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appoint  five  persons  who  are  skilled  and  competent  pharmacists, 
who  have  had  ten  years'  active  pharmaceutical  experience,  are 
actively  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business  and  not  connected  with 
any  school  of  pharmacy  or  medicine  either  as  teachers,  instructors 
or  members  of  the  board  of  trustees,  to  be  Commissioners  of  Phar- 
macy, two  of  whom  shall  be  residents  of  the  city  of  Baltimore,  and 
three  residents  of  the  counties  of  the  State.  Said  commissioners 
shall  constitute  the  Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  shall  hold 
office  as  follows:  One  to  serve  five  years,  one  four  years,  one  three 
years,  one  two  years,  and  one  one  year  from  the  first  of  May  next; 
in  the  first  instance  the  Governor  to  designate  in  the  appointment 
who  to  serve  one,  two,  three,  four  and  five  years,  and  thereafter 
annually  the  Governor  shall  appoint  one  person  to  serve  as  a  mem. 
ber  of  said  board  for  the  term  of  five  years.  The  said  commission- 
ers shall,  within  ten  days  after  notification  of  their  appointment,  each 
subscribe  to  an  oath  before  the  clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Balti- 
more City,  or  the  clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  any  county,  to  impar- 
tially and  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  prescribed  by  this  act. 
The  position  of  any  commissioner  appointed  under  this  act,  who 
shall  fail  to  qualify  within  the  time  and  in  the  manner  hereinbefore 
named  shall  be  deemed  vacant.  The  Governor  shall  fill  all  occur- 
ring vacancies  from  such  sections  of  the  State  as  will  cause  the  board 
to  be  constituted  as  hereinbefore  provided. 
Sec.  5.  And  be  it  Jurther  enacted,  That  the  said  board  shall  or- 
ganize by  the  election  of  a  president,  secretary  and  treasurer,  who 
shall  serve  for  the  term  of  one  year,  and  who  shall  perform  the 
duties  prescribed  by  the  board.  Meetings  for  the  examination  of 
applicants  for  registration  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Thursday  in 
April  and  October  in  each  year,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  or  at  such 
times  and  places  as  may  be  fixed  upon  by  the  board ;  provided  that 
ten  days'  public  notice  of  the  hour  and  place  of  each  meeting  at 
which  there  is  an  examination  of  candidates  for  registration  shall  be 
given.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  to  receive  all  applications 
for  examination  and  registration  submitted  in  proper  form;  to  grant 
certificates  to  such  persons  as  may  be  entitled  to  the  same  under 
this  act;  to  report  annually  to  the  Governor  upon  the  condition  of 
pharmacy  of  the  State,  which  report  shall  also  furnish  a  record  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  board,  as  well  as  the  names  of  all  persons 
registered  under  this  act;  to  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  reg- 
