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constituted by this Act shall be ipso facto dissolved, and all its books, papers, records, property, etc., shall be taken possession of and held by the Drainage Commission, and this act shall cease to be operative in all of its parts and provisions.

Sec. 35. Be it further enacted, etc., That as it is proposed to have this act ratified by an amendment to the Constitution, it is hereby specially declared to be the intent of this act, and of said ratifying constitutional amendment, that the General Assembly reserves the right and power to amend this act in any respect not violative of the conditions upon which the said special tax was voted by the property taxpayers of the City of New Orleans and not impairing the vested rights or the contract rights of the holders of the bonds issued under its provisions.

Sec. 36. (Amd.) Be it further enacted, etc., That this act shall take effect from and after the date of its promulgation, and that all laws or parts of laws contrary to or in conflict with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

(As amended by Act No. 111 of 1902 and Act No. 69 of 1904.)
Approved August 18th, 1899.

ACT NO. 22 OF 1900.
AN ACT

Authorizing all municipalities in the State of Louisiana, over fifty thousand population, to pass ordinances and laws regulating the hawking and peddling, on foot or otherwise, in the streets and thoroughfares of said municipalities, of market produce, vegetables, meat, fish, game, fruit and oysters, and authorizing said municipalities to punish the violation of said laws and ordinances, by fine or imprisonment, and repealing all laws in conflict herewith. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That all municipalities in the State of Louisiana, with over fifty thousand population, are hereby authorized to pass and enact laws and ordinances regulating the hawking and peddling, on foot or otherwise, in the streets and thoroughfares of said municipalities of market produce, vegetables, meat, fish, game, fruit and oysters; and said municipalities are further authorized to enforce said laws and ordinances by fine or imprisonment.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved June 28th, 1900.

ACT NO. 34 OF 1900.

AN ACT

To authorize the City Council of the City of New Orleans to pass Ordinances for the Government and Regulation of Private Markets In the said City of New Orleans, and to provide for the enforce ment of said ordinances; to fix the limits within which said private markets may be located, and repealing all laws inconsistent therewith.

Due public notice having been given according to Article 50 of the Constitution, and evidence of such notice having been published having been exhibited to the General Assembly.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That the City Council of the City of New Orleans be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to pass such ordinances for the government and regulation of Private Markets, in the City of New Orleans, as they, in their discretion, may deem proper, and that they be vested with full power to provide for the enforcement of said ordinances; provided, in so doing the Council shall not so construct their ordinances as to violate, in fact or impliedly, the constitutional provisions prohibiting monopolies.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That the said City Council of the City of New Orleans may prescribe the manner in which such Private Markets shall be kept, and the distance at which they may be located from all Public Markets.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws contrary to or inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved July 3rd, 1900.

ACT NO. 55 OF 1900.

AN ACT

Requiring persons, firms or corporations doing business in the State of Louisiana at retail, where female labor or female clerks are employed, to furnish seats for said employees, and give them not less than thirty (30) minutes each day for lunch or recreation, and providing a penalty for the evading or disobeying of the provisions of this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation doing business in the State of Louisiana, where female labor or female clerks are employed, not to maintain seats, chairs or benches, which shall be so placed as to be accessible to said employees, for their use during the times when said employees are not actually engaged in the attention to their duties as employees of such firm, person or corporation.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That hereafter all persons, firms or corporations doing business at retail in the State of Louisiana where female labor or female clerks are employed, shall be required to give every employee each day, between the hours of ten (10) a. m. and three (3) p. m., not less than thirty (30) minutes for lunch or recreation.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That whoever shall be found guilty of evading or disobeying any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon arrest and conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum of not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, and in default of the payment thereof shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not less than five (5) days or more than six (6) months.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That all acts or parts of acts contrary to or in conflict herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved July 5, 1900..

ACT NO. 61 OF 1900.

AN ACT

To authorize the Board of Control for the Leper Home to select a suitable site for the establishment of a permanent Leper Home in this State and to purchase the same; and to appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for the payment thereof and the necessary buildings and improvements to be constructed thereon.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That the Board of Control for the Leper Home of this State is hereby authorized to select a suitable site for the establishment of a permanent Leper Home in this State, with the approval of the Governor, and to construct the necessary buildings and improvements thereon.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That for the purpose aforesaid the sum of Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund for the said purpose.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with this Act, and especially the provisions of Act No. 205 of the General Assembly of 1898, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved July 6th, 1900.

ACT NO. 88 OF 1900.

(As amended by Act No. 132 of 1902 and Act No. 57 of 1906.)

AN ACT

To carry out Article 297 of the Constitution relative to the protection of the people from unqualified practitioners of dentistry; to create the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry; to confer on said Board all powers necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act; to authorize the members and officers of said Board to administer oaths in certain cases; to impose certain duties upon said Board; to make it a misdemeanor to practice, or attempt, or offer to practice dentistry in this State without having obtained and recorded a certificate from the said Board; to impose certain duties upon the Secretary of the Board of Health in the Parish of Orleans, and upon the Clerks of Court of the other parishes of the State, and authorizing said officers to charge certain fees; to require persons, corporations and associations to furnish sworn statements, and making the refusal or failure to furnish same and also the use of certain titles prima facie evidence of certain facts; to impose certain duties upon District Attorneys, and to repeal all laws in conflict with this act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That to carry out Article 297 of the Constitution requiring the General Assembly to provide for the protection of the people from unqualified practitioners in dentistry, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry is hereby created, with power to sue and be sued, to have a seal and a domicile, to adopt by-laws for its own government, and regulations for carrying out the provisions and purposes of this act; and, generally with all powers and faculties necessary for the effectual carrying out of the purposes of this act.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That the said Board shall be composed of five members, to be appointed as follows:

The Governor shall appoint the five members of said Board, and fill all vacancies from the published list of registered dentists in the State. The term of office of the members of said Board shall be seven years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. But the members of the Board of Examining Dentists under Acts 32 of 1880 and 32 of 1894 shall constitute the first board under the present act. They shall, however, be reappointed by the Governor, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, one for the term of five years, and one for the term of six years.

