1252 HEALTH. [ART. 43

The position of any commissioner so appointed, who shall fail
to qualify within the time and in the manner hereinbefore
named shall be deemed vacant. The governor shall fill all
occurring vacancies from such sections of the State as will
cause the board to be constituted as hereinbefore provided.

1902, ch 179, sec. 5.

144. Said board shall organize by the election of a president,
secretary and treasurer, who shall serve for the term of one
year, and who shall perform the duties prescribed by the board.
Meetings for the examination of applicants for registration
shall be held on the first Thursday in April and October in
each year, in the city of Baltimore, or at such times and places
as may be fixed upon by the board; provided, that ten days'
public notice of the hour and place of each meeting at which
there is an examination of candidates for registration shall be
given. It shall be the duty of the board to receive all appli-
cations for examination and registration submitted in proper
form; to grant certificates to such persons as may. be entitled
to the same hereunder; to report annually to the Governor
upon the condition of pharmacy in the State, which report
shall also furnish a record of the proceedings of the board, as
well as the names of all persons registered under these pro-
visions; to keep a book in which shall be registered the names
and places of business of all persons so registered, and all facts
pertaining to the granting of certificates. The said board shall
have the power to adopt any rules and by-laws not inconsistent
herewith, necessary to the transaction of the business of the
board; to demand and receive from applicants the fees herein
provided, which shall by the treasurer of the board be paid to
the treasurer of the State.

Ibid, sec 6.

146. The salaries of said board shall be fifty dollars per
annum to each member, and all legitimate expenses incurred in
the discharge of official duties. The secretary of said board
shall receive an additional salary to be fixed by the board, and
not to exceed two hundred dollars per annum; he shall pay to
the treasurer at each meeting, or whenever the board may
direct, such funds of the board as may be in his possession,
and take the treasurer's receipt therefor. In its annual report
to the governor, the board shall render an account of all
moneys received and expenses incurred pursuant herewith,