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puhllc AcC, ana snall Uo JudlClaliy
taken notice Of without SPECIAL plead
ing and the charter granted shall be
in force from its passage, and continue
in force for a period of thirty years.
Approved March 13, 1872.% Is,
AN ACT to Exempt the Keepers,
Employees and Other Officers OF
the South Carolina Penitcntiary
and Lunatic Asylum from Military
and Other Duties.
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the
State Of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by
the authority Of the same:
That on and after the passage of
this Act, all guards, keepers, employ
ecs and other officers that arc now,
or may hereafter be, employed at the
South Carolina Penitentiary and Lu.
natic Asylum shall be exempted from
serving on juries, and from military,
road or street duty.
Approved March l5, 1917.
AN ACT to Amend the Law in Rela.
ton to the License and Registration
of Pharmaceutists, Apothecaries
and Druggists, and to Regulate the
Vending of Drugs and Poisons.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now me-
and sitting in, General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same:
That from and after the passage Of
this Act, the Medical Faculty, Of the
University Of South Carolina, shall
possess and exercise all the powers
heretofore given and now possessed
by the Faculty of the Medical College
of Charleston, in respect to the ex.
animation and license of Pharmaceu-
fists, apotbecaries and druggists
Provided, That this section be con-
strucd as in no wise diminishing the
powers Of tie Faculty last named
but as giving to the Faculty first
named the same powers, and also i'm.
posing thereon the duty and obliga
tion to exercise such powers upon
due application.
SEC. 2. That any pharmaceutist
apothecary or druggist who carries
on and conducts the business of such
occupation in this State, after the ex.
piration of six months from the pas.
"a ge, of this Act, must have license
therefor from one Of the above named
bodies. And any person who shall
thereafter carry on and conduct the
business Of said occupations, or any
Of them, without such license, shall
be liable to indictment as for misde.
meanor, and, on conviction, to fine
rot exceeding fvo hundred dollars
or imprisonment, not exceeding six
months.
SEC. 8. That before granting said
license, exceptin the cases hereinafter
excepted, each applicant therefor
shall undergo an examination by and
before that body to which the appli-
cation is made, and of such nature as
they shall require but such examina-
tion must include the reading of man
uscript prescriptions and explanations
thereof, the discovery or detection Of
unusual doses Of drugs, and especially
of poisons, the recognition and distin-
guishing of the various roots, barks,
leaves, fruits, rosins and gums, in
common use, and the proper antidotes
and mode Of administration thereof
for the different poisons.
SAC. 4. That no examination shall
be required in case, the applicant is q
regular graduate in medicine or phar.
macy of school that is on the od
euenien of tho University Of South
Carolina. but such an applicant shall
be entitled to q license, upon furnish
ing evidence Of lis graduation salts
factory to the said Faculty.
SEC. s. That it shall be the duty of
the Medical Faculty Of the said Uni:
versi,y to establish, carry on and
preserve, in a book to be kept for
that purpose, q register Of all phar-
maceutists, apothecares and drug
gists in the State, including the names
of persons registered, place of busi-
ness, the fact whether the person
registered be a graduate Of medicine
and pharmacy, or whether under Ii.
cense granted on examination, and
any ether matter Of information the
said Faculty may deem fit to add.
SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of
all licensed pharmaceutists. apothe-
carries and druggists by whichsoever
BODY licensed to have their names
revistercd in manner aforesaid by the
Medical Faculty of the University of
South Carolina, and to report annual
" on or before the first day of No
vembcr of each year, to the said
Medical Faculty of the said Universi-
ty, whether any. and if yea, what
change has occurred within the then
preceding year, as to their respective
places of business, and for omission
or neglect Of the requirements OF
this section, or any of them, they
shall, respectively, incur o fine OF
twenty-five dollars; and for each and
every registration and change thereof,
the party so registered shall pay to
tho said Faculty Of tho University
the sum of one dollar, which shall be
their compensation for the services
performed in accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
SEC. 7. That it shall be tho duty of
the Medical Faculty of the University
of South Corolina to make u correct
report to the General Assembly Of
work done by them, in accordance
with the provisions Of this Act, on or