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of pharmacy a diploma from any college or school of pharmacy, in Europe or 

 America, of good and respectable standing, the status of the institution as to respect- 

 ability and standing to be judged and approved by said board, together with the 

 affidavit of the applicant, stating his age, nativity, and that he is the bona fide 

 holder of the diploma and the person named therein, and that he is a regular gradu- 

 ate or alumnus of said institution, or in case that said applicant shall produce no 

 diploma as hereinabove set forth, it shall be sufficient for him to present an affidavit 

 that he has had four years' practical experience in the manipulation and compound- 

 ing of physicians' prescriptions under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, 

 who shall also attest the truth of the said affidavit by swearing thereto, if said regis- 

 tered pharmacist be alive and resident in the State of Louisiana; and said affidavit 

 shall set forth the age of the applicant, the place of his nativity, and when and where 

 he has practiced pharmacy, said affidavits to be preserved on the file by the board of 

 pharmacy as a part of its records. 



SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That the foregoing provisions of this act shall 

 not apply to or effect any person who shall be engaged in the actual preparation, 

 compounding, and dispensing of medicines or drugs in the drug and apothecary busi- 

 ness as proprietor of the same, or as qualified assistant therein at the time of the pas- 

 sage of this act, except in so far as relates to registration and fees provided in section 

 five. A qualified assistant engaged in the business at the time of the passage of this 

 act is one who has had not less than two years' practical experience in the prepara- 

 tion, compounding, and dispensing of medicines or drugs in the drug and apothecary 

 business. All other actual assistants actually engaged in the business at the time of 

 the passage of this act shall, upon the completion of a like term of two years' experi- 

 ence, be entitled to registration as qualified assistants without examination: Pro- 

 vided, That nothing contained in this act shall ill any manner whatever interfere 

 with the business of any registered practitioner of medicine, nor in any way prevent 

 him from administering or supplying his patients with such drugs and medicines as 

 he may deem fit and proper, nor shall it interfere with the making and dealing in 

 proprietary remedies, popularly called patent medicines, nor prevent storekeepers 

 from dealing in and selling the commonly used standard medicines and poisons, if 

 all such standard medicines and poison included in this section conform in all 

 respects to the requirements of section seven. Nor shall this act apply to any 

 planter furnishing medicines to hands in his employment or leasing lands from him. 



SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That in case the board of pharmacy shall have 

 reason to doubt the truth of the allegations of any affidavit made under the provisions 

 of the foregoing section, it shall have the right to examine into and hear evidence 

 thereon, and if convinced of the falsity thereof it shall have the right to refuse 

 registration, subject to the right of the applicant to appeal to the courts by man- 

 damus: Provided, That false swearing in an affidavit hereinbefore mentioned shall 

 be deemed perjury, and liable to punishment as in other cases under existing laws. 



SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That where the applicant neither furnishes the 

 diploma or affidavit required by the foregoing sections, he. shall have the right to 

 registration after having passed a satisfactory examination by the board of phar- 

 macy as to his qualifications and capacity, which board shall thereupon register the 

 applicant, and shall grant to him a certificate of registration as a pharmacist, the 

 same as in the case of the production of a diploma or affidavit as hereinbefore pro- 

 vided. The board of pharmacy may grant certificates of registration to licentiates 

 of such other State boards, or the duly constituted authorities of other countries, 

 without further examination. The board of pharmacy shall have the right to exact 

 and collect from applicants, before issuance of a certificate, five dollars ($5) for an 

 examination of the applicant and three dollars ($3) for the issuance of the certificate. 



SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the governor shall appoint the board of 

 pharmacy, consisting of nine (9) reputable practicing pharmacists doing business 

 in the State, who shall serve for four (4) years from date of their appointment; any 

 vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governor's appointment. Said 



