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5 16.  An  apothecary  who,  for  five  years,  has  neither  conducted  an 
ofRcine  nor  acted  as  assistant,  must,  previously  to  becoming  principal, 
prove  his  capability  by  another  examination. 
5  19.  No  apothecary  can  own  two  or  more  separate  officines ;  on  ac. 
quiring  the  ownership  of  a  second  ofticine  the  provisions  of  ^  17  apply  to 
him,  except  the  right  to  lease  it  to  another  (^.  e.,  he  must  appoint  a  quali- 
fied principal  at  once,  and  sell  the  business  within  a  year).  Neither  can 
an  apothecary  conduct  two  or  more  officines  at  the  same  time. 
I  20.  An  officine  may  be  owned  by  two  or  more  persons,  qualified  to  be 
principals,  of  whom,  however,  one  only  can  be  the  responsible  principal, 
A.  The  apprentice. 
5  25,  Every  principal  may  employ  apprentices  and  assistants  ;  the  right 
to  have  the  former  may  under  certain  circumstances  be  forfeited  38). 
^26.  The  number  of  apprentices  in  each  ofBcine  may  exceed  one  only 
the  number  of  assistants  ;  principals  not  employing  an  assistant  may  have 
one  apprentice. 
5  27  establishes  the  educational  requirements  of  the  apprentice,  and 
I  28  the  legal  steps  to  be  taken  before  entering  upon  the  apprenticeship. 
^29.  The  duration  of  the  apprenticeship  is  three  years  ;  an  abateraente- 
of  six  months  may  be  granted  by  the  district  apothecary  (Physikats-. 
Apotheker)  to  those  only  who  previous  to  entering  upon  the  apprentice* 
,  ship  have  attained  the  qualifications  requisite  for  attending  the  Univer-. 
sity. 
I  30.  The  preceptor  is  charged  with  the  instruction  of  his  apprentices^ 
by  practical  precepts  and  exercises  in  technical  pharmacy,  and  by 
thorough  theoretical  teaching  of  pharmacy  and  its  collateral  sciences,  for 
which  purpose  he  must  be  supplied  with  appurtenances  commensurate 
to  the  requirements  of  science.  Apprentices  shall  not  be  employed  for 
services  not  connected  with  the  apothecary  business  ;  aside  from  the  daily, 
labor,  they  must  have  sufficient  time  for  private  study,  and,  during  sum- 
mer, for  botanical  excursions  ;  the  preceptor  has  to  insist  on  the  prepara- 
tion by  the  apprentice  of  a  systematic  herbarium  of  the  plants  collected 
by  him.  He  shall  also  require  the  apprentice  to  keep  a  journal  of  all 
preparations  made  by  the  pupil,  under  the  direction  of  the  preceptor  or 
his  assistant  (for  which  special  opportunity  must  also  be  afforded  for  the 
purpose  of  instruction),  and  to  enter  therein  a  short  description  of  the 
operations  and  the  theory  of  the  chemical  process. 
{  31.  At  the  termination  of  his  apprenticeship  to  the  satisfaction  of  his. 
preceptor,  the  apprentice  is  to  be  reported  to  the  district  apothecary  for 
examination. 
5  32.  The  examination  for  assistant,  at  which  the  preceptor  is  entitled, 
to  be  present,  takes  place  before  a  commission  consisting  of  the  district, 
apothecary  and  district  physician. 
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