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shingle  as  pharmacist  and  secondly,  conducting  and  operating  your 
business  in  accordance  with  the  law. 
A  word,  therefore,  concerning  the  Board  to  which  you  must 
shortly  be  introduced.  It  consists  of  five  members  appointed  by 
the  Governor  from  the  most  skilful  retail  apothecaries  actually  en- 
gaged in  business  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  having  at  least  ten 
years'  experience.  The  Board  is  required  to  keep  a  book  of  regis- 
tration in  which  is  reported  the  name  and  address  of  each  and 
every  person  duly  qualified  to  conduct  and  carry  on  the  retail 
drug  and  apothecary  business  or  to  hold  the  position  of  qualified 
assistant  therein.  Meetings  of  the  Board  are  held  every  three  months 
at  such  places  as  they  deem  expedient  to  conduct  examinations  on 
the  basis  of  which  certificates  are  granted  as  the  case  may  be,  either 
to  registered  managers  or  qualified  assistants  :  such  certificate  is  then 
good  and  sufficient  evidence  of  registration.  The  following  require- 
ments are  made  of  those  applying  for  examination  as  qualified 
assistants,  first,  that  they  produce  evidence  of  not  less  than  two 
years'  experience  and  pay  the  sum  of  $3.00  for  examination  and 
$5.00  for  certificate  and  registration.  For  those  applying  for  ex- 
amination of  registered  managers  satisfactory  evidence  of  not  less 
than  4  years'  practical  experience  and  paying  a  fee  of  $3.00  for 
examination  and  $12.00  for  registration  and  certificate. 
Now  as  to  the  relative  effect  of  these  two  classes  of  certificates. 
No  drug  store  or  pharmacy  can  be  conducted  without  a  Registered 
Manager.  The  law,  i.e.,  the  Act  of  Assembly  does  not  prcscril^e 
the  respective  rights  and  duties  of  these  classes  in  so  many  words, 
but  that  it  makes  the  distinction  is  clearly  seen  and  therefore  ])rac- 
tically  leaves  the  determination  of  the  matter  to  the  constitutcl 
authority  which  it  has  empowered  to  enforce  the  Act,  i.e.,  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board.  Consequently  the  Board  has  held 
that  the  qualified  assistant  is  to  act  only  in  the  temporary  absence 
of  the  Registered  Manager.  The  failure  of  the  law  to  define  their 
respective  rights  and  duties  as  well  as  the  difficulty  of  determining 
the  extent  of  authority  exercised  in  any  particular  case  by  the 
qualified  assistant  has  hindered  the  Board  in  the  strict  enforcement 
of  their  views  in  this  matter. 
The  usual  case  of  violation  found  is  that  of  a  Registered 
Manager  who  has  two  or  more  stores  where  he  attempts  to  conduct 
them  with  only  the  assistance  of  qualified  assistants,  presuming  that 
liis  (jualification  will  extend  authority  to  stores  which  he  supervises 
