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APOTHECARIES ACT, DUBLIN. 
certificate to 
be granted 
as before 
mentioned. 
Oath to be 
taken by 
examiner. 
Examiners 
to administer 
oath to each 
other. 
Erom 24th 
June, 1791, 
no person to 
open shop,or 
act as an 
apothecary, 
until he shall 
be examined, 
as before; 
Examiners 
to take oath 
as before, 
and grant or 
refuse a cer¬ 
tificate ; 
like remedy 
of appeal. 
Person in¬ 
tending to 
open shop 
may appeal 
to the Col¬ 
lege of Phy¬ 
sicians ; 
they may 
affirm or 
reverse the 
judgment of 
examiners, 
5 Fellows to 
be present; 
a certificate 
may be 
granted as 
before; 
Examiner’s 
oath to be 
taken. 
Apothecaries 
may be pre¬ 
sent at ex¬ 
aminations ; 
10s. for every 
certificate lo 
open shop; 
and 5s. for a 
certificate to 
become an 
apprentice, 
etc., for the 
benefit of the 
Company. 
Erom 4th 
June, 1791, 
no Apothe¬ 
cary to take 
an appren¬ 
tice for less 
than 7 years. 
No Apothe¬ 
cary to take 
tioned and the same so granted shall be as good, valid, and effectual in law, 
to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been granted by the examiners 
in the first instance. 
21. Provided also, that before any person shall act on any such examina¬ 
tion or appeal, such person shall take the following oath or affirmation [as 
the case may be'] :— 
“I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully, 
impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, 
execute the trust reposed in me as an examiner on the examination of C. 1) , 
and that without favour or affection, prejudice, or malice. So help me God. ” 
Which oath or affirmation any five or more of the examiners on their first 
examination, or on any appeal, are hereby authorized and required to ad¬ 
minister to each other. 
22. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and 
after the tw r enty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
seven hundred and ninety-one, no person shall open shop, or act in the art or 
mystery of an apothecary within the kingdom of Ireland, until such person 
shall have been examined as to his qualification and knowledge of the busi¬ 
ness by such persons and in such manner as hereinbefore mentioned and re¬ 
quired for the examination of persons applying to become apprentices or shop¬ 
men ; which examiners shall take the oath before mentioned in manner as 
hereinbefore required, and shall grant or refuse to the person so applying for 
a certificate to open a shop, or follow the art and mystery of an apothecary 
within the kingdom of Ireland, with the like remedy of appeal as hereinbe¬ 
fore mentioned. 
23. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if after such exami¬ 
nation by the general council or subscribers at large, such person so intending 
to open shop shall think himself aggrieved, that it shall and may be lawful 
for such person, within eight days after such determination, to appeal to the 
King and Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland, who shall proceed to re¬ 
examine the person so applying, and shall, as they or the major part of them 
shall see cause, affirm or reverse the judgment of such examiners, not less 
than five fellows of the said college being present; and if the members of 
said college, or the major part of them, on such re-examination shall be of 
opinion to reverse the determination of the examiners, then that it shall and 
may be lawful for the members of the said college, or the major part of them 
present on such examination, to grant to the person so appealing such certi¬ 
ficate as hereinbefore mentioned, and the same so granted shall be as good, 
valid, and effectual in law to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been 
granted by the examiners in the first instance: Provided always, that before 
any fellow of said college shall examime on such appeal, he shall take the 
examiner’s oath hereinbefore mentioned. 
24. Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful for all apothecaries to 
be present at every such examination, and that every such person for every 
such certificate to open shop, shall pay a sum of ten shillings and no more ; 
and for every person for a certificate to become an apprentice or journeyman 
to an apothecary, the sum of five shillings and no more ; which sums shall 
be and enure to the sole use and benefit of the said company of the apothe¬ 
caries’ hall of Dublin. 
25. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the 
twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and ninety-one, no apothecary within the kingdom of Ireland shall have, 
take, receive, indent, or hire any apprentice to learn the art and mystery of 
an apothecary for a lesser time or term than seven years from the day of the 
date of such indenture, article, minute, memorandum, or agreement, and 
every such indenture, article, minute, memorandum, or agreement, shall bear 
date really and truly the day of such indenture, article, minute, memorandum, 
or agreement, shall be signed, executed, or entered into. 
26. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any apo¬ 
thecary within the kingdom of Ireland shall, after the twenty-fourth day of 
