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than eighteen (18) years of age who shall have had two (2) years' practical experi- 

 ence in drug stores where prescriptions of medical practitioners have been usually 

 compounded, and who shall have passed a satisfactory examination before said board 

 of pharmacy of Minnesota; which certificate shall entitle such person to act only as 

 an assistant to a registered pharmacist personally conducting his own business as 

 such, and shall not entitle such assistant to engage in business on his own account, 

 or as manager, to conduct a drug store, or to transact a pharmacy business for another 

 party. (As amended in 1891.) 



SEC. 5. Immediately upon the passage of this act the Minnesota State pharma- 

 ceutical association shall elect fifteen (15) reputable and practicing pharmacists 

 doing business in the State, from which number the governor shall appoint five (5). 

 The said five (5) pharmacists, duly elected and appointed, shall constitute the board 

 of pharmacy of the State of Minnesota, and shall hold, office as respectively desig- 

 nated in their appointments, for the term of one, two, three, four, and five years, 

 respectively, as hereinafter provided, and until their successors have been duly 

 elected and appointed. The Minnesota State pharmaceutical association shall 

 annually thereafter elect five (5) pharmacists, from which number the governor of 

 the State shall appoint one to fill the vacancy annually occurring in said board. 

 The term of office shall be five years. In case of resignation or removal from the 

 State of any member of said board, or of a vacancy occurring from any cause, the 

 governor shall fill the vacancy by appointing a pharmacist from the names last sub- 

 mitted to serve as a member of the board for the remainder of the term. 



SEC. 6. The said board shall, within sixty (60) days after its appointment, meet 

 and organize by the selection of a president and secretary from the number of its 

 own members, who shall be elected for the term of one year, and shall perform the 

 duties prescribed by the board. It shall be the duty of the board to examine all 

 applications for registration submitted in proper form ; to grant certificates of reg- 

 istration to such persons as may be entitled to the same under the provisions of this 

 act; to cause the prosecution of all persons violating its provisions; to report 

 annually to the governor and to the Minnesota State pharmaceutical association 

 upon the condition of pharmacy in the State, which said report shall also furnish a 

 record of the proceedings of said board for the year, as well as the names of all phar- 

 macists duly registered under this act. The board shall hold meetings for the exam- 

 ination of applicants for registration and transaction of such other duties as shall 

 pertain to its duties at least once in three months, and the said board shall give 

 thirty (30) days' public notice of the time and place of such meeting. The said board 

 shall also have power to make by-laws for the proper execution of its duties under 

 this act, and shall keep a book of registration, in which shall be entered the names 

 and places of business of all persons registered under this act, which registration 

 book shall also contain such facts as such persons claim to justify their registration. 

 Three members of said board shall constitute a quorum. 



SEC. 7. Every person claiming the right of registration under this act, who shall, 

 within three months after the passage of this act, forward to the board of phar- 

 macy satisfactory proof, supported by his affidavit, that he was engaged in the busi- 

 ness of dispensing pharmacist on his own account in the State of Minnesota at the 

 time of the passage of this act, as provided in section 2, shall, upon the payment of 

 the fee hereinafter mentioned, be granted a certificate of registration : Provided, That 

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

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

 graduates in pharmacy or licentiates in pharmacy within the meaning of this act. 



SEC. 8. Any person engaged in the position of assistant in a pharmacy at the time 

 this act takes effect, not less than eighteen years of age, who shall have had at least 

 three (3) years' practical experience in drug stores where the prescriptions of med- 

 ical practitioners are compounded, and who shall furnish satisfactory evidence to that 

 effect to the State board of pharmacy, shall, upon making application for registra- 

 tion and upon payment to the secretary of said board a fee of one dollar, within 



