day of October in each year, estimate the cost of instruction for the current year in the county normal training class, and, deducting therefrom the amount appropriated by the foregoing provisions of this act, report the balance to the county clerk on or before the first day of October;

Fourth, At its October session, the board of supervisors Appropriashall appropriate out of the general fund of the county one- tion. half of the balance due for instruction, as shown by the aforesaid report to the county clerk, which amount shall be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the other county taxes. Approved May 13, 1925.

[No. 269.]

AN ACT to provide for the protection of homing pigeons, and to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this act.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. No person or persons shall at any time of the Unlawful to year or in any manner, hunt, take, pursue, capture, wound, hunt, etc. kill, maim or disfigure the homing pigeons of another.

ful.

SEC. 2. No person or persons shall at any time make use Use of pits, of any pit, pitfalls, deadfall, scaffold, cage, snarl, trap, net, etc., unlawbaited hook, or any similar device, or any drug poison, chemical or explosive for the purpose of injuring, capturing or killing any homing pigeons of another.

SEC. 3. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions Penalty. of this act, upon conviction of a first offense shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars together with cost of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail or Detroit house of correction for not more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 13, 1925.

Act repealed.

[No. 270.]

AN ACT to repeal act number one hundred nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the collection of statistical information of the insane, deaf, dumb, and blind in this state and to repeal a joint resolution relative to statistical information of the insane, deaf, dumb, and blind, approved April three, eighteen hundred forty-eight, being section one thousand eight hundred eighty-three, chapter fifty-two, compiled laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one," the same being sections five thousand six hundred thirty-eight, five thousand six hundred thirty-nine and five thousand six hundred forty of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act number one hundred nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the collection of statistical information of the insane, deaf, dumb, and blind in this state and to repeal a joint resolution relative to statistical information of the insane, deaf, dumb, and blind, approved April three, eighteen hundred forty-eight, being section one thousand eight hundred eighty-three, chapter fifty-two, compiled laws of eighteen hundred seventy-one," same being sections five thousand six hundred thirty-eight, five thousand six hundred thirty-nine and five thousand six hundred forty of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby repealed. Approved May 13, 1925.

When child

state insti

tution.

[No. 271.]

AN ACT to provide for the commitment to state institutions of children released or committed to persons, societies, organizations, associations or corporations licensed and approved by the state welfare commission, and providing for the the payment of the expense thereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the committed to probate court that any child heretofore or hereafter committed or released to any person, society, organization, association or corporation licensed and approved by the state welfare commission to receive, maintain and place out for adoption minor children or to obtain homes for dependent

made.

and neglected children, is, by reason of mental or physical disability or for any other reason, incapable of adoption, such child may be committed to a proper state institution. Such By whom commitment may be made by the probate court for the county in which the principal office of such person, society, organization, association or corporation is located, or for the county in which the child was released or committed to such person, society, organization, association or corporation, or for the county in which such child may be, upon application of the person or the principal officer of the society, organization, association or corporation to which such child has been committed or released. The expense of committing such child Expense. to a state institution and any expense chargeable to counties for maintenance in any such state institution, shall be paid by the county where such child was a resident at the time of its release or commitment to such person, society, organization, association or corporation.

Approved May 13, 1925.

[No. 272.]

AN ACT to amend sections one, two, three, four, six, seven, ten, eleven, twelve and fifteen of act number seven of the public acts of the first extra session of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An act to regulate the practice of dentistry and dental surgery, providing for the examination, licensing, registration and regulation of persons who may practice the same, providing penalties for violations. thereof, and to repeal act number three hundred thirtyeight of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. Sections one, two, three, four, six, seven, ten, Sections eleven, twelve and fifteen of act number seven of the public acts of the first extra session of nineteen hundred twentyone, of an act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of dentistry and dental surgery, providing for the examination, licensing, registration and regulation of persons who may practice the same, providing penalties for violations thereof, and to repeal act number three hundred thirty-eight of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, are hereby amended to read as follows:

of dentistry.

SEC. 1. The practice of dentistry shall be under the super- Michigan vision of a board to be known as the Michigan state board of state board dentistry. Said board shall consist of seven reputable dentists, each of whom shall have graduated from a reputable dental college and shall have practiced his profession and

Vacancies.

