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for the State of Iowa. In all eases brought under this act (chapter 71, Laws of 1888), 

 or the acts to which it is amendatory, the prosecution need not prove that the defend- 

 ant has not the required pharmacy certificate of registration; if the defendant has 

 such certificate he must produce it. 



SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful for the proprietor of any store or pharmacy to 

 allow any person except a registered pharmacist to compound or dispense the pre- 

 scriptions of physicians, or to retail or dispense poisons for medical use, except as 

 an aid to, and under the supervision of, a registered pharmacist. Any person vio- 

 lating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 

 on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, 

 nor more than one hundred dollars, for each and every such offense. 



SEC. 3. The governor, with the advice of the executive council, shall appoint three 

 persons from among the most competent pharmacists of the State, all of whom 

 shall have been residents of the State for five years, and of at least five years' prac- 

 tical experience in their profession, who shall be known and styled as commis- 

 sioners of pharmacy for the State of Iowa; one of whom shall hold his office for 

 one year, one for two years, and the other for three years, and each until his suc- 

 cessor shall be appointed and qualified; and each year thereafter another commis- 

 sioner shall be so appointed for three years, and until a successor be appointed and 

 qualified. If a vacancy occur in said Commission, another shall be appointed, as 

 aforesaid, to fill the unexpired term thereof. Said commissioners shall have power 

 to make by-laws and all necessary regulations for the proper fulfillment of their 

 duties under this act, without expense to the State, except that the secretary of 

 state is authorized to furnish said commissioners with stationery and blanks neces- 

 sary for their office. And said commissioners are authorized to administer oaths 

 and take and certify the acknowledgments of instruments in writing. 



SEC. 4. The commissioners of pharmacy shall register, in a suitable book, the 

 names and places of residence of all persons to whom they issue certificates, and 

 dates thereof. Druggists and pharmacists who were registered without examina- 

 tion shall not forfeit their registration when they have voluntarily sold, parted with, 

 or severed their connections with the drug business for a period of two years at the 

 place designated in certificate of registration. Should such party wish to reengage 

 in the practice of pharmacy, he will not be required to be registered by examina- 

 tion as per section 5: Provided, That registered pharmacists who remove to another 

 locality and reengage in the practice of pharmacy within a period of two years, 

 and have paid to the commission of pharmacy the sum of one dollar on or before 

 the 22d day of March of each year, as provided in this chapter, such registered 

 pharmacists shall not be required to register by examination, but his former registra- 

 tion shall be in full force and effect. Every registered pharmacist who desires to 

 continue his profession shall, on or before the 22d day of March of each year, pay 

 to the commission of pharmacy the sum of one dollar, for which he shall receive a 

 renewal of his certificate, unless his name has been stricken from the register for 

 violation of law. It shall be the duty of each registered pharmacist, before changing 

 the locality as designated in his certificate of registration, to notify the secretary of 

 the commission of pharmacy of his new place of business, and for recording the 

 same and certification thereto the secretary shall be entitled to receive fifty cents 

 for each certificate. It shall be the duty of every registered pharmacist co conspic- 

 uously post his certificate of registration in his place of business. Any person con- 

 tinuing in business, Avho shall fail or neglect to procure his annual renewal of regis- 

 tration, or who shall change his place of business without complying with this 

 section, or who shall fail to conspicuously post his certificate of registration in his 

 place of business, shall for each such offense be liable to a fine of ten dollars for 

 each calendar month during which he is so delinquent. 



SEC. 5. That the said commissioners of pharmacy shall, upon application, and at 

 such time and place and in such manner as they may determine, examine, either by 



