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pensiug physicians' prescriptions as pharmacists in the Territory of New Mexico; 

 and if a majority of said board shall be satisfied that said person is competent and 

 fully qualified to conduct said business of compounding or dispensing drags, medi- 

 cines, or chemicals for medical use, or to compound and dispense physicians' pre- 

 scriptions, they shall enter the name of such person as a registered pharmacist, in 

 the book provided for in section 4 of this act: Provided. That all graduates in phar- 

 macy having a diploma from an incorporated college or school of pharmacy that 

 requires a practical experience in pharmacy of not less than three (3) years before 

 granting a diploma may, in the discretion of the board, be entitled to have their 

 names registered as registered pharmacists by said board without cxnmination. 



The board of pharmacy shall issue an appropriate certificate to each person regis- 

 tered, which certificate must be conspicuously displayed in every store or place 

 described in this section. Said certificate must be renewed twelve (12) months 

 after each date of issue. 



SEC. 6. The board of pharmacy shall be entitled to demand and receive each 

 person whom they register and furnish a certificate as a registered pharmacist, 

 without examination, the sum of two dollars, and for each and every person whom 

 they examine the sum of five dollars, which shall be in full for all services. In 

 case the examination of said person shall prove defective and unsatisfactory to the 

 board, and he be declined registration, he shall be permitted to present himself for 

 reexamiuation within twelve (12) months thereafter, and no charge shall be made 

 for such examination. 



SEC. 7. The board of pharmacy shall hold quarterly sessions per annum at such 

 times and places as the board may determine; other sessions of the board may also 

 be held whenever and wherever a quorum of the board is present. 



In the interim of the sessions of the board, and upon satisfactory evidence of a 

 fitness of an applicant, anyone (1) member of the hoard may, in his discretion, issue 

 a temporary certificate, which shall authoii/e and empower the holder to conduct 

 a drugstore or pharmacy, as set forth in section 5 of this act. Such temporary cer- 

 tilicate must be signed by one (1) member, and shall expire and teftiinate at thedate 

 of the next succeeding quarterly session of the board after the granting thereof. 

 No fee shall be demanded for this temporary certificate. 



SEC. 8. Every owner of a drug store in the Territory of New Mexico shall be 

 held responsible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals, and medicines he may sell 

 or dispense, with the exceptions of those sold in the original packages of the 

 manufacturer or wholesale dealer, and also those known as proprietary medicines. 

 And should he knowingly, intentionally, and fraudulently adulterate, or cause to be 

 adulterated, such drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations, he shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof his license as a registered 

 pharmacist shall be thereby revoked, and in addition thereto be liable to a penalty 

 not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars. 



SEC. 9. Any person who shall procure or attempt to procure registration for him- 

 self or for another under .this act, by making or causing to be made false repre- 

 sentations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than five and not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars, and his name, together with the name of the person so falsely registered, 

 shall be stricken from the register. 



SEC. 10. Any person not a registered pharmacist, as provided in this act, who 

 shall conduct a store or pharmacy, or place for retailing, compounding, or dispens- 

 ing drugs, medicines, or chemicals, for medical use, or for compounding or dispens- 

 ing physicians' prescriptions in the Territory of New Mexico, or who shall take, 

 use, or exhibit the title of registered pharmacist, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and, upon a conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than five 

 nor more than one hundred dollars: Provided, That any person or persons not a 

 registered pharmacist may own and conduct such store, if he or they keep con- 

 stantly in their employ a registered pharmacist: Provided, further, This act shall 



