1 84  Recognition  of  the  College  Diploma.  {^'l%™\\w£™' 
vania,"  approved  the  24th  day  of  May,  Anno  Domini  1887,  which  reads  as  fol- 
lows: 
Section  5.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Board  to  meet  at  least  once  every 
three  months  in  the  city  of  Harrisburg,  or  at  such  other  place  as  they  may 
deem  expedient,  and  examine  all  persons  who  may  desire  to  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness of  a  retail  apothecary,  or  that  of  retailing  drugs,  chemicals  or  poisons,  or 
of  compounding  physicians'  prescriptions,  touching  their  competency  and 
qualifications,  and  they,  the  said  Board,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  grant  to 
such  persons  as  may  be  qualified,  certificates  of  competency  or  qualification, 
which  shall  entitle  the  holders  thereof  either  to  conduct  or  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness or  to  act  as  a  qualified  assistant  therein,  as  may  be  expressed  upon  the 
said  certificate,  and  such  certificate,  together  with  its  renewals,  shall  be  good 
and  sufficient  evidence  of  registration  under  this  Act. 
All  persons  applying  for  examination  for  certificate  to  entitle  them  to  con- 
duct and  carry  on  the  retail  drug  or  apothecary  business  must  produce  satisfac- 
tory evidence  of  having  had  not  less  than  four  years'  practical  experience  in  the 
business.  Aud  those  applying  for  examination  for  certificates  as  qualified  assist- 
ants therein  must  produce  evidence  of  having  not  less  than  two  years'  experi- 
ence in  said  business. 
Be  and  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows  : 
Section  5.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Board  to  meet  at  least  every 
three  months  in  the  city  of  Harrisburg,  or  at  such  other  place  as  they  may 
deem  expedient,  and  examine  all  persons  who  shall  desire  to  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness of  a  retail  apothecary,  or  that  of  retailing  drugs,  chemicals  or  poisons,  or 
of  compounding  physicians'  prescriptions,  touching  their  competency  and 
qualifications,  and  they,  the  said  Board,  or  a  majority  of  them  shall  grant  to 
such  persons  as  may  be  qualified,  certificates  of  competency  or  qualification, 
which  shall  entitle  the  holders  thereof  either  to  conduct  or  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness or  to  act  as  a  qualified  assistant  therein,  as  may  be  expressed  upon  the 
said  certificate,  and  such  certificate,  together  with  its  renewals  shall  be  good 
and  sufficient  evidence  of  registration  under  this  Act. 
All  persons  applying  for  certificate  examination  to  entitle  them  to  conduct 
and  carry  on  the  retail  drug  or  apothecary  business  must  produce  satisfactory 
evidence  of  having  had  not  less  than  four  years'  practical  experience  in  the 
business  of  retailing,  compounding  or  dispensing  drugs,  chemicals  and  poisons, 
and  of  compounding  physicians'  prescriptions,  and  of  being  a  graduate  of  some 
reputable  and  properly  chartered  college  of  pharmacy.  And  those  applying 
for  examination  for  certificates  as  qualified  assistants  therein  must  produce 
evidence  of  having  not  less  than  two  years'  experience  in  said  business. 
Section  2.  That  the  amendment  provided  for  by  this  Act  shall  become 
operative  and  in  force  on  and  after  the  1st  day  of  January,  1906. 
Energetic  measures  were  at  once  instituted  to  secure  the  passage 
of  this  Act.  It  will  be  seen  that  it  is  simply  an  amendment  to  the 
present  Pharmacy  Act,  the  only  change  being  as  follows :  After  the 
clause  requiring  four  years'  practical  experience  in  the  business  in  the 
last  paragraph  of  the  amended  Section  5,  these  words  are  added, 
"  and  of  being  a  graduate  of  some  reputable  and  properly  chartered 
