855 
APOTHECARIES ACT, DUBLIN. 
the liberties thereof, and in other parts of the kingdom of Ireland, by the 
ignorance and unskilfulness of divers persons pretending to the art and mys¬ 
tery of an apothecary, to the injury of the fair trader, the disappointment of 
the physician, and the imminent hazard of the lives of his Majesty’s faithful 
and loyal subjects throughout the realm: And whereas the master, wardens, 
and commonalty of the Corporation of Apothecaries, and other apothecaries 
of the city of Dublin, have by their petition, humbly prayed that an Act be 
passed, enabling them to raise a fund for the purpose of erecting such hall, 
with such clauses, powers, jurisdictions, and authorities, as may in future 
prevent such frauds and abuses, and thereby tend to preserve the health of 
his Majesty’s subjects: 
And in as much as Henry Hunt, Anthony Thompson, John Hastings, Peter ^ > e e r r ^ 1 n9 
Kelly, George Kiernan, Richard Magan, James McLaughlin, Daniel Moore, named sub- 
John Pentland, Foden Perrin, Robert Powell, Stephen Reynolds, Charles scribed £100 
Ryan, John Usher, and Richard Usher, have each subscribed the sum of one each towards 
hundred pounds for the purpose of creating a fund for the erection of such ^lT tlUg a 
hall: be it enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same: 
That from henceforth, there shall be within the city of Dublin, and suburbs Company of 
and liberties thereof, one company or fraternity of judicious apothecaries well ries^con- 
skilled in preparing and compounding of medicines, to consist of one gover- s i s t of a 
nor, a deputy governor, and thirteen directors, and the subscribers. Governor, 
2. And it is hereby enacted, declared, and constituted, that the said Henry ^nor^is 0 " 
Hunt, Anthony Thompson, John Hastings, Peter Kelly, George Kiernan, Sectors, 
Richard !Magan, James McLaughlin, Daniel Moore, John Pentland, Foden and the Sub- 
Perrin, Robert Powell, Stephen Reynolds, Charles Ryan, John Usher, Richard scribers. 
Usher, and others, apothecaries of the said city of Dublin, are, and from Persons 
henceforth shall remain one body corporate and company, in matter, deed, 
and name, by the name of the Governor and Company of the Apothecaries’ corporated 
Hall of the eity of Dublin, and them by that name one body politic and cor- as herein, 
porate, are hereby enacted, made, created, established, and confirmed, and ^ey and 
by the same name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, go^'i^per- 3 " 
3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and pe tual sue-" 
may be lawful to and for the said body politic and corporate, by the name of cession, 
the Governor and Company of the Apothecaries’ Hall, to have and use one Company to 
common seal, for the use, business, and affairs of the said body politic and have a Seal, 
corporate, and their successors, and to break, alter, and to make anew their 
seal, from time to time, at their pleasure, and as they shall see cause, and by pleasure, 
the same name they and their successors, in all times coming, shall be able and m 
and capable in law to have, take, purchase, receive, hold, keep, possess, enjoy, possess all 
and retain to them and their successors, any manors, messuages, lands, rents, estates and 
tenements, liberties, privileges, franchises, hereditaments, and possessions privileges j 
whatsoever, and of what kind, nature or quality soever, and also to purchase and pur- 
all goods and chattels whatsoever, and also to sell, grant, demise, alien, and d i s a3 ^ a jjf 
dispose of the same manors, messuages, lands, rents, tenements, liberties, pri- a ]i p0 sses- 
vileges, franchises, hereditaments, and possessions, goods and chattels, or any sions, etc. ; 
of them, and that by the same name they and their successors shall and may an( j sue an( j 
sue and implead, and be sued and be impleaded, answer and defend, and be be sued by 
answered and defended in Courts of Record, or any other place whatsoever, same nam ®- 
and before whatsoever judges, justices, officers, and ministers, in all and sin¬ 
gular pleas, actions, suits, causes, and demands whatsoever, of what kind, 
nature, or sort soever, and in as large, ample, and beneficial a manner and 
form as any other body politic and corporate, or any other liege people of 
Ireland, being persons able and capable in law, may or can have, take, pur¬ 
chase, receive, hold, keep, possess, enjoy, sell, grant, demise, alien, dispose, 
sue, implead, defend, or answer, or be sued, impleaded, defended, or answered 
in any wise, and shall and may do and execute all and singular other matters 
and things by the name aforesaid, that to them shall or may appertain to do, 
any law, usage, or custom now existing to the contrary in anywise notwith¬ 
standing. 
