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name shall have the right to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to purchase 

 and hold real estate and grant the same, to have and to use a common seal, and to 

 do such other things and perform such other acts as appertain to bodies corporate 

 and politic, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State. 



SKC. 2. The object of said association is to unite the pharmacists and druggists 

 of this State for mutual aid, encouragement, and improvement; to encourage scien- 

 tific research, develop pharmaceutical talent; to elevate the standard of professional 

 thought, and ultimately restrict the practice of pharmacy to properly qualify [quali- 

 fied] druggists and apothecaries. 



SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful from and after the passage of this act, except as here- 

 inafter provided, for any person, unless a registered pharmacist within the meaning 

 of this act, to open or conduct any pharmacy or store for retailing, dispensing, or 

 compounding medicines or poisons, or for any one not a registered pharmacist to 

 prepare a physician's prescriptions, except under the supervision of a registered 

 pharmaceutist, in the State of North Carolina: Provided, That nothing herein con- 

 tained shall prevent the sale of patent or proprietary medicines, quinine, epsom 

 salts, castor oil, essence of peppermint, paregoric, laudanum in original packages, 

 calomel, camphor, or sweet oil. 



SEC. 4. Any person, in order to be registered, shall be a graduate of some college 

 in pharmacy recognized by the North Carolina board of pharmacy, or shall, at the 

 passage of this act, have had three years' practical experience in the preparation of 

 physicians' prescriptions, and in compounding and vending medicines and poisons, 

 or shall be a licentiate of pharmacy of the board of pharmacy of North Carolina. 



SEC. 5. Pharmaceutists claiming the right of registration under this act, on account 

 of practical experience, shall, within ninety days after its passage, show to the sat- 

 isfaction of the board of pharmacy to be created by this act that they have had 

 three (3) years' practical experience in the preparation of physicians' prescriptions, 

 and in compounding and vending medicines and poisons: Provided, That nothing in 

 this section shall apply to any person or persons in business on their own account 

 upon the passage of this act. Licentiates in pharmacy must have had three years' 

 experience in stores where prescriptions of medical practitioners have been prepared, 

 and shall have passed an examination before the board of pharmacy of this State. 

 The board of pharmacy may register, without fuuiher examination, the licentiates 

 of such other boards of pharmacy as they may deem proper. 



SEC. 6. This association shall elect ten of its members from whom the governor 

 selects fi '/e who shall compose the board of pharmacy. The board is empowered 

 to transact all business relating to the legal practice- of pharmacy; to examine into 

 and adjudicate upon all cases of abuse, fraud, adulteration, substitution, or malprac- 

 tice, and to enforce all the provisions of the law, and to render an annual account to 

 the proper State authorities and to the association. Any one examined by the board 

 shall pay a fee of five dollars. In case of failure to pass a satisfactory examination 

 he shall be granted a second examination, without the payment of a further fee. It 

 shall be the duty of the members of the board, after receipt of notification of their 

 appointment, to appear before the clerk of the county in which they individually 

 reside, and make and subscribe to an oath properly and faithfully to discharge the 

 duties of their office; and within thirty days thereafter meet and organize by the 

 election of a president, secretary, and treasurer of said board. The secretary and 

 treasurer shall be elected to serve for a term of five years, and the term of office of 

 the other members shall be determined by lot. Vacancies in the board shall be 

 filled as required in section 12. The board shall hold meetings at least once annu- 

 ally or oftener, as the business of the board may require. The secretary shall give 

 each member of the board not less than ten days' notice of each meeting. Three 

 members shall constitute a quorum. It shall be the duty of the board to examine 

 all persons applying for examination in proper form, and to register such as shall 

 establish their rights to registration in accordance with the provisions of this act. 



