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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 671

Who may
register as
assistant
pharmacist,
etc.

be registered as assistant pharmacist and be given a certifi-
cate of such registration. Such persons shall make appli-
cation to the secretary of the board ten days before any of
its stated meetings, and pay to the board a fee of three
dollars.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every applicant for
examination shall, with his application to the secretary of

Written
declaration
to be filed.

the board, file a written declaration, duly sworn to before a
justice of the peace or notary public, stating the pharmacy or
pharmacies in which he has had the experience demanded in
Sections 4 and 6. Any one swearing falsely in the affidavit
so filed shall be deemed guilty of perjury.
SEC. 8. Every person receiving a pharmacist's or assistant
pharmacist's certificate shall keep the same conspicuously

Pharmacists'
certificate to
be conspicu-
ously posted.

posted in his place of business. Violation of this section
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five
dollars for each violation.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That any certificate

Certificate
void.

obtained by false representation shall be void, and the
offender shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or impris-
onnment for thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the
court.

Nothing to
prevent
physicians
from selling
and com-
pounding
medicines.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act
shall prevent regularly licensed physicians of the State of
Maryland from selling and compounding drugs and medicines
as a pharmacist in Talbot county.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts

Acts declared
void.

of Acts pertaining to the practice of pharmacy in the State
of Maryland, in so far as they conflict with this Act, are
hereby declared void as to Talbot county.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act shall

How
construed.

be construed as preventing general merchants of Talbot
county from selling such drugs and medicines as have here-
tofore been handled by the general merchants of the State
of Maryland and Talbot county, or any registered physician
of this State, from personally compounding and dispensing
drugs and medicines, whether upon his own prescription or
that of any other regular registered physician of this State.
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all applicants from
Talbot county for certificates as pharmacists or assistant
pharmacists and for registration as such, whether upon