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of physicians and selling medicines, either as a proprietor, agent, or assistant, with- 

 out having iirst obtained a certificate from the commissioners appointed under the 

 provisions of this chapter; but it shall be lawful for any person to sell proprietary 

 medicines, or to be an owner in the stock in trade in any druggist or apothecary's 

 shop, if he takes no part in conducting or keeping the shop. 



SEC. 2. There shall be a commission styled the commission of pharmacy and prac 

 tical chemistry, which shall be composed of three commissioners, appointed by the 

 governor with the advice of the council, each of whom shall hold his office for three 

 years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. In case a vacancy shall 

 occur at any time from any cause the governor, with advice of the council, shall fill 

 the vacancy for the unexpired part of the term. The commission as now constituted 

 is continued, subject to the provisions of this chapter. 



SEC. 3. The commission shall hold meetings for the examination of applicants for 

 registration, granting of certificates, and the transaction of other necessary business 

 at least quarterly, and at such time and place as they may see fit. 



SEC. 4. They shall examine any person desiring to engage in the business ol 

 apothecary and druggist, and, if found skilled and learned in pharmacy, shall give 

 to him a certificate stating that he is a skilled pharmacist and authorized to engage 

 in the business of apothecary and druggist. 



SEC. 5. They shall examine all applicants over eighteen years of age who have 

 served two years under a registered pharmacist, and grant to such as pass satisfac- 

 tory minor examinations a certificate as "registered assistant." Such certificate 

 shall not entitle the holder to act as manager of a drug store or pharmacy. 



SEC. 6. The commissioners shall procure and keep a suitable book at the office oi 

 the secretary of State, wherein they shall register the names and places of residence 

 of all persons to whom they shall issue certificates, and the dates thereof, which 

 shall be open to the examination of ;ill persons at sill reasonable times. 



SEC. 7. 'j"he commission shall file with the secretary of State, on or before the 

 first day of December in each year, a report to the governor and council upon the 

 condition of pharmacy in the State and containing a record of their acts and pro- 

 ceedings. 



SEC. 8. Each applicant for a pharmacist's certificate shall pay to the commission 

 a fee of five dollars, and each applicant for a registered assistant's certificate a fee 

 of two dollars, for the use of the board. Each commissioner shall also receive five 

 dollars per day for actual service for not exceeding fifteen days annually, and all 

 necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duty, to be paid from the State 

 treasury. 



SEC. 9. All pharmacists lawfully registered are authorized to keep spirituous 

 liquors for compounding their medicines. 



SEC. 10. If any person shall engage in the business of retailing and vending, 

 directly or indirectly, drugs, medicines, and. chemicals, and in dispensing medicine 

 and compounding physicians' prescriptions, without being registered as provided 

 by this chapter or the law heretofore in force, he shall be punished by a fine not 

 exceeding fifty dollars for each week he shall continue the business without being 

 so registered. 



SEC. 11. The provisions of this chapter shall not be so construed as to apply to 

 physicians compounding and putting up their own prescriptions. 



Passed to take effect Aug. 16, 1889. 



NEW JERSEY. 



CHAPTER CXXIII. 



AN ACT to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State of New Jersey. 



SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, 



That from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person not 



a registered pharmacist within the meaning of this act to conduct any store or 



