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The  Mueller  Bill  prohibiting  the  use  of  injurious  substances  in 
food  preparations. 
The  Galligan  Bill  amending  the  present  label  law. 
The  Hunt  Bill  regulating  the  working  hours  of  drug  clerks  in 
cities  of  500,000  or  more  inhabitants. 
The  Helminiak  Bill  regulating  the  sale  of  baking  powders. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
The  pharmacy  bill  in  Pennsylvania  has  been  defeated  by  the 
decisive  vote  of  155  to  12,  its  defeat  being  due  almost  entirely  to 
dissensions  among  the  druggists  of  the  State. 
It  is  also  reported  that  a  bill  has  been  enacted  which  does  away 
with  the  triennial  registration  feature  of  the  old  law,  and  also  with 
the  requirement  of  exposure  of  the  certificate  of  registration.  This 
is  regrettable  if  true,  as  experience  has  amply  demonstrated  the 
fact  that  a  pharmacy  law  is  next  to  unenforceable  without  these 
provisions. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
The  Cook  Bill,  mentioned  in  the  April  number,  and  which  sought 
to  increase  the  liquor  license  of  druggists  from  $1.00  to  $500,  has 
been  defeated. 
A  petition  has  been  presented  to  the  legislature  of  the  State  for 
a  law  to  permit  all  druggists  who  were  entitled  to  registration  at 
the  time  of  the  passage  of  the  original  pharmacy  act  to  register  as 
drug  sellers,  but  not  to  compound  prescriptions,  without  examina- 
tion. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  no  such  vicious  measure  will  ever  be  per- 
mitted to  become  law.  If  the  men  for  whose  interest  it  is  intended 
were  too  careless  to  register  when  they  had  the  opportunity,  and 
are  still  too  ignorant  to  pass  an  examination  in  pharmacy,  they  are 
certainly  too  careless  or  too  ignorant  to  be  safe  dispensers  of  drugs 
and  medicines. 
MAINE. 
A  bill  has  been  introduced  into  the  Maine  Legislature  granting 
druggists  the  right  to  sell  liquors  for  medicinal,  chemical  and 
mechanical  purposes,  with  certain  restrictions  designed  to  prevent 
an  improper  use  of  the  privilege. 
