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His communication may, however, after all prove of value, as it 

 gives me an opportunity of bringing before the readers of "The 

 Alumni Journal" a matter which seems to be attracting much atten- 

 tion, and is causing much discussion at this time. 



It would seem that because of a provision in the Pharmacy Law, 

 which, under certain conditions, would permit of exchange or recipro- 

 city in licenses, the impression is gaining ground that such exchange 

 is a matter of the very near future. The opinion expressed by my 

 correspondent is a somewhat general one, and he is by no means the 

 only one who views the matter of exchange from this particular angle. 



The portion of the Pharmacy Law of the State of New York which 

 refers to the matter of exchange of licences is found in Section 233, 

 headed "Examinations,'- and in part reads as follows : 



"Applicants examined and licensed by other state examining 

 boards registered by the regents as maintaining standards not 

 lower than those provided by this article may without further 

 examination, on payment of twenty-five dollars to the regents 

 and on submitting such evidence as they may require, receive from 

 them an endorsement of their licenses or diplomas conferring 

 all rights and privileges of a regents' license after examination." 



It will thus be seen that the applicant for exchange must have been 

 examined and licensed by another state board, which must maintain 

 standards not lower than those prescribed by the laws of this State. 



As far as I know no other board has ever made application for 

 registry, and until this is done, and registry is obtained, no exchange 

 of license can be granted. There need be no fear that any board 

 will be granted registry that does not maintain standards equal to 

 those required by the law of this state. Even in the event of such 

 registry being granted to any given board, the law still is not manda- 

 tory, but says, "may, without further examination, etc.", not "shall." 



It is therefore obvious that "Tramp Clerks" will in no event be 

 accorded recognition by this state. The State Education Department 

 may be safely entrusted with the welfare of the pharmacists, particu- 

 larly as far as registration by applicants from other states is concerned. 

 First Assistant Commissioner of Education, Augustus S. Downing, is a 

 sincere friend of the clerks and has their interests at heart, and would 

 not permit any action to be taken which would in the least jeopardize 

 their interests. 



