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demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $20 

 nor more than $100, and that each week he shall cause or permit such pharmacy, 

 retail drug or chemical store, to be so conducted or managed, shall constitute a sep- 

 arate and distinct oftense and render him subject to a separate prosecution and pun- 

 ishment. Therefore, a person violating the provisions of section 3 relating to regis- 

 tration, or failing to conspicuously expose such certificate of registration, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any 

 sum not exceeding $50 for each and every offense; and for the violation of any of 

 section 7 such assistant pharmacist shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $50 for each and 

 every oftense. All fines assessed for the violation of any of the provisions of this 

 act shall be placed in the hands of the secretary of the board of pharmacy to meet 

 the necessary and legitimate expenses of the Tennessee board of pharmacy : Provided, 

 That nothing in this act shall be construed as to in any way affect the right of any 

 person to bring a civil action against any person referred to in this act, or for any 

 act or acts for which a civil action may now be brought. It shall be the duty of the 

 Tennessee board of pharmacy, upon application being made to said board, to cause 

 the prosecution of any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act. 



SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any pharmacist, assistant pharmacist, or proprie- 

 tor of any retail drug or chemical store, to fraudulently adulterate any drug, chem- 

 ical, or medicine lie may sell or dispense, and should he knowingly, intentionally, 

 or fraudulently adulterate, or cause to bo adulterated, such drugs, chemicals, or 

 medical preparations, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction thereof shall bo liable to a penalty not to exceed $100, and in addition thereto 

 his name shall be stricken from the register. 



SKC. 10. This act shall not apply to physicians putting up their own prescriptions. 



SEC. 11. The provisions of this act shall only apply to cities and towns having 

 over 3,200 inhabitants, the population always to be computed by reference to the 

 last Federal census. 



SEC. 12. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 



SEC. 13. This act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage, the pub- 

 lic welfare requiring it, 



TEXAS. 



AN ACT to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State of Texas and providing penalty for the 



enforcement of the same. 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That it shall be 

 unlawful for any person, unless a qualified pharmacist within the meaning of this 

 act, to open or conduct any pharmacy or store for compounding medicines, or for 

 anyone not a qualified pharmacist to prepare physicians' prescriptions or compound 

 medicines, except under the direct supervision of a qualified pharmacist, as herein- 

 after provided. 



SEC. 2. Any person, in order to be qualified, shall be twenty-one years old and 

 shall have passed a satisfactory examination before the board of pharmacy of Texas, 

 or shall be a graduate in pharmacy or an assistant in pharmacy. 



SEC. 3. Graduates in pharmacy shall be such as have obtained a diploma from a 

 regular incorporated college of pharmacy, and that requires not less than two years' 

 experience in stores where prescriptions of medical practitioners have been com- 

 pounded, before said diploma is issued. 



SEC. 4. Assistants in pharmacy must be twenty-one years old and have had two 

 years' experience in stores where prescriptions of medical practitioners have been 

 prepared, and shall have passed a satisfactory examination before the board of phar- 

 macy of Texas. 



* Jntended ; doubtless, for " he." 



