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pharmacists, or assislant pharmacists, all applicants whom it shall deem qualified to 

 be such, 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 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. The board shall render an annual report of its proceedings to the governor 

 of the State.* 



SBC. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a book of registration open 

 at the city of San Francisco, of which due notice shall be given through the public 

 press or by mail, in which book shall be entered, under the supervision of the board, 

 the names, titles, qualifications, and places of business of all persons coming under 

 the provisions of this act. The secretary shall give receipts for all money received 

 by him, and disburse the same by order of the board for necessary expenses, taking 

 proper vouchers therefor. The balance of said moneys, after paying the expenses 

 of the board, he shall pay to the State treasurer, who shall keep it -as a special fund 

 to be used in carrying out the provisions of this act. 



SEC. 8. The members of the board of pharmacy shall each be paid the sum of five 

 dollars per diem, for every meeting of the board which they attend, and the secre- 

 tary shall receive such additional compensation as the board may direct. All com- 

 pensation of members, and other expenses of the board of pharmacy, shall be paid 

 out of the examination and registration fees and fines. 



SEC. 9. No person shall add to or remove from, or cause to be added to or removed 

 from, any drug, chemical, or medicinal preparation, any ingredient or material for the 

 purpose of adulteration or substitution, or which shall deteriorate the quality, com- 

 mercial value, or medicinal effect, or alter the nature or composition of such article; 

 and no person shall knowingly sell, or offer for sale, any such adulterated, altered, or 

 substituted drug, chemical, or medicinal preparation, without informing the pur- 

 chaser of the adulteration or sophistication of the article sold or offered for sale. 

 Every registered pharmacist shall file or cause to be filed all physicians' prescrip- 

 tions compounded or dispensed in his pharmacy or store ; they shall be preserved for 

 two years, and he shall furnish a correct copy of any prescription, upon the order or 

 request of the attending physician. Any person who shall willfully violate any of 

 the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be liable to all costs of the action; and for the first offense be liable to 

 a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense a fine of not less 

 than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, said fines to be paid over to the board 

 of pharmacy. On written complaint being entered against any person or persons, 

 charging them with specific violation of any of the provisions of this act, the board 

 of pharmacy is hereby empowered to delegate one of its members, or other suitable 

 person, who shall have authority to inspect drugs, chemicals, or medicines, and to 

 make a thorough investigation of the case; he shall then report the result of his 

 investigation, and if such report justify such action, the board shall notify the 

 prosecuting attorney or district attorney, who shall prosecute the offender accord- 

 ing to law. 



SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in 

 schedules "A" and "B," appended to this act, without labelling the box, bottle, 

 or paper in which said poison is contained, with the name of the article, the 

 word "Poison," and the name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be 

 lawful to sell or deliver any poison named in schedules "A" and "B," unless, on 

 inquiry, it is found that the person is aware of its poisonous character, and that it 

 is to be used for a legitimate purpose. . Nor shall it be lawful to sell or deliver any 

 poison included in schedule "A" without making, or causing to be made, an entry 

 in a book kept for that purpose only, stating the date of sale, and the name and 



* See amendment at end of this la-vr . 