Appoint

ments, how made.

May adopt rules, etc.

Examinations, when and where held.

Reports, where filed,

etc.

been a resident of this state for at least five years. The present members of the board now in existence shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which they were respectively appointed. The governor shall forthwith appoint two members of said board to fill the vacancies hereby created and in January, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and annually thereafter, shall appoint one member of said board, and shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. Each member shall hold office for a term of seven years or until the appointment and qualification of his successor. At least two members of said board at all times shall be from the upper peninsula. No member of a dental faculty may be eligible to appointment. Appointments may be made from a list of at least twenty persons selected annually in open meeting of the Michigan state dental society, each of such persons to have the qualifications above set forth. Said list shall be certified under oath by the secretary of said society, and shall be submitted by him annually to the governor previous to such appointments being made. In case of failure to file such list in any year, the governor shall then appoint without reference thereto but shall appoint only persons having the qualifications above set forth.

SEC. 2. Said board shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for the general conduct of its business and affairs, and may in its discretion employ counsel to assist in the enforcement of this act and in the prosecution of offenders under this act. The expense thereof to be charged as other expenditures of said board. The president and secretary of the existing board shall continue in office until their respective terms as such shall expire. Thereafter said board shall elect a president and a secretary from its membership, each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year. It shall hold one regular meeting each year at the city of Ann Arbor in the month of June and such special meetings as may be necessary at such times and places as it may determine. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall hold two examinations in each year; one in the month of June and one at such time and place as may be fixed by the board, at which applicants to practice dentistry in the state of Michigan may be licensed by the board. The board shall have power to send two delegates to the meetings of the national association of dental examiners and charge the expense thereof, per diem excluded, to the business of the board. The secretary shall keep a full record of its proceedings and a complete registry of all licensed dentists, oral hygienists and dental graduates to whom permits are issued, as hereinafter provided. A transcript of any entry in such record or registry certified by the secretary shall be competent evidence of the facts therein stated.

SEC. 3. Said board shall prepare and file with the state administrative board such reports as may be required by said administrative board, which reports may be printed

and bound in such form and in such quantities as the board of state auditors may deem necessary. The expense of such printing and binding shall be charged as an expenditure of said board.

SEC. 4. The secretary shall give bond in such amount as Secretary, said board may fix for the faithful discharge of his duties as salary, etc. custodian of the moneys paid to said board. He shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars, and such additional sum or sums for extraordinary or special services in carrying out the provisions of this act as may be voted by the board. Each of the members, other than the secretary, shall receive twenty dollars for each day actually engaged in the duties of his office together with his actual and necessary expenses. Said board may annually expend the total amount received from the fees hereinafter provided, but in no case shall the total expenditures for all purposes exceed its total receipts. All moneys received by said board Moneys, to shall be paid to the state treasurer at the end of each month whom paid. and a receipt for the same filed by the secretary of the board in the office of the auditor general. The amounts necessary for the expenditures of said board are hereby appropriated to be paid out of the state treasury upon the warrant of the auditor general, drawn upon the presentation to him of itemized statements approved by the board.

SEC. 6. No person desiring to practice dentistry shall be When to licensed until he shall have satisfactorily passed an examina- license. tion by said board. Every applicant for examination must be a citizen of the United States or have declared his or her intention of becoming such. It remains within the province of the board before admitting an applicant graduated from a college of a foreign country to examination, to require such applicant to take such post-graduate work in a college of this country as will satisfy the board that such applicant is on an equal basis with graduates of reputable dental colleges of the United States. All applicants who have graduated from a reputable dental college in the United States or foreign country and have not been licensed to practice dentistry by the state board of any other state may be required to furnish a certificate signed by the faculty or secretary of the school, college or university from which said applicant graduated, certifying as to the character and to the proficiency attained by said applicant throughout his course of study. Every applicant for such examination shall furnish Qualifications satisfactory proof supported by affidavit that he is of good required. moral character and either

(a) A dentist licensed by the dental board of another state requiring preliminary education before examination for license equal to the standard required in this state; or

(b) A graduate of a reputable dental college duly organized under the laws of this state or any other of the United States, or of any other country. Said board is hereby authorized to ascertain and determine what shall constitute