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tained  a  certificate  of  his  competency  to  compound  and  dispense 
medicines;  actually  compounded  and  dispensed  medicines  and 
drugs  as  a  chemist  and  druggist  in  this  island  previous  to  the 
passing  of  the  Act,  shall,  on  payment  of  a  fee  of  ten  shillings 
to  the  registrar,  and  production  to  him  of  such  certificate,  and 
a  declaration,  or  of  a  declaration  where  the  certificate  has  been 
lost  or  cannot  be  found,  according  to  a  form  set  forth  in  the 
Act,  signed  and  declared  to  by  him,  be  entitled  to  be  registered 
as  a  duly  qualified  chemist  and  druggist.  The  fourth  clause  is 
to  the  effect  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  two  duly  qualified 
and  registered  medical  practitioners  in  this  island,  on  the  ap- 
plication of  any  person  who  may  have  served  an  apprenticeship 
of  three  years  to  a  duly  qualified  and  registered  practitioner  of 
medicine  and  surgery  in  this  island,  and  who  is  desirous  of 
being  certificated  to  act  as  a  druggist,  to  examine  such  person 
touching  his  qualifications  to  act  as  such,  and,  upon  being  sat- 
isfied thereof,  to  grant  to  such  person,  under  their  hands  and 
seals,  a  certificate  of  his  qualification  to  compound  and  dispense 
medicines,  drugs,  and  chemicals,  which  certificate  shall  bear  a 
stamp  of  twenty  shillings  ;  and  such  person  shall  record  the 
certificate,  in  the  office  of  enrolments  in  this  island,  and  be  en- 
titled upon  doing  that,  and  that  upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  of 
ten  shillings  to  the  registrar,  to  be  registered  as  a  duly  qualified 
chemist  and  druggist.  The  fifth  clause  provides  that  after  the 
passing  of  the  Act  no  person  shall  presume  to  compound  and 
dispense  any  medicines,  drugs,  and  chemicals  as  a  druggist,  or 
in  any  manner  to  act  as  such  within  this  island,  without  having 
first  duly  recorded  in  the  manner  aforesaid  the  certificate  he 
may  be  possessed  of,  and  being  registered  according  to  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Act.  The  following  are  the  remaining  clauses  of 
the  Bill,  verbatim  : — 
"Sixth  Any  person  who  shall,  after  the  passing  of  this 
Act,  pretend  to  be,  or  take  or  use  the  name  of  druggist,  or  any 
name  or  description  implying  that  he  is  a  registered  druggist 
under  the  Act,  or  shall  dispense  drugs  and  charge  for  the  same, 
even  though  the  money  has  not  been  received,  shall,  upon  a 
summary  conviction  before  any  two  justices  of  the  peace,  pay 
a  fine  not  exceeding  [ten]  pounds ;  but  nothing  in  this  act  con- 
tained shall  be  construed  to  extend  to  prevent  any  person  from 
vending  patent  medicines  without  being  registered  as  a  druggist. 
