149 



Territory in the preparation of physicians' prescriptions, and in the vending and 

 compounding of drugs, medicines, and poisons. 



SEC. 3. Licentiates in pharmacy must be such persons as have had two.consecutive 

 years of practical experience in drug stores wherein the prescriptions of medical 

 practitioners are compounded, and have passed a satisfactory examination before 

 commissioners of pharmacy hereinafter mentioned. The commissioners of phar- 

 macy may grant certificates of registration, without further examination, to gradu- 

 ates in pharmacy who have obtained a diploma from such colleges or schools of 

 pharmacy as shall be approved by said commission, and may also grant certificates 

 of registration, without further examination, to the licentiates of such other State 

 or Territorial boards of pharmacy as they may deem proper. 



SEC. 4. The governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the 

 legislative council, shall appoint three persons from among such competent pharma- 

 cists in the Territory as have had five years' practical experience in the dispensing of 

 physicians prescriptions, who shall constitute the commissioners of pharmacy herein 

 named. The persons so appointed shall hold their offices for the term of six yearn, 

 and until their successors are appointed and qualified : Provided, That the term of 

 office of the three commissioners first appointed shall be so arranged that the term 

 of one shall expire on the thirty-first day of March in each second year hereafter, 

 and the vacancies so occurring shall be filled by appointment by the governor, made 

 with the advice and consent of the council. All vacancies occurring during the 

 recess of the legislative council shall be filled in the manner provided by law. The 

 said commissioners shall be appointed from different counties, so as to represent the 

 several portions of the Territory as nearly as practicable. . 



SEC. 5. The said commission shall, within thirty days after its appointment, meet 

 and organize by the election of a president and secretary from its own numbers, who 

 shall be elected for the term of one year and shall perform the duties prescribed by the 

 commission. It shall be the duty of the commission to examine all applications for 

 registration submitted in proper form ; to grant certificates of registration to such 

 persons as may be entitled to the same under the provisions of this act ; to cause the 

 prosecution of all persons violating its provisions; to report annually to the gov- 

 ernor upon the condition of pharmacy in the Territory, which said report shall also 

 furnish a record of the proceedings of the said commission for the year, and also the 

 names of all pharmacists duly registered under this act. The commission shall 

 hold meetings for the examination of applicants for registration, and the transac- 

 tion of such other business as shall pertain to its duties, at least once in fourmonths. 

 Said commission shall have power to make by-laws for the proper fulfillment of its 

 duties under this act, and shall keep a book of registration, in which shall be kept 

 the names and places of business of all persons registered under this act, together 

 with the date of registration, which book shall also specify such facts as said per- 

 sons shall claim to justify their registration. Two members of said commission shall 

 constitute a quorum. 



SEC. 6. Every person claiming the right of registration under this act who shall 

 within three months after this act shall take effect, forward to the commissioners of 

 pharmacy satisfactory proof, supported by his affidavit, that he was engaged in the 

 business of a dispensing pharmacist on his own account in this Territory at the time 

 this act takes effect, as provided in section two, shall, upon the payment of the fee 

 hereinafter mentioned, be granted a certificate of registration : Provided, That in 

 case of failure or neglect to register, as herein provided, then such person shall, in 

 order to be registered, comply with the requirements provided for registration as a 

 graduate in pharmacy or a licentiate in pharmacy within the meaning of this act. 



SEC. 7. Any assistant or clerk in pharmacy who shall not have the qualification 

 of a registered pharmacist within the meaning of this act, not less than eighteen 

 years of age, who at the time this act takes effect shall have been employed or 

 engaged two years or more in drug stores where the prescriptions of medical prao- 