Members of said Board shall qualify by taking the oath required of State officers. They, including the President, shall receive no pay except ten dollars per day for each day they are actually engaged on the business of sald board and five cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from meetings.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That the officers of said board shall be a President, to be chosen from among its members, and a Secretary, ex-officio Treasurer, and such officers or agents as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of said act, and that the compensation or salary of said officers, including the Secretary, even if the latter be a member of the Board, shall be fixed by said Board.

Sec. 4. (Amd.) Be it further enacted, etc., That said Board shall keep a record of all its acts and proceedings and of all receipts and disbursements of money, and shall make bi-annually to the Governor a full report.

Money accruing to said Board shall be received by the Secretary and be at once deposited in some good and solvent bank. All payments by said Board shall be made by checks signed by the President and by the Secretary, and the stub of said checks shall be kept, and each stub shall specify what the check corresponding to it was drawn for. The records of said Board shall at all times be subject to inspection by persons having an interest. The Secretary shall give pond in favor of the Governor in the sum of one thousand dollars.

(As amended by Act No. 132 of 1902.)

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc. That said Board shall in its by-laws fix the date for its regular meetings, which shall not be fewer than two yearly, and said Board shall not change said dates except at a regular meeting with all members present. For all other business three members shall constitute a quorum. Due notice or all called meetings shall be given to members. The first meeting for the pur pose of organizing, shall be held in New Orleans, on the first day of August, 1900.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the expenses of said Board shall be defrayed out of fees to be exacted from persons, colleges and students applying for certificates and licenses, and out of fines imposed for violations of this act.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That it shall be unlawful to practice or attempt or offer to practice dentistry in this State without having first obtained from the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry a certificate of qualification and having caused said certificate to be duly recorded; and any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced by any court of competent jurisdiction in the State to pay a fine not exceeding $100, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both fine and Imprisonment, at the discretion of the court; and any person, corporation, or association of any kind, aiding or abetting any person in the violation of this act, whether present or not when such unlawful act

is committed, shall be subject, on conviction, to the same punishment as provided above. Each and every member of such offending corporation or association shall answer for such corporation or association as if the unlawful act had been the own act of such members.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That the certificates referred to in the preceding section shall be recorded in the parish where the holder thereof practices or attempts or offers to practice dentistry; in the Parish of Orleans, in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health and in the other parishes of the State, in the office or the Clerk of Court, in books to be kept for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the said Secretary of the Board of Health and of the Clerks of Courts to make such recordation, for which they shall be allowed to charge a fee of one dollar to be paid by the person applying for the registry of the certificate.

Sec. 9. (Amd.) Be it further enacted, etc., That if any officer of the law or member of said Board suspects that any person or corporation or association of any kind is violating or has violated the provisions of this Act, such officer or member may make an affidavit setting forth the facts and circumstances giving rise to suspicion, and may then call upon such suspected person or corporation, or associa tion, to make to said officer or member of said Board a sworn statement touching the facts and circumstances set forth in said affidavit; and should the person, corporation or association thus called upon refuse, or fail, after a delay of two days, to make sucn sworn statement, the facts set forth in said affidavit as merely suspected shall be taken to be prima facie true; and should said facts substantiate a violation of the present Act, it shall be the duty of the District Attor ney, upon said affidavit being presented to him, together with another affidavit showing such refusal or failure to make sworn statement, to file at once an information based upon said affidavits.

In the case of corporations and associations, the demand for the sworn statement provided for in this section may be made upon any person in charge of the laboratory or office, or place of business of such corporation or association, and information shall be filed against all persons named in the said affidavits as being members of (Sic) or partners, or associates in said corporation or association.

(As amended by Act No. 132 of 1902.)

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That it shall be the duty of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry to publish annually in the official journal of the State (and if there be no such journal, in one of the daily newspapers of the City of New Orleans) a list of the registered practitioners of dentistry in the State and their residences; and such published list shall be received in the courts of the State as proof that the practitioners of dentistry therein named are duly registered as required by law.

Sec. 11. (Amd.) Be it further enacted, etc., That this Act shall not apply to practitioners of dentistry already qualified and registered under Acts 32 of 1880 and 32 of 1894, nor to regularly enrolled students of dentistry while practicing in the clinic or operating room of dental colleges of recognized standing in this State; nor to surgeons and physicians already qualified and registered under Act 49 of 1894.

(As amended by Act No. 57 of 1906.)

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That said Board shall prescribe in its regulations what conditions shall constitute a good standing for a dental college, and shall issue certificates of good standing to colleges fulfilling said conditions and paying the fees required for a certificate; and such certificate shall be irrevocable except by judicial proceedings and for cause.

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