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CITY OF BALTIMORE., [Am. 4.

duty it shall be to examine all and every person or
persons who shall desire to engage in the business of
retailing drugs and chemicals, and of dispensing medi-
cines and compounding physicians' prescriptions in said
city, touching his or their competency and qualification,
and upon said commissioners, or any two of them, be-
ing satisfied of the competency and qualification of such
person or persons, as aforesaid, then the said commis-
sioners, or any two of them, shall grant to such person
or persons a certificate thereof, which shall entitle such
person or persons to carry on the business aforesaid.

Ibid, n 3.
Commission-
ers' style and
term of office.

962. The commissioners to be appointed under the
provisions of this act shall be styled "The Commis-
sioners of Pharmacy and Practical Chemistry, " and
shall hold their office for two years and thereafter,
until their successors shall be appointed and qualified,
and within thirty days after their appointment they and
such of them shall take and subscribe before the clerk

Oath.

of the superior court of Baltimore city, an oath faith-
fully and impartially to discharge the duties prescribed
by this act, and in case of vacancies occurring in said
commission from death, resignation, or otherwise, the

Vacancy.

governor shall fill said vacancies by appointment from
among the ten nominated to him, to fill the unexpired
term.

Ibid s. 4.
Registration of
apothecaries

963. The commissioners under this act shall keep a
book of registration open at some convenient place, of
which due notice shall be given through the public
press, and it shall be duty of all apothecaries now
engaged in conducting the business for themselves, or
others, to appear before said commissioners within the
period of sixty days after said notice and be registered.
In case of failure or neglect to be so registered, they
shall forfeit the advantages conveyed to them by the
eighth section of this act.

Ibid s. 6
Fee for certifi-
cate.

964. Said commissioners shall be entitled to demand
[and] receive from every such applicant for such cer-
tificate as aforesaid, the sum of not over five dollars,
to be applied to the payment of the expenses arising
under this act.