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in  the  event  of  such  penalty  or  penalties  and  costs  not  being  paid, 
to  levy  and  recover  the  amount  of  the  same  by  poinding  : 
Provided  always,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  sheriff  or  magis- 
trate, in  the  event  of  his  dismissing  the  action  and  assoilzieing  the 
defender,  to  find  the  complainer  liable  in  expenses  ;  and  any  judg- 
ment so  to  be  pronounced  by  the  sheriff  or  magistrate  in  such  sum- 
mary application  shall  be  final  and  conclusive,  and  not  subject  to 
review,  by  advocation,  suspension,  reduction,  or  otherwise. 
XIII.  Provided  always,  that  no  action  or  other  proceeding  for 
any  offence  under  this  Act  shall  be  brought  after  the  expiration  of 
six  months  from  the  commission  of  such  offence  ;  and  in  every  such 
action  or  proceeding,  the  party  who  shall  prevail  shall  recover  his 
full  cost  of  suit  or  of  such  other  proceedings. 
XIV.  All  and  every  sums  and  sum  of  money  which  shall  arise 
from  any  conviction  and  recovery  of  penalties  for  offences  incurred 
under  this  Act,  shall  be  paid  as  the  Commissioners  of  her  Majes- 
ty's Treasury  shall  direct. 
XV.  If  any  registrar  under  this  Act  shall  wrilfully  make  or  cause 
to  be  made  any  falsification  in  any  matters  relating  to  any  regis- 
ter or  certificate  aforesaid,  every  such  offender  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 
XVI.  If  any  person  shall  wilfully  procure  by  any  false  or  frau- 
dulent means  a  certificate  purporting  to  be  a  certificate  of  registra- 
tion under  this  Act,  or  shall  fraudulently  exhibit  a  certificate  pur- 
porting to  be  a  certificate  of  membership  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  every  such  person  so  offending  shall  be  judged  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 
[We  had  intended  to  accompany  the  publication  of  the  above  Act  with 
an  account  of  the  steps  taken  to  obtain  it,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  Phar- 
maceutical Society  for  carrying  it  into  effect;  but  time  has  not  rendered 
it  admissible.  We  hope  in  a  future  number  to  do  so  from  the  abundant 
material  in  our  hands. — Editor  Amer.  Journ.  Pharm.] 
ON  QUINIDINE. 
By  Edward  N.  Kent. 
It  has  been  recently  asserted  by  M.  Henry  that  quinidine  is 
merely  a  hydrate  of  quinine,  or  quinine  plus  2  atoms  of  water. 
This  statement  has  been  considered  erroneous  by  other  chemists, 
