856 
APOTHECARIES ACT, DUBLIN. 
Apothe¬ 
caries as 
herein de¬ 
scribed, on 
payment of 
£100 each, 
declared 
Members, 
and entitled 
to all ad- 
vantages. 
Not to con¬ 
sist of more 
than 60. 
There shall 
be for ever, 
from time to 
time, a Go¬ 
vernor, etc. 
Governor or 
Deputy Go¬ 
vernor and 5 
Directors to 
form a Court 
of Directors. 
Henry Hunt 
appointed 
Governor. 
Anthony 
Thompson, 
Dep. Gov. 
Names of 
Directors. 
To continue 
in office until 
1st Sept. 
1792, and 
until others 
are chosen 
and sworn. 
Corporation 
may assem¬ 
ble as herein. 
Notice of 
Meeting by 
Summons. 
So many as 
shall be as¬ 
sembled to 
be called a 
General 
Council; 
after 1st 
Sept. 1792, 
Governors, 
etc., to be 
chosen on 
every 1st of 
August 
(save as 
herein) 
out of the 
Corporation, 
for 1 year 
and until 
others 
sworn. 
In cases of 
Death, etc., 
Corporation 
4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all such judi¬ 
cious apothecaries resident in the city of Dublin, or within the suburbs or 
liberties thereof, or who have been heretofore apothecaries resident within 
the said city, suburbs, or liberties thereof, for the term of seven years, who 
shall hereafter subscribe a sum of one hundred pounds each respectively, shall 
be, and they are hereby enacted and declared to be members of the said cor¬ 
poration, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and advantages arising 
therefrom equally, and in as full and ample a manner as the said original 
subscribers: provided nevertheless, that the said company shall not at any 
one time consist of more than sixty members. 
5. And for the better ordering, managing, and governing the preparations, 
stock, or other affairs of the said corporation, and for the making and esta¬ 
blishing a continued and perpetual succession of persons to be governors and 
directors of the said corporation: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
and it is hereby enacted, ordered, and appointed, that there shall be from time 
to time for ever, of the members of the said company, a governor, deputy 
governor, and thirteen directors of and in the said corporation, which gover¬ 
nor, deputy governor, and directors, or any five or more of them, of whom the 
governor or deputy governor, unless as is hereinafter excepted, to be always 
one, shall be called a court of directors, for inspecting and directing all chemical 
and compound preparations and experiments, and for ordering, managing, and 
directing the affairs of the said corporation, and shall have such powers and 
privileges as are hereinafter mentioned; and Henry Hunt is hereby enacted, 
constituted, ordained, and appointed the present and first governor, and An¬ 
thony Thompson, the present and first deputy governor, and John Hastings, 
Peter Kelly, George Kiernan, Richard Magan, James M‘Laughlin, Daniel 
Moore, John Pentland, Foden Perrin, .Robert Powell, Stephen Reynolds, 
Charles Ryan, John Usher, and Richard Usher, are hereby enacted, ordained, 
constituted, and appointed the present and first directors of the said corpora¬ 
tion ; and the said governor, deputy governor, and directors shall continue in 
their present respective offices until the first day of September, one thousand 
seven hundred and ninety-two, and until others shall be chosen in their re¬ 
spective offices and sworn into the same, unless they or any of them shall 
sooner die or be removed as hereinafter mentioned. 
6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and 
may be lawful to and for all and every of the members of the said corpora¬ 
tion or body politic, from time to time, to assemble and meet together at any 
convenient place or places, until such time as an hall shall be erected in pur¬ 
suance of this Act, and after the erection of such hall, at the said hall for the 
choice of the governor, deputy governor, and directors, and for the making 
by-laws, ordinances, rules, orders, or .directions for the government of the said 
corporation, and for any other affairs or business concerning the same, previ¬ 
ous notice thereof being first given by summons in writing, to be served at 
the place of residence of each member eight days at least before the time ap¬ 
pointed for such meeting ; and that all the members of the said corporation, 
or so many of them as shall be so assembled, shall be, and be called a general 
council of the said corporation, which shall meet-and assemble at such times 
and in such manner as hereinafter mentioned; and that all succeeding gover¬ 
nors and directors of the said corporation shall, from and after the first day 
of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, be chosen on every 
first day of August, except the same shall happen to fall on Sunday, and then 
in such case on the Monday next following such Sunday, for ever, out of the 
members of the said corporation, by the majority of votes of all and every 
the members of the said corporation who shall be personally present at such 
elections, which succeeding deputy governor and directors shall be severally 
and respectively elected for one year, and until others shall be duly chosen 
and sworn into their places respectively. 
7. Provided always nevertheless, that in case of death, avoidance, or re¬ 
moval of the governor, deputy governor, or any of the directors of the said 
corporation for the time being, the survivors of them, or the majority of them 
