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as shall be necessary to meet the current expenses of said board shall be subject to 

 the order thereof if, in any year, the receipts of said board shall not be equal to its 

 expenses. The board shall make an annual report and render an account to the 

 board of State auditors, and to the Michigan pharmaceutical association, of all 

 moneys received and disbursed by it pursuant to this act. 



SEC. 4. Every person who shall, within three months after this act takes effect, 

 forward the board of pharmacy satisfactory proof, supported by his affidavit, that 

 he was engaged in the business of a dispensing pharmacist on his own account in 

 this State at the time this act takes effect, in the preparation of physicians' pre- 

 scriptions, or that at such time he had been employed or engaged three years or 

 more as a pharmacist in the compounding of physicians' prescriptions, and was at 

 said time so employed in this State, shall, upon the payment to the board of a fee of 

 two dollars, be granted the certificate of a registered pharmacist : Prodded, That 

 in case of failure or neglect to register as herein provided, then such person shall, 

 in order to be registered, comply with the requirements provided for registration as 

 a licentiate in pharmacy hereafter described. 



SEC. 5. No person other than a licentiate in pharmacy shall be entitled to regis- 

 tration as a pharmacist, except as provided in section four. 'Licentiates in phar- 

 macy shall be such persons, not less than eighteen years of age, who shall have 

 passed a satisfactory examination touching their competency before the board of 

 pharmacy. Every such person shall, before an examination is granted, furnish 

 satisfactory evidence that he is of temperate habits and pay to the board a fee of 

 three dollars : Provided, That in case of failure of any applicant to pass a satisfac- 

 tory examination, the money shall be held to his credit for a second examination at 

 any time within one year. The said board may grant certificates of registration 

 without further examination to the licentiates of such other boards of pharmacy as 

 it may deem proper upon a payment of a fee of two dollars. 



SEC. 6. The said board may grant, under such rules and regulations as it may 

 deem proper, at a fee not exceeding one dollar, the certificate of registered assistant 

 to clerks or assistants in pharmacy not less than eighteen years of age, who at the 

 time this act takes effect shall be engaged in such service in this State, and have 

 been employed or engaged two years or more in the practice of pharmacy, but such 

 certificate shall not entitle the holder to engage in such business on his own account, 

 or to take charge of or act as manager of a pharmacy or drug store. 



SEC. 7. Each registered pharmacist, or registered assistant, who desires to continue 

 the practice of his profession shall annually, after the expiration of the first year of 

 his registration, during the time he shall continue in such practice, on such date as 

 the board of pharmacy may determine, pay to the said board a registration fee to be 

 fixed by the board, but which shall not exceed one dollar for a pharmacist, or fifty 

 cents for an assistant, for which he shall receive a renewal of said registration. 

 Every person receiving a certificate under this act shall keep the same conspicu- 

 ously exposed in his place of business. Every registered pharmacist, or assistant, 

 shall, within ten days after changing his place of business or employment, as 

 designated by his certificate, notify the secretary of the board of his new place of 

 business. If any pharmacist or registered assistant shall fail or neglect to procure 

 his annual registration, or to comply with the other provisions of this section, his 

 right to act as such pharmacist or assistant shall cease at the expiration of ten days 

 from the time notice of such failure to comply with the provisions of this section 

 shall have been mailed to him by the secretary of said board. 



SEC. 8. All or any registration obtained through false representations shall be 

 void, and the board of pharmacy may hear complaints and evidence, and may revoke 

 such certificates as it may deem improperly held. 



SEC. 9. Any proprietor of a pharmacy who, not being a registered pharmacist, 

 shall, ninety days after this act takes effect, fail Or neglect to place in charge of 

 such pharmacy a registered pharmacist, or any such proprietor who shall by himself, 



