Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-02-13
registered after examination. as set forth

registered after examination, as set forth
in section 5, of this act.
Sec. 5. That the said board of phar-
macy shall, upon application, and at such
time and place and In such manner as
they may determine, examine each and
every person who shall desire to conduct
the business of selling at retail, COM
pounding or dispensing drugs, medicines
or chemicals for medical use; or COM
pounding or dispensing physicians pre-
scriptions as pharmacists i'll the territory
OF New Mexico and if a majority of said
board shall be satisfied that said person
is competent and fully qualified to con-
duct said business Of compromising or
dispensing drugs medicines or chemicals,
for medical use, or to compound or dis
pense physicians prescriptions, they
shall enter the name OF such person, as a
registered pharmacist, in the book pro-
vided for in section of this act provided,
that all graduates in pharmacy having
diploma from an incorporated college or
school of pharmacy, that requires prac-
teal experience i'll pharmacy of not less
than three 90 years before granting di-
ploma may in the discretion of the board
be entitled to have their names registered
as registered pharmacists by said board
without examination.
The board of pharmacy shall issue an
appropriate certificate to each person
registered, which certificate must be con-
spicuously displayed in every store or
place described in this section said GER
tificate must be renewed twelve Q2)
months after each date of issue.
Sec. 6. The board of pharmacy shall
be entitled to demand and receive: from
each person whom they register and fur
nish certificate as a registered pharma-
cist, without examination, the sum of 50,
which shall be in full for all services. In
case the examination of said person shall
proves defective and unsatisfactory to the
board, and he be declined registration, he
shall be permitted to present himself for
re-examination within twelve (l2) months
thereafter, and no charge shall be made
for such examination.
The board of pharmacy shall hold
quarterly sessions per annum at such
times and places as the board may de-
termine; other sessions of the board may
also be held whenever and wherever II
quorum of the board is present.
In the interim of the sessions of the
board, and upon satisfactory evidence of
the fitness of an applicant, any one Q)
member Of the board may, in his discre-
ton, issue temporary certificate, which
shall authorize and empower the holder
to conduct drug store or pharmacy, as
set forth in section 5 OF tbs act. Such
temporary certificate must be signed by
one ID member, and shall expire and
ing quarterly session Of the board, after
the granting thereof. No fees shall be
demanded for this temporary certificate
Sec. s. Every owner of a drug store in
the territory of New Mexico shall be held
responsible for the quality Of all drugs,
chemicals and medicines he NAV sell or
dispense, with the exception of those sold
in the original packages of the manu-
facturer or wholesale dealer, and also
those known as proprietary medicines.
And should he knowingly, Intentionally
and fraudenly adulterate, or cause to be
adulterated, such drugs, chemical or med
ical preparations, he shall be deemed
guilty of nlisdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof, his license as q registered
pharmacist shall be thereby revoked, and
in addition thereto, be liable to penalty
not exceeding five hundred ($50O) dollars
Sec. 8. Any person who shall procure
or attempt to procure registration for him
self or for another under this act by max.
ing or causing to be made false represen-
tations, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and shall, upon conviction
| thereof, be liable to penalty of not less
than 50 and not exceeding 800, and his
name, together with the name of the per-
son so falsely registered shall be stricken
from the register.
Sec. 10. Any person not registered
pharmacist, as provided in this act, who
Shall conduct a store or pharmacy, OF
place for retailing, compromising or dis
pensing drugs, medicines or chemicals, for
medical use, or for compromising or dis
pensing physicians prescriptions, in the
territory of New Mexico, or who shall
take, use, or exhibit the title OF regis
tered Pharmacist" shall be deemed gull
ty of mIsdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, be liable to penalty of not less
than IS nor more than 500. Provided,
that any person persons not a registered
pharmacist may twn or conduct such a
store if he or they keep constantly in
their employ registered pharmacist, pro-
vided further, this act shall not apply to
physicians putting up their own prescrip-
tons, nor to the sale of patent or pro-
prietar medicines, nor to the sale of those
articles commonly known as "grocers'
drugs" except those articles that are de-