Certificates. 2416.

[Sec. 7.] 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, or 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.

Recordation of Certificates.

2417. [Sec. 8.] The certificate referred to in 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 of 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.

Proceedings Against Violators of Act.

2418. [Sec. 9.] 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 association, 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 such 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 attorney, 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. (Amd. Act 132, 1902, p. 230.)

Annual Publication of List of Dentists.

2419. [Sec. 10.] 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.

Exemptions.

2420. [Sec. 11.] This Act shall not apply to practitioners of dentistry already qualified and registered under Act 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. (Amd. Act 57, 1906, p. 90.)

Dental Colleges.

2421. [Sec. 12.] 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 certificates shal be irrevocable except by judicial proceedings and for cause.

The amount of fee to be paid for such certificate of good standing shall be fixed by said Board in its regulations and shall not be thereafter increased.

What is Practice.

2422. [Sec. 13.] Any person shall be regarded as practicing dentistry within the meaning of this act who shall use the words "Doctor of Dental Surgery," "Doctor of Dental Medicine," or the letters "D. D. S." or "D. M. D.," in connection with his name, or any other title intended to imply him to be a practitioner of dentistry in all its branches.

Affidavits.

2423. [Sec. 14.] Any member of said Board or any officer of said Board to whom the said Board may delegate the authority, shall be empowered to administer oaths in connection with the business of said Board and in furtherance of the purposes of this act.

DEPOSITS, OTHER THAN PUBLIC, AND SAFETY
DEPOSIT VAULTS.

Deposits in Names of More Than One Person.

2424. [Sec. 1, Act 188, 1908, p. 283.] When a deposit has been made, or shall hereafter be made, in any bank, savings bank, or trust company, transacting business within this State, under the names of two or more persons, payable to either or payable to either of the survivors, such deposit, or any part thereof, or any interest, or dividend thereon, may be paid to either of said persons, whether the other or others be living or not, and the receipt or acquittance of the person so paid shall be valid, sufficient and complete release and discharge of the bank, savings bank, or trust company for any payment so made.

Safety Deposit Vault in Name of More Than One Person.

2425. [Sec. 2.] When a safety deposit vault shall have been hired or shall hereafter be hired from any bank, savings bank, or trust company, transacting business in this State, under the names of two or more persons, with the right of access being given to either, or with access to either of the survivor or survivors of said persons, such survivor or survivors, whether the other or others be living or not, shall have the right of access to such deposit vault, and may remove therefrom the contents of said box, provided, that in all cases where such removal shall have been made, the said bank, savings bank, or trust company, shall be exempt from any liability for permitting the said survivor or survivors access thereto.

Gas, Electricity and Water Deposits.

2426. [Sec. 4, Act 297, 1910, p. 50.] Whenever any person, firm, association or corporation now engaged or hereafter engaged in furnishing gas, electricity or water shall demand of its patrons a cash security to protect the said furnisher of gas, electricity or water from loss by reason of extending to such patrons gas, electric or water service, such furnisher shall pay to the said patron, interest at the rate of five per cent per annum upon the amount of the said deposit so long as it continues to hold or exact the same. The balance of deposit together with earned interest shall be returned to the depositor, on demand whenever the service is discontinued, and any refusal or neglect to so return the balance shall subject the furnisher of gas, water or electricity to the penalty of paying the consumer ten per cent per annum interest upon said deposit so retained after demand.

Scope of Act.

2427. [Sec. 7.] This Act shall not apply to water, gas or electric power plants owned by any municipality or political subdivision of the State.

Deposits of Employees.

2428. [Act 31, 1908, p. 33.] All corporations, firms and individuals doing business in this State requiring of its or their employees a cash deposit as a guarantee for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon such employees, shall pay to such employee in cash interest at the rate of not less than four per cent. per annum on the cash sum so deposited.

DIRECT TAX FUND.

Direct Tax Fund Created.

2429. [Sec. 1, Act 21, 1894, p. 31.] All monies the Governor shall receive from the treasurer of the United States under said act of Congress on account of the direct tax collected from citizens or inhabitants of this State, or other persons therein, shall be by the Governor placed in the State treasury to the credit of the "direct tax fund," and shall be held in trust for the use of the persons, or the legal representatives of the persons, entitled thereto by inheritance or devise or otherwise according to said act of Congress of the second of March, eighteen

hundred and ninety-one, and until the same shall be paid over as hereinafter provided.

Governor's Duty.

2430. [Sec. 2.] [Sec. 2.] When said money shall be received and deposited in the State treasury, it shall be the duty of the Governor to publish in the official journal of the State a list of all persons having claims against said fund, as original payer, heir, devisee, or legatee, or otherwise, to come forward and make proof thereof and file their claim for registry with him.

Claims Against Fund.

2431. [Sec. 3.] All claims, under this act, shall be filed with the Governor and shall be verified by affidavit that the claimant, or those of whom he is the legal representative by descent, devise or otherwise, paid to the collector of the United States the amount claimed on account of the direct tax levied by the act of Congress of the fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, on property in this State, and all such claims shall, when filed, be registered in a book to be kept by the auditor of public accounts, and to be styled "direct tax book," and all claims not filed with the governor or verified by affidavit as herein provided for shall be prescribed in five years from the time the money is received and notice given as herein required. The list furnished by the government of the United States of the persons entitled to the direct tax shall be prima facie evidence of the claim or claims of the persons named in said list.

Commission Created.

[Sec. 4.]

2432. [Sec. 4.] A commission is hereby created to consist of four citizens of this State to be appointed by the governor to be styled "Commissioners of the Direct Tax Fund," who with the governor as ex-officio chairman, shall constitute a commission; and three of whom shall constitute a quorum who shall be charged with the duty of determining all claims against said fund and of paying out the same to the party or parties entitled thereto, through the governor of this State. Said commission shall meet immediately after the publication of the notice as above provided, and prescribe the rules of procedure and method of proof for the prosecution and establishment of claims against said fund, and may provide all proper blanks for the use of claimants to be furnished on application.