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gist  by  false  pretense,  and  then  threaten  prosecution  unless  paid  a 
certain  amount  of  hush-money.  Most  druggists  would  settle 
rather  than  submit  to  the  scandal  and  expense  of  a  prosecution,  and 
as  a  consequence  the  professional  spies  and  informers  waxed  opulent 
during  the  two  years  of  its  existence. 
In  New  York  the  pharmacy  law  has  been  again  amended,  so  as 
to  increase  the  number  of  societies  which  may  take  part  in  the 
election  of  members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Maryland,  after  a  contest  extending  over  fifteen  years,  has  at  last 
enacted  an  all-State  law,  which  is  printed  below.  While  it  may  be 
considered  as  a  long  step  in  the  right  direction,  the  exceptions  in 
Sections  14  a,  15^  and  16  largely  nullify  the  good  effect  which  it 
would  otherwise  have. 
MARYLAND  PHARMACY  LAW. 
Section  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  no  person  on  or  after 
the  first  day  of  July,  following  the  passage  of  this  act,  shall  open, 
conduct  or  keep  a  pharmacy  in  this  State,  either  as  a  principal  or 
agent,  unless  such  person  shall  have  obtained  a  pharmacist's  certifi- 
cate, as  hereinafter  provided,  and  no  pharmacy  shall  at  any  time  be 
left  in  charge  of  any  person  who  is  not  a  certified  pharmacist,  a  cer- 
tified acting  pharmacist  or  a  certified  assistant  pharmacist,  to  com- 
pound prescriptions  or  sell  or  dispense  poisonous  drugs.  It  shall, 
however,  be  lawful  for  physicians  and  dentists  to  compound  and 
dispense  their  own  prescriptions;  but  unlawful  for  any  person, 
dealer  or  firm,  not  a  certified  pharmacist,  a  certified  acting  phar- 
macist or  certified  assistant  pharmacist,  to  compound  a  physician's 
prescription.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  convic- 
tion, be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  fined  not  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 
Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  every  store  or  shop  where 
drugs,  medicines  or  chemicals  are  sold  at  retail,  displayed  for  sale  at 
retail,  where  physicians'  prescriptions  are  compounded,  which  has 
upon  it  or  in  it  as  a  sign  the  words  u  pharmacist,"  "  pharmacy," 
"  apothecary,"  "  drug  store,"  "  druggist,"  or  any  of  these  words  or 
exhibits,  the  characteristic  show  bottles  or  globes  filled  with  colored 
liquids,  shall  be  considered  a  pharmacy  within  the  meaning  of  this 
act. 
Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  May,   following  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  Governor  shall 
