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Pharmaceutical  Lecislation  ix  (Ieorgia.— On  ^^eptember  29th  a 
Pharmacy  Act  received  the  Governor's  approval  in  the  State  of  Georgia. 
Tlie  Board  of  Pharmaceutic  Examiners  is  appointed  by  the  Governor  and 
consists  of  live  experienced  druggists  or  practical  pharmacists  who  have 
been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  at  least  three  years  immediately 
preceding  their  appointment.  Licenses  are  granted  by  the  Board  to  grad- 
uates of  colleges  acknowledged  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, to  pharmacists  who  have  obtained  a  diploma  from  an  authorized 
foreign  college  or  institution  or  examining  board,  to  graduates  of  a  regular 
medical  college,  to  druggists  having  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for 
the  next  preceding  ten  years,  to  druggists  who  have  attended  one  course 
of  lectures  in  a  college  of  pharmacy  and  have  been  in  the  drug  business 
for  at  least  nine  years,  and  to  druggists  who— after  three  years'  experience 
in  a  drug  store  kept  by  a  licensed  pharmacist — have  j^assed  a  satisfactory 
examination  before  the  Board.  The  fee  for  examination  and  license  is  |15, 
and  ill  the  case  of  failure  another  examination  is  to  be  granted  after  six 
months  without  additional  fee.  All  druggists  and  pharmacists  are 
required  to  register  in  the  oflflce  of  the  Ordinary  of  the  county  wherein 
the  business  is  conducted,  the  registration  fee  being  50  cents.  Exempt 
from  the  operations  of  this  law  are  druggists  legally  licensed  by  existing 
laws,  physicians  putting  up  their  own  prescriptions,  merchants  selling 
family  medicines  not  poison,  and  assistants  in  drug  stores  kept  by  licensed 
apotheciiries.  The  penalty  for  violation  of  this  Act  is  a  line  of  not  over 
$100  and  an  im2:)risonment  not  to  exceed  three  months,  either  or  both,  at 
the  discretion  of  the  Board. 
The  Board  consists  of  Edward  Barry,  of  Augusta,  chairman  ;  John 
Ingalls,  of  Macon  ;  J.  S.  Pemberton,  of  Atlanta;  O.  W.  Butler,  of  Savan- 
nah, and  Isidor  Zacharias,  of  Columbus,  secretary. 
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and  London:  W.  &  A.  K.  Johnston.    1881.  Folio. 
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