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A FILL FOR REGULATING THE 
on to the Secre¬ 
tary of State. 
In case of dis- meeting; that in case of any dispute of what nature soever affecting the 
pute, the Com- result of the said election, the said Commissioner shall have power to 
pointed 6 ^ 1 hear hear and determine the same in such manner and at such time after the 
and determine said meeting as he shall think fit, and shall have power to examine wit- 
nesses > an( l if necessary on oath, and having heard and determined the 
same, he shall thereupon determine and report to one of Her Majesty’s 
principal Secretaries of State on whom the said election has fallen, and 
the number of votes recorded for each successful candidate, and thereupon 
it shall be lawful for Her Majesty’s said principal Secretary of State to 
State'mafcoii-° i ' ratify and confirm the said election or to annul the same, and direct the 
firm or annul the sa id Commissioner to proceed forthwith to another election: Provided 
election, and always, that in case of the said election being annulled and a fresh elec- 
£rder another to tion directed, the said Commissioner shall proceed in the manner herein- 
a e p ace. before provided, and Her Majesty’s said principal Secretary of State shall 
have power to ratify or annul such fresh election, and direct another 
fresh election, and shall have further power to direct any number of 
fresh elections until he shall be satisfied that the said President, Yice- 
henakeiTin^m t0 President, and the twenty-one members of the Council have been fairly 
Court of Law or elected ; provided always, that when the said election of President, Vice- 
President, and the twenty-one members of the Council have been ratified 
by Her Majesty’s said principal Secretary of State, such election shall be 
deemed valid and effectual for all purposes, and no proceeding shall be 
taken in any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Law or Equity for the purpose 
of reviewing or annulling the same. 
10. Upon such first election, so ratified as aforesaid, the President.and 
Vice-President, and the members of the Council of the Chemists and 
Equity to annul 
election when 
ratified by Seere 
tary of State. 
Upon such first 
election the Pre¬ 
sident and Coun- 
cessors to be 
come a body 
corporate. 
A registrar and 
officers to be ap¬ 
pointed by the 
Council. 
Treasurer to be 
elected. 
cil and their sue- Druggists* Society of England and Wales, and their successors, shall be¬ 
come and be a body corporate, and shall become and are hereby in¬ 
corporated by the name of the Chemists and Druggists’ Society of 
England and Wales, for the purposes of this Act, and shall have a com¬ 
mon seal, and shall and may sue and be sued, and prosecute and be 
prosecuted by and in that name, either civilly or criminally, at law or in 
equity, and have, hold, and enjoy all the property and effects from time 
to time belonging or accruing to the said Society, and the same shall and 
are hereby vested in them and their successors as such corporate body. 
11. The said Council shall have power to nominate and appoint a Regis¬ 
trar, and such officers and assistants as they may from time to time deem 
necessary for the purpose of the business of the said Society, and the 
said Registrar, officers, and assistants shall be removable from their offices 
at the will and pleasure of the said Council. 
12. The said Council shall from time to time elect a Treasurer, whose 
duties and qualifications shall be such as the Council shall from time to 
time direct; that no Councillor for the time being shall be eligible to 
the office of Treasurer, and that the Treasurer shall be removable from 
his office at the will and pleasure of the Council. 
Council to ap- 13. It shall be lawful for the said Council of Chemists and Druggists 
point Examiners. f rom time to time to nominate and appoint Examiners in such parts of 
England and Wales as they shall think fit, and to make rules and regu¬ 
lations for conducting the examinations of persons applying to be 
registered as Chemists and Druggists under this Act as to their know¬ 
ledge of the nature of Drugs and Medicines in general use, with their 
Doses, and such Examiners are to report the result of such examination 
in each case to the said Council of Chemists and Druggists, who are 
hereby empowered to grant or refuse to such persons as in their decision 
may seem fit Certificates of competent skill and knowledge and qualifica¬ 
tion to exercise the business or calling of Chemists and Druggists, or, as 
the case may require, to be engaged or employed as apprentices or 
assistants respectively. 
Drimfno^being 1L All persons now keeping or who shall hereafter keep shop or store 
qualified PLysi- for the retailing of Drugs, and all persons w T ho shall be in any manner 
