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Bl^ITI^H COLOMBIA ^p^\^H A(JT 
 
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 BY-LA^?VS 
 
 —OF THE- 
 
 BRITISH COLUMBIA 
 
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 VICTORIA, B. C: 
 Jfte. A. Cohen, Printer, 38 Fort Street 
 
 1891. 
 
 

 
AN ACT 
 
 To Establish a Pharmaceutical Association in 
 the Province of British Columbia. 
 
 WHEREAS it is expedient for the benefit of 
 tlie public that tliere should, by enaetrnent, 
 be established a certain standard of qualification 
 required by those persons engaged in the pro- 
 fession of Pharmacy: 
 
 Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the 
 iidvice and consent of the Legislative Assembly 
 of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as 
 folio w|;: — 
 
 1. This Act shall be cited as the '* Pharmacy 
 Act, 1891." 
 
 2. There is hereby established, within and for 
 the Province of British Columbia, an association 
 which shall be known as *^ The Pharmaceutical 
 Association of British Columbia.'' 
 
 3. The Association is hereby incorporated 
 under the name and stvle of **The Pharmaeeut- 
 ical Association of the Province of British 
 Columbia.'' and the said Association shall be 
 <leemed to be a l)ody politic and corporate, with 
 ()Ower to acouire, hold and dispose of such i^al 
 «ind personal property as may be necessary for 
 the purposes and benefits of the Association, 
 and to sue and be sued; and every person who 
 may be registered hereafter under the provisions 
 of this Act shall be a member of the said 
 Association. 
 
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4. The affairR of the AsBociation 8hall be con- 
 ducted by a Council composed of six Licentiates 
 of Pharmacy, members of this Association resi- 
 dent in tliis Province, three of whom retire 
 annually, according to seniority, eligible for re- 
 election. Four members shall constitute a 
 quorum. 
 
 5. This Council shall be elected as the by-laws 
 of the Association may direct. 
 
 6. The first Council shall be appointed by the 
 Lieutenant-Governor in Council, three to nerve 
 for one year, and three for two years, and shall 
 continue in oflflce until their successors are 
 elected. 
 
 7. The Council of the Association has power — 
 
 (a.) To frame such by-laws for the said 
 Association as they shall deem proper 
 and necessary for the purposes contem- 
 plated by this Act, to alter and amend 
 such by-laws from time to time, and to re- 
 peal the same in whole or in part, and 
 substitute others therefor, subject to the 
 approval of a majority of the members of 
 the Association, one month's notice 
 having? been previously given to the 
 meml^ers of this Association to that eifect: 
 Provided always that such by-laws shall 
 be subject to the approval of the Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor in Council. 
 
 {b.) To elect at their first meeting subsequent 
 to the annual elections, from among their 
 members, a President and a Vice-Presid- 
 ent, also a Secretary -Treasurer, who shall 
 act as Registrar, he t^) be appointed frorrk 
 among the members of the Association: 
 
(c.) To elect persoim to replace members of the 
 Council who di*^, resign, or are removed; 
 such persons must be chosen from among 
 the members of the Association: 
 
 (d.) To elect as honorary and cornsspondlng 
 memt)ers of the Association such persons 
 as may be eminent for their scientiflo 
 attainments, tiuch honorary members 
 shall not, as such, be entitled to vote at el- 
 ections, or to ranlt as Licentiates of Phar- 
 macy: 
 
 (e.) To sell, mortgage, control, and manage 
 the real and personal property of tne 
 Association, subject to the by-laws thereof: 
 but no sale or mort^^e of any property of 
 the Association shall be made, except 
 with the approbation and concurrence of 
 a malority at a general meeting of the 
 members of the Association specially 
 called for such purpose: 
 
 (/.) To appoint annually, at its first meeting 
 after the annual general meeting of the 
 Association, a Board of examiners. 
 
 8. It shall be the dutv of the Registrar to keep 
 a record, in which shall be registered the names, 
 residences, and place of business of all persons 
 authorized under this Act to practice pharmacy 
 in this Province; also the names of all certified 
 apprentices, their residences, and by whom they 
 are employed; and to grant, on application, cer- 
 tificates of such registration upon the payment 
 of the prescribed f3es; and to perform such other 
 work as shall be set forth in the by-laws of the 
 Association. 
 
9. The annual general meeting of the Asso- 
 ciation shall be neld alternately in Victoria, 
 Vancouver, 'Sew Westminster and Nanaimo, or 
 such other place as the Council may direct, on 
 the second Thursday in the month of June of 
 each year, or on sucn other day near thereto as 
 shall be determined upon oy the Council. 
 Votes by proxy in writiniy^ shall be legal at all 
 meetings. Special meetings may be called by 
 the President, upon the written request of ten 
 members of the Association, which request shal i 
 state the business to be transacted, and at such 
 meeting that business only shall be transacted. 
 
 10. The Board of ^Examiners shall examine 
 the candidal « and grant such certificates or 
 diplomas as they may think proper to those 
 WQom they deem qualified to be ** Licentiates 
 of Pharmacy " or "certified apprentices. '' 
 
 11. The Board of Examiners shall dispense 
 with the examination and accept in lieu thereof 
 authenticated certificates of examination by 
 authori.'sed Examining Boards of any Pharma- 
 oeutltAl Association. Such certificates must be 
 ^accompanied by certificates of good moral 
 character, and shall be subject to such other 
 regulations as may be provided for In the by- 
 laws of this Association: Provided that the 
 by-laws of the Association shall not require on 
 the part of the applicant any previous resident- 
 ial qualification. 
 
