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of  which  is  used  for  dwelling  purposes,  or  in  excess  of  the  amounts 
specified,  except  in  such  places  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Fire  Commissioner. 
The  Thornton  Bill  which  strikes  out  the  annual  registration 
feature  of  the  present  law  has  passed  the  Senate,  and  is  now  in  the 
lower  branch  of  the  legislature. 
The  Smith  Bill,  introduced  by  Assemblyman  Smith,  would  per- 
mit druggists  to  register  without  examination  on  making  affidavit 
of  three  years'  experience. 
The  bill  introduced  by  Senator  Malby  proposes  to  exempt  phar- 
macists of  the  various  state  institutions  from  the  provisions  of  the 
pharmacy  law,  probably  on  the  ground  that  public  office  being  a 
private  snap,  such  a  little  thing  as  ignorance  of  one's  duties  should 
not  be  permitted  to  interfere  with  political  appointments. 
From  the  Pharmaceutical  Era  we  copy  the  following :  "  A 
Buffalo  man  claims  to  have  discovered  a  wonderful  remedy  for 
rheumatism,  and  in  virtue  of  this  discovery  he  feels  that  he  should 
be  entitled  by  law  to  practise  medicine  without  passing  the  regular 
medical  examination  and  fulfilling  the  other  requirements  laid 
down,  and  he  has  induced  a  State  Assemblyman  to  introduce  a  bill 
for  his  relief  in  this  respect.  Another  bill,  which  has  been  killed, 
however,  was  to  permit  an  individual  to  practise  veterinary  surgery 
without  fulfilling  the  requirements  demanded  by  law." 
The  Costello  Bill  has  been  amended  so  as  to  deprive  it  of  some 
of  its  more  offensive  features  by  the  addition  of  the  following  new 
matter :  "  The  Secretary  of  any  division  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  having  within  his  territory  any  such  village  or  place, 
shall,  whenever  the  necessity  therefor  is  shown  to  exist,  grant  to 
some  resident  therein,  who  has  had  experience  in  dealing  in  drugs, 
medicines  and  poisons,  a  permit  to  compound  medicines,  fill  prescrip- 
tions and  sell  poisons  for  a  period  not  exceeding  one  year,  and  on 
payment  of  a  fee  not  exceeding  $300.  Such  permit  shall  be  limited 
to  the  village  or  place  in  which  such  person  resides,  and  may  be 
limited  to  one  or  more  of  certain  kinds  or  classes  of  poisons." 
The  places  or  villages  referred  to  are  not  to  exceed  1,000  in  popula- 
tion. 
A  notable  bill,  introduced  by  Assemblyman  Morgan,  provides 
that  apprentices  within  one  year  of  the  beginning  of  their  appren- 
ticeship, shall  appear  before  the  Board  and  submit  to  an  examina- 
