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ferent parts of the State, to serve as a board of pharmacy. The members of this 

 board shall, within thirty days after their appointment, individually take and sub- 

 scribe, before the county clerk in the county in which they individually reside, an 

 oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties prescribed by this act. They 

 shall hold office for the term of four years, and until their successors are appointed 

 and qualified. In case of vacancy in the board of pharmacy, the governor shall fill 

 the same by appointing a member to serve for the remainder of the term only. The 

 office of said board shall be located in San Francisco. The board shall organize by 

 electing a president and a secretary, the latter to be ex officio treasurer of the board. 

 Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. They shall meet at least 

 quarterly, and have power to make by-laws for the proper fulfillment of their duties. 

 The duties of the board shall be to transact all business pertaining to the legal regu- 

 lations of the practice of pharmacy ; to investigate all complaints repecting non- 

 compliance with or violations of the provisions of this act, and to bring the same to 

 the notice of the proper prosecuting officer, whenever there appears to the board to 

 be reasonable grounds for such action ; and to examine and register 43 pharmacists, 

 or assistant pharmacists, all applicants whom it shall deem qualified to bo s ich, 

 respectively. All persons, on applying for examination or registration, shall pay to 

 the secretary a fee of five dollars for licentiate, and two dollars for assistants; and 

 on passing the examination they shall be furnished with a certificate signed by the 

 secretary and examiners. In case of failure to pass, the board shall grant a second 

 examination within one year without any additional fee being charged. Every 

 registered pharmacist who desires to continue the practice of his profession in this 

 State shall, annually, on such date as the board of pharmacy may determine, pay to 

 the secretary of the said board a registration fee, to be fixed by the board, but which 

 shall in no case exceed the sum of two dollars per annum, for which he shall receive 

 a renewal of said registration. Every registered assistant pharmacist who desires 

 to continue the practice of his profession in this State shall, annually, on such date 

 as the board of pharmacy may determine, pay to the secretary of said board a regis- 

 tration fee, to be fixed by the board, but which shall in no case exceed the sum of 

 one dollar per annum, for which he shall receive a renewal of said registration. 

 The board shall render an annual report of its proceedings to the governor of the 

 State. 

 Approved, March 3, 1893. 



COLORADO. 



AN ACT in relation to the practice of pharmacy and the sale of medicines and poisons; licensing 

 persona to carry on such practice, and exempting them from jury duty; providing for the appoint- 

 ment and prescribing the powers and duties of a state board of pharmacy; and to repeal an act 

 entitled "An act regulating the practice of pharmacy; licensing persons to carry on such practice 

 and exempting them from jury duty; providing for the appointment and prescribing the powers 

 and duties of a board of pharmacists." 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: 



SECTION 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person other than a regis- 

 tered or assistant pharmacist, as hereinafter defined, to retail, compound, or dispense 

 drugs, medicines or pharmacal preparations in the State of Colorado ; or to institute, 

 conduct, or manage a pharmacy, store, or shop for the retailing, compounding, or 

 dispensing of drugs, medicines, or pharmacal preparations in said State of Colorado, 

 unless such person shall be a registered pharmacist, as this act provides, or shall 

 place in charge of said pharmacy, store, or shop, a registered pharmacist, except as 

 hereinafter provided. 



SEC. 2. "Registered pharmacists" shall comprise all persons regularly registered 

 as such in the State of Colorado for the year ending July 2, 1893; and all other 

 persons registered as licentiates in pharmacy for the aforesaid period who have 

 been authorized to conduct or manage a pharmacy in the State of Colorado ; and all 

 persons over twenty-one years of age, having four years' practical experience in 

 compounding and dispensing of physicians' prescriptions, who shall pass a satis,- 



