140         Minnesota  Pharmaceutical  .Association.     {  Am^°"f  f^m' 
Messing,  St.  Paul ;  Professor  Henry  Kraemer,  Philadelphia,  and 
others.    The  Minnesota  Prerequisite  Bill,  as  read,  follows : 
Minnesota  Prerequisite  Bill — Senate  File  No.  378. 
A  Bill 
For  an  Act,  To  Amend  Section  2330  of  the  Revised  Laws  of  1905,  As  Amended 
by  Chapter  346  Laws  1907,  being  Section  5032  General  Statutes  1913,  relating 
to  qualifications  entitling  Pharmacists  to  registration. 
Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Minnesota: 
Section  1.  That  Section  2330  of  the  Revised  Laws  of  1905,  As  Amended 
by  Chapter  346  Laws  1907,  being  Section  5032  General  Statutes  1913  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 
5032. — To  be  entitled  to  examination  by  the  Board  as  a  pharmacist,  the 
applicant  shall  be  at  least  twenty-one  years  old,  shall  have  successfully  com- 
pleted the  work  of  two  (2)  college  years,  of  not  less  than  seven  (7)  months 
each,  at  a  college  or  school  of  pharmacy  which  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board 
maintains  proper  standards,  as  such,  and  shall  have  had  at  least  two  (2)  years 
of  practical  experience  in  drug  stores  where  physicians'  prescriptions  are 
usually  compounded;  provided  however,  that  if  the  applicant  shall  have  suc- 
cessfully completed  a  longer  course  than  two  (2)  college  years,  of  seven  (7) 
months  each,  in  such  school  or  college  of  pharmacy,  an  additional  year,  or 
more,  so  successfully  completed,  shall  be  equivalent  to  one  (1)  year  of  such 
practical  experience. 
Provided  that,  any  person,  who  is,  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this 
amendment,  actually  employed  in  a  drug  store,  who  shall  on  or  before  the 
first  of  October,  1917,  file  with  the  Board  a  sworn  statement  of  proof  of  that 
fact,  or  who  is  registered  by  said  Board  as  an  assistant  pharmacist  shall  be 
exempt  from  the  requirement  of  attendance  at  a  college  or  school  of  pharmacy, 
but  shall  be  entitled,  if  of  the  required  age,  to  examination  upon  the  comple- 
tion of  four  (4)  years  experience,  as  the  same  is  herein  defined,  provided 
further;  that,  one  (1)  year  of  college  work,  as  herein  defined  shall  be  equiv- 
alent to  one  (1)  year  of  experience.  If  upon  examination  the  Board  finds 
him  qualified,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  registration  as  such  pharmacist. 
Section  2.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 
Commercial  Section. 
The  commercial  section  was  called  to  order  by  Chairman  H.  C. 
Kruckeberg  after  the  meeting  had  been  turned  over  by  President 
Danek.  After  suitable  introductory  remarks,  Chairman  Krucke- 
berg presented  his  annual  address  in  which  he  reviewed  in  an  illumi- 
nating way  some  of  the  difficult  commercial  problems  of  the  phar- 
macist. The  address  was  discussed  by  Dean  Wulling  and  others 
who  were  present. 
