The Somerset reporter., 1899-03-23

piratlon OF their respective terms OF once,
appointments shall be SO made that the term
OF each commissioner shall expire on the
first day of December In each succeeding
year, and thereafter the appointment TO
fill vacancies occurring from expiration OF
terms of Office shall be three years from the
first day of December In each year. The
governor by and with the consent OF the
council may remove said commissioners for
cause. II vacancy occurs in said commits
sion, another shall be appointed as afore-
said to fill the unexpired term thereof. Be-
fore entering upon the duties of their ONCE,
the commissioners shall be sworn to the
faithful and impartial discharge of the
same, and record shall be made thereon
on their commission.
Section 3. The members of said board
shall meet on the second Wednesday OF De-
cember In each year at such time and place
as they may determine, and shall imme-
diately proceed to organize by electing
president and secretary, who shall be mem
beers Of the board, and who shall hold their
respective Offices for the term of one year,
shall give 10 the treasurer of the state a
bond with sufficient suretles, to be ap-
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faithful discharge OF the duties OF his Of
lce. The said board shall hold three regu-
lar meetings in each year, one on the second
Wednesday of December one on the second
Wednesday Of April and one on the second
Wednesday Of august, and such additional
meetings at such times and places as they
shall determine
Section 4. The board shall keep rec
ord of the names of all persons examined
and registered hereunder and record oil
all moneys received and dlsbursed by said
board. n duplicate Of which records shall
always be open to inspection in the Office
of the secretary of state. said board shail
make to the governor and council on or be-
fore the first day of January In each year
report stating the condition OF pharmacy
in the state with full and complete rec
ord OF all its official acts during the year.
and the receipts and disbursements OF the
board. The governor and council are here
by authorized to have published as many
copies of said report as may be deemed
necessary.
Section s. Said board shall hear oil
complaints against any person registered
as an apothecary for the violation OF any
of the requirements OF this act to be per-
formed by a registered apothecafy' euch
complaints shall be made in writing under
oath. shall set out the offense alleged, and
shall be made within sixty days after tho
act complained of has been committea'
Said board shall thereupon notify the per-
son complained against of the charge made
against him and OF the time and place
when and where the matter will be heard
nv them: but notice Of hearing shall be
given at least fourteen days prior to the
same. He may then and there appear be-
fore the board with his witnesses and be
heard by COUNSEL Either member or the
hoard may administer oaths to the witness
es Mt sueb hearings, and any person so
sworn who willfully swears or afirms raise
| ly respecting any matter upon which MS
testimony Is required shall be deemed sulity
of perjury. Said board shall have tue pow
er to send for persons and compel the at
tendance of witnesses at said hearings oy
process duly served.
Section 6. If the full board sitting at
such hearing shall find that the person
complained against Is guilty OF the acts
charged against him, said board may sus-
mend his registration as Il pharmacist ana
hts certificate thereof, for such term as the
| hoard In their Judgment, after due con-
sidarotion of the facts may deem Tor the
best interest of the public, or may revoke
1t altogether, but the certincate OF regis
tration of a registered pharmacist snah not
be suspended or revoked for cause pun
ishable by law until after conviction by
| court Of competent jurisdiction.
| Section I. Every person not now regis
| tered, hereafter entering on the business OF
an apothecary, by the payment OF the Zee OF
ten dollars, to the secretary OF said board,
except as hereinafter provided shall be ex-
on,ired Nv said commissioners, and shall
nresent TO them satisfactory evidence that
he has been an apprentice, or employed In
an apothecary store where physicians pre-
scrlptons are compounded, at least three
years or has graduated from some regu
| larIy Incorporated medical college OF col
lege of pharmacy and Is competent Tor the
/ bnslness. the commissioners may give him
n certificate OF that fact and that he Is au-
| thorized to engage In the business Oh an
| apothecary, and such certificate must De
signed by ut least two COMMISSIONERS Ia
case the result of the examination is unsat-
factory. and no certificate Is granted. the
applicant shall have the right to another
examination without charge, alter an inter
yal Of two months, and within twelve
months after the date Of his first examna
| ton. Only one OF the partners In hrm
need be a registered druggist provided
the partner who compounds medicines be
registered. All certificates issued under the
provisions of this act shall be constantly
displayed in n conspicuous place. In the
store or shop of the persons to whom the
same were issued.
Section 8. Certificates CT two grades or
Kinds may be issued, whereof one shall de
clare that the holder is skilled in pharmacy
MS in section seven Of this act, and The other
Wind which after the examination of the ap-
piicants therefor, may he issued to such as
shall not be less than eighteen years of age
and who have passed the junior yenr In a
college of pharmacy or in department of
nharmacy in any Incorporated college,
or served two full years in an apothe-
cary store where physicians prescriptions
arc compounded, shall declare that the
holder Is qualified assistant, and Is
qualified to take charge Of The bus
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