer; to meet at least twice each year, at such time and place as the board may designate, for the purpose of transacting the business of the board, and at such other times as the board may elect, or on the call of the president of the board, or not less than four (4) members thereof. A written notice of the time, place and object of such called meeting to be mailed by the secretary of said board to all the members thereof not parties to the call, at least fifteen (15) days before the day of the meeting; to examine all applicants for license 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 proceedings of said board; to have and to use a seal bearing the name Board of Dental Examiners of California.''

Sec. 4. Out of the funds coming into the possession of the board, each member of said board may receive as compensation ten dollars ($10.00) for each day actually spent in attending to the duties of his office, and mileage at the rate of five cents ($.05) per mile for all distances actually traveled in going to and coming from the meetings of the board. Said expenses shall be paid from the fees and fines received by the board under the provisions of this act, and no part of the salary or other expenses of the board shall ever be paid out of the state treasury.

Sec. 5. Each member of the board shall, upon his qualification and the organization of the board, file with the secretary, his postoffice address, and thereafter any 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.

Sec. 6. All books of said board shall be of public record and at all times during business hours open to public inspection. A certified copy of any part 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 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 twenty-five cents ($.25) per hundred words so copied, the said fee to belong to the secretary. All copies shall be certified by the secretary.