THE AMENDED PHARMACY BILL. 
575 
years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled 1 An Act to regulate 
the Sale of Arsenic.’ 
18. Chemists and Druggists registered under this Act shall he 
deemed to be within the provisions of the second section of the Juries 
Act, 1862, in relation to the exemption from service on juries. 
19. Every person who, at the time of the passing of this Act, is or 
has been in business on his own account as a Chemist and Druggist 
as aforesaid, and who shall be registered as a Chemist and Druggist, 
shall be eligible to be elected and continue a member of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society according to the Bye-laws thereof ; but no person shall, 
in right of membership acquired pursuant to this clause, be placed on 
the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists, nor, save as is hereinafter 
expressly provided, be eligible for election to the Council of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society. 
20. Every person who is or has been in business on his own account 
as a Chemist and Druggist as aforesaid at the time of the passing of 
this Act, aud who shall become a Member of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety, shall be eligible for election to the Council of the Pharmaceuti¬ 
cal Society ; but the said Council shall not at any time contain more 
than seven Members who are not on the Register of Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Chemists, nor more than seven Members who shall not at the 
time of election bond jide reside within twelve miles by highway or 
road from the General Post-Otfice in St. Martin’s-le-Graud. 
21. Every Apprentice and Assistant, as described in clause 4 of 
this Act, who shall cause his name to be registered as provided in that 
clause, and every person who shall have been registered as a Chemist 
and Druggist under this Act, by reason of having obtained a certificate 
of qualification from the Board of Examiners, as.provided in clau-e 6 
of this Act, shall be eligible to be elected an Associate of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society, and every such person so elected and continuing as 
such Associate, being in business on his own account, shall have the 
privilege of attending all meetings of the said Society and of voting 
thereat, and otherwise taking part in the proceedings of such meetings, 
in the same manner as Members of the said Society; provided always 
that such Associates contribute to the funds of the said Society the 
same Fees or Subscriptions as Members contribute for the time being 
under the Bye-laws thereof. 
22. At all meetings of the Pharmaceutical Society at which votes 
shall be given for the election of officers, all or any of the votes may 
be given either personally or by voting-papers, in a form to be de¬ 
fined in the Bye-laws of the said Society, or in a form to the like 
effect, such voting-papers being transmitted under cover to the Secre¬ 
tary, not less than one clear day prior to the day on which the election 
is to take place. 
23. And whereas by the Charter of Incorporation of the said 
Pharmaceutical Society it is provided that the Council of the said So¬ 
ciety shall have the sole control and management of the real and per¬ 
sonal property of the said Society, subject to the Bye-laws thereof, and 
shall make provision thereout, or out of such part thereof as they shall 
think proper for the relief of the distressed Members or Associates of 
the said Society, and their widows and orphans, subject to the regula¬ 
tions and Bye-laws of the said Society. And whereas, for extending 
the benefits which have resulted from the said provision in the said 
Charter of Incorporation, it is desirable that additional power should 
be granted to the said Council, be it enacted that from and after the 
14 & 15 Viet, 
c. 13. 
Registered 
persons ex- 
emr t from 
Juries. 
Chemists 
and Drug¬ 
gists in busi¬ 
ness prior to 
passing of 
Act eligible 
for election 
as Members 
of Pharma¬ 
ceutical So¬ 
ciety. 
Council of 
Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society. 
Chemists 
aud Drug¬ 
gists, regis¬ 
tered under 
Clause 4 and 
Clause 6, eli¬ 
gible to be 
elected As¬ 
sociates, aud 
being in 
business, 
have the pri¬ 
vilege of 
voting in the 
Society, on 
paying the 
sarnie sub¬ 
scriptions as 
Members. 
Voting- 
papers for 
election of 
Council. 
Benevolent 
Fund may 
be applied to 
past Mem¬ 
bers and As¬ 
sociates, also 
to Pharma¬ 
ceutical Che¬ 
mists and re¬ 
gistered 
Chemists 
and Drug¬ 
gists. 
