Chap. 861.—An ACT for the relief of Dr. J. Hartwell Smith.

Approved March 3, 18938.

Whereas by an act approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
and ninety, certain qualifications were Imposed upon persons wishing to
practice dentistry in the state of Virginia; and

Whereas the said act further provides that persons who shall be en-
gaged in the practice of dentistry in the commonwealth of Virginia on
the twenty-eighth dav of January, clehteen hundred and ninety, and
who shall comply with the requirements of section seventeen hundred
and seventy-four, code of Virginia, shall be otherwise exempt from the
provisions of said code; and

Whereas Doctor J. Hartwell Smith, although a native of Albemarle
county, was at that date practicing his profession in the state of West
Virginia, where said Smith was a licensed dentist in active practice:
therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the said
Doctor J. Hartwell Smith be, and is hereby, eranted the same nights and
privileges as those in actual practice on the twenty-eighth day of Janu-
ary, elyhteen hundred and ninety, subject to the r requirements of section
seventeen hundred and seventy- four of the code of Vi irginia, as afuresaid.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.