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The secretary and treasurer of said board shall be a bonded officer held in bond of 

 one thousand dollars, to be made to the said North Carolina pharmaceutical associ- 

 ation and approved by the executive committee of said association. 



SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board of pharmacy to keep a 

 book of registration at some convenient place, of which due notice shall be given 

 through the public press, in which shall be entered, under the supervision of the 

 board, the names and places of business of all persons coming under the provisions 

 of this act, and a statement to be signed by the person making the application of 

 such facts in the case as he may claim to justify his application. The fee for regis- 

 tration of proprietors shall not exceed two dollars, and for those in the employ of 

 others shall not exceed one dollar. The secretary shall give receipts for all moneys 

 received by him, which moneys shall be used for the purpose of defraying the 

 expenses of the board of pharmacy; and any surplus shall be for the benefit of said 

 association. The salary of the secretary shall be fixed by this board, and shall be 

 paid out of the fees for examination and registration. Each member of t the board of 

 pharmacy shall be paid the sum of five dollars for every day during which he is 

 engaged in the service of the board, and all necessary expenses incurred in attend- 

 ing the meetings of the same. It shall be the dufy of the board to investigate all 

 complaints of disregard, noncompliance, or violation of the provisions of this act, 

 and to bring the same to the notice of the proper prosecuting officer, whenever there 

 appears to the board reasonable grounds of complaint. The board is hereby empow- 

 ered to make such rules and regulations as it shall find necessary for carrying into 

 effect the provisions of this law, not inconsistent with the purpose and spirit of the 

 same. 



SEC. 8. Every person, from and after the passage of this act, shall be held respon- 

 sible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals, and medicines he may sell or dispense, 

 with the exception of those sold in the original packages of the manufacturers, and 

 also those known as "patent medicines;" and should he intentionally adulterate, or 

 cause to be adulterated, or expose to sale, knowing the same to be adulterated, such 

 drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hun- 

 dred dollars, and in addition thereto his name shall be stricken from the register. 

 Every registered pharmacist who desires to continue the practice of his profession 

 shall annually thereafter, within thirty days next preceding the annu.il meeting of 

 the board of pharmacy, pay to the secretary of the said board a registration fee of 

 one dollar, for which he shall receive a renewal of said certificate of registration. 

 Any registered pharmacist failing to renew his registration as required by this sec- 

 tion, and continuing in the exercise of his profession, shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. 



SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person imder a penalty of $25 for each and 

 every offense, from and after the passage of this act, except as provided herein, to 

 retail any poison enumerated in schedules A and B, as follows, to wit : 



SCHEDULE A. 



Arsenic and its preparations, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red precipi- 

 tate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnine, and 

 essential oil of bitter almonds. 



SCHEDULE B. 



Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cot- 

 ton root, cantharides, creosote, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, 

 croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, carbolic acid, oxalic acid, 

 opium and its preparations, except paregoric and other preparations of opium con- 

 taining less than two grains to the ounce, and other poisons, witho'it distinctly 

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