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provided further, That said board shall have power to discharge any of said secretaries 

 at any time r.nd to fill any vacancy in the position of secretary whenever from any 

 cause such vacancy exists. 



SEC. 2. The said hoard of examiners shall, within thirty days after its appointment, 

 meet and organize by the election of a president, a secretary, and treasurer from its 

 own members, who shall be elected for the term of one year and serve until their 

 successors are elected and qualified and to perform all the duties prescribed by the 

 board. It shall be the djity of the board to examine all applications for registration 

 submitted in proper form, by such persons as may be entitled to the same under the 

 provisions of this act; to investigate complaints when properly presented, and to 

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

 the governor and to the Nebraska State pharmaceutical association upon the con- 

 dition of pharmacy in the State, which said report shall also furnish a record of the 

 proceedings of the said board for the year, and also the name of all the pharmacists 

 registered under this act. The board shall hold meetings for the examination of 

 applicants for registration and the transaction of such other business as shall pertain 

 to its duties at least four times a year, said meetings to be held the second Wednes- 

 day in February, May, August, and November in each year; and shall make by-laws 

 for the proper fulfillment of its duties ; 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 book shall also specify su*h facts as said persons shall claim to justify 

 their registration. The record of said board, or a copy of any part thereof, certified 

 by the secretary to be a true copy, attested by the seal of the board, shall be accepted 

 as competent evidence in all courts of the State. Three members of said board shall 

 constitute a quorum. The president of said board of examiners shall retire from the 

 said board each year and cease to be a member of said board of examiners at the 

 expiration of his term of office. The Nebraska State pharmaceutical association 

 shall annually select three pharmacists from which number the Nebraska State 

 board of pharmacy shall select one to fill vacancy occurring each year. 



SEC. 3. Every person who shall, within three months after the passage of this act 

 takes effect, forward to 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' prescriptions, 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 payment to the board of 

 a fee of two dollars ($2.00), be granted the certificate of registered pharmacist: 

 Provided, That in case of failure or neglect to register as herein provided, such per- 

 son or persons shall, in order to be registered, comply with the requirements provided 

 for registration as a licentiate in pharmacy hereinafter described. 



SEC. 4. No other than a licentiate in pharmacy shall be entitled to registration 

 as a pharmacist except as provided in section 3. Licentiates in pharmacy in the 

 meaning of this act shall be such persons, not less than eighteen years of age, who 

 shall have had not less than three years' practical experience in pharmacy, and who 

 shall have passed a satisfactory examination touching their competency before the 

 board of examiners. Every such person shall, before examination i granted, fur- 

 nish satisfactory evidence that they are of temperate habits, and pay to the board 

 a fee of five dollars : Provided, That in case of the failure of any applicant to pass a 

 satisfactory examination, the money shall be held to his credit for a second exam- 

 ination at any time within a year. The said board may grant certificates of regis- 

 tration without further examination to the licentiates of such other boards of phar- 

 macy and graduates of such colleges of pharmacy as it may deem proper upon the 

 payment of five dollars ($5.00), which shall be good only until the first regular 

 meeting of the board thereafter. Licentiates in pharmacy shall at the time of 

 passing their examination be registered by the secretary of State board of examiners 

 as registered pharmacists. 



