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lie resides, before some officer authorized to administer an oath, and file the certificate 

 of said oath with the board. There shall he a president and secretary of the hoard, 

 who shall he elected by the board. The term of office of the secretary shall he five 

 years. The board shall hold annual meetings and such other meetings, from time 

 to time, as the business of the board may require. The secretary shall give to each 

 member at least ten days' notice of the time and place of each meeting. Three 

 members shall be a quorum. 



SEC. 7. The board shall have authority to transact all business relating to the legal 

 practice of pharmacy; to examine into all cases of abuse, fraud, adulteration, sub- 

 stitution, or malpractice, and to report all violations of this chapter, whenever the 

 same may occur, to the proper State authorities and to said association. 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 accord- 

 ance with the provisions of this chapter. Anyone examined by the board shall pay 

 a fee of five dollars. In case of failure to pass a satisfactory examination he may 

 be granted a second examination without the payment of a further fee. 



SEC. 8. Pharmacists claiming the right of registration under this chapter on 

 account of practical experience shall show to the satisfaction of the said board that 

 they have had not less than three years' practical experience in the preparation of 

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

 I'mrided, Nothing in this section shall apply to any person in business on his own 

 account on the 3rd of March, 1886. Licentiates in pharmacy must have had not less 

 than three years' experience previous to the said time in stores where prescriptions 

 of medical practitioners have been prepared, or shall have passed an examination 

 before the board of pharmacy of the State; and in all cases two years shall be 

 required. The board may register, without further examination, the licentiates of 

 such other boards of pharmacy as they may deem proper. 



SEC. 9. It shall he the duty of the secretary of the board to keep a book of regis- 

 tration at some convenient place, of which due notice shall ho given through the 

 public press, in which shall he entered, tinder the supervision of the board, the 

 names and the places of business of all persons coming under the provisions of this 

 chapter, 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 registration 

 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, and any surplus shall be for the benefit of the association. The salary of 

 the secretary shall be fixed by the board, and paid out of the fees for examination 

 and registration. Each member of the board shall receive the sum of five dollars 

 for every day he is engaged in the services of the hoard and such actual expenses 

 as may be incurred in going to and from the place of meeting. It shall be the duty 

 of the board, and each member of the association, to report all complaints of 11011- 

 compliance with or violations of the provisions of this chapter to the proper prose- 

 cuting officers of the Commonwealth and to the association ; and it shall be the duty 

 of every such officer to prosecute the same when brought to his attention, and there 

 appears to be reasonable grounds for such complaint. The board shall have power 

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

 the provisions of this chapter, not inconsistent with the purposes and spirit of the 

 *ame and with the constitution and laws of the State 



SEC\ 10. Every person shall be held responsible for the quality of all drugs, chem- 

 icals, and medicines he may lawfully sell or dispense with the exception of those sold: 

 in the original packages [of the manufacturers or taken from the original packages, 

 and also those known as patent medicines, and the essence of lemon, peppermint, 

 and cinnamon, put up for sale for flavoring purposes; and should he intentionally 

 adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, or expose to sale, knowing the same to he- 



