858 
APOTHECARIES ACT, DUBLIN. 
Every Mem¬ 
ber to make 
Oath as 
hereafter. 
Oath. 
Said Oath to 
be adminis¬ 
tered by 
Persons au¬ 
thorized to 
administer 
former 
Oaths. 
The Court 
of Directors 
may adminis¬ 
ter the fol¬ 
lowing Oath 
to all their 
Agents or 
Servants: 
Oath. 
If a Gover¬ 
nor or Direc¬ 
tor shall neg¬ 
lect to take 
the Oath 
appointed, 
10 days 
after Elec¬ 
tion, Office 
shall become 
vacant. 
Governor to 
summon 4 
general 
Courts a 
year, as 
herein ; 
in failure, 
5 Directors 
may call a 
general 
Court as 
herein. 
Governor or 
Dep. Gov. to 
call a general 
Court, upon 
demand 
being made 
as herein; 
in default, 
5 Directors 
may call such 
Court on 10 
days’ Notice, 
and do Busi¬ 
ness, and 
hear Com- 
10. Provided also, and it is hereby enacted, that all and every the other 
members of the said corporation shall, before he or they severally shall be 
capable to give any vote in any general court of the said corporation, make 
and receive the oath or affirmation [«s the case may require ] following, that 
is to say :— 
“I, A. B., do swear or affirm that I will be faithful to the governor and 
company of the apothecaries’ hall of Dublin, whereof I am a member, and in 
all general courts when and so often as I shall be present will, according to 
the best of my understanding, give my advice, council, and assistance, for 
the support and good government of the said corporation, and that I will not 
take an apprentice for a shorter term than that of seven years, and that I will 
not knowingly or willingly buy or retail any contraband goods. So help me 
God, Amen.” 
Which oath or affirmation is to be administered by, and made before the 
several persons respectively authorized and empowered to administer the 
several oaths or affirmations herein before respectively appointed as aforesaid, 
and which persons are hereby respectively authorized, impowered, and re¬ 
quired to administer the same. 
11. And be it further enaeted by the authority aforesaid, that the said 
court of directors shall have power and authority, and they are hereby em¬ 
powered, authorized, and required to administer an oath or affirmation to all 
inferior agents or servants that shall be employed by the said corporation, for 
the faithful ami due execution of their several places and trusts in them re¬ 
posed, in the words or to the effect following, that is to say, 
“ I, A. B., being elected to the office or place of to the governor 
and company of the apothecaries’ hall of Dublin, do swear or affirm [ns the 
case may be'], that I will be true and faithful to the said governor and com¬ 
pany, and will-: faithfully and truly execute and discharge the said office or 
place of to the utmost of my skill and power. So help me God.” 
And in case any person hereby nominated or hereafter to be elected gover¬ 
nor, deputy governor, or director, as aforesaid, shall for the space of ten days 
after the passing of this Act, or after such election, neglect or refuse to take 
or make the respective oaths hereby appointed to be taken and received as 
aforesaid, or shall refuse to take upon him, his or their offices, that then and 
in such case, the office and place of every such person so neglecting or refus¬ 
ing shall become vacant, and -others be chosen in their places by a general 
court of the said subscribers. 
12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the governor 
shall from time to time, and he is hereby required duly to summon and ap¬ 
point four general courts at least in every year, whereof one to be held on the 
first of August, one on the first of November, one on the. first of February, 
and one on the first of May, in every year; and if at any time or times there 
shall be a failure of holding a general court in any of the -said months, that 
then and so often, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful for any 
five or more of the directors of the said corporation, who are hereby empow¬ 
ered and required, to summon and call a general court, which shall meet and 
be holden in the month next coming after the month in which the same 
should have been holden, upon the summons of the governor as aforesaid. 
13. And it is hereby further enacted, that the said governor for the time 
being, or in case of his absence the deputy governor, shall from time to time, 
upon demand to him for that purpose made in writing, and signed by any five 
or more members of said corporation, within ten days after such demand, 
summon and call a general court of the members of said corporation ; and in 
default of the governor or deputy governor to call such court, that then it 
shall and may be lawful to and for the said five or more members, giving ten 
days’ previous notice thereof by summons in writing, to be left at the place 
of residence of each member, to summon and hold a general court, and there 
to do and dispatch any business relating to the government or affairs of the 
said corporation, and to hear .and debate any complaint that shall be made 
against any governor, deputy governor, or director, for mismanagement of his 