 12. That it shall be unlawful for any 
 person to practise, or attempt to practise, 
 the profession of a chemist and clruc;gi8t, 
 or assume or use the title of Chemist 
 and Druggist, or Chemist, or Druggist, or 
 Pharmacist or Apothecary, or Dispensing Cbein* 
 
\h\, or DiHpenHiiig Druggist, within the liuiiU 
 of an incorporated city ov town, or on© mile 
 thereof, in tlie Province of British Columbia, 
 without having f^rst received a diploma from 
 the faculty of some "putable College of Phar- 
 macy duly authorlzfjd by the laws of Great 
 Britain or its dep'^ridencies, f^v the laws of some 
 foreign Governi^ont, aDd without having had 
 issued to him a certi^^ate under the provisions 
 of this Act: Provided, that all persons who, at 
 rtny time before the coming into force of this 
 Act, were practising in this Province on their 
 own account as chemists and druggists or 
 apothecaries, are entitled to be registered in con- 
 formity with this Act as Licentiates of Phar- 
 macy upon producing before the Registrar 
 evidence of their having exercised their profess- 
 ion as aforesaid: Provided, also, that all clerks 
 who have acted in that capacity for at least four 
 years prior to the passing of this Act, and are, 
 at the time of the passing of this Act, so engaged 
 in this Province, shall 1^ entitled to be placed 
 on the Registry as Ijicentiates, and that all 
 apprentices, who are acting as such at the time 
 of the passing of this Act, shall be entitled to be 
 placed on the Registry as certified apprentices, 
 and the time they have already served in such 
 capacity shall be allowed them. 
 
 13. All persons qualified by this Act to engage 
 In the practice oi Pharmacy within the Pro- 
 vince shall, within three months after the 
 passing of this Act, cause their names, residences, 
 and places of business to be registered with the 
 aforesaid Registrar, upon whicn the said Regis- 
 trar shall issue to such persons a certificate, 
 duly signed by the officers of the Association, 
 and which certificate shall entitle the person to 
 whom it is issued to all the rights and privileges 
 
set forth in this Act. Brauch stores in tlie 
 incorporated cities or towns witliin the Province 
 must be under the immediate management of a 
 Licentiate of Pharmacy; and it shall also be 
 unlawful for any person carrying? on business 
 under the provisions of this Act to employ any 
 clerk or apprentice who is not qualified under 
 this Act. 
 
 14. Every person having been registered 
 under thi» Act as a Licentiate shall, on retiring 
 from business as a chemist and druggist, give 
 notice to the Registrar in writing of that fact, in 
 default of which he shall remain liable for his 
 annual registration fees: Provided, that it shall 
 be lawful for any such such person to resume 
 the business of chemist and druggist at any 
 time after retiring therefrom as aforesaid, upon 
 giving notice in writing tr^ the Registrar of his 
 intention so to do, and upon payment to him of 
 the then current annual registration fee. 
 
 15. To provide for the proper enforcement of 
 this Act, the said Council snail be entitled to 
 the following fees, viz: — For each certificate 
 Issued to a Licentiate of Pharmacy engaged in 
 business on his own account, or in partnership 
 with any other person, a sum not exceeding ten 
 dollars annually ; for each certificate issued to a 
 Licentiate of Pharmacy, acting in the capacity 
 of a clerk, a sum not exceeding five dollars 
 annually ; and for each apprentice, a sum not 
 exceeding twc dollars annually. 
 
 16. No person shall within the limits of any 
 incorporated city or town in this Province keep 
 open shop for the retailing, dispensing or com- 
 pounding poisons, or s«ll, or actompt to sell, any 
 of the articles mentioned in Schedule "A" to 
 
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 this Act, unless such person is i^egistered under 
 this Act under the penalty set fortli in section 21 
 in this Act. 
 
 17. Articles named or described in Schedule 
 *'A'^ shall he deemed to be poisonous within the 
 meaning of this Act; and the Raid Council herein- 
 before mentioned may from time to time by 
 resolution declare that any article in such res- 
 olution named ought to be deemed a poison 
 within the meaning of this Act, and thereupon 
 the said Council shall submit the same for the 
 approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council ; 
 and if such approval is given, then such reso- 
 lution and approval shall be advertised in the 
 British Columbia Gazette, and on the expiration 
 of one month from such advertisement the 
 article named in such relolution shall be deemed 
 to be a poison within the meaning of this Act, 
 and the same shall be subject to the provisions 
 of this Act, or such of them may be directed by 
 the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 
 
 18. No person shall sell any poison named in 
 Schedule **A" either by wholesale or retail 
 unless the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper or cover 
 in which such poison is contained is distinctly 
 labelled with the name of the article and the 
 word "poison," and if sold by retail, then also 
 with the name and address of the proprietor of 
 the establishment in which such poison is sold; 
 and no person shall sell any poison mentioned 
 in Schedule **A" to any person unknown to the 
 seller unless introdueed by some person known 
 to the seller, and on every sale of any such 
 article the person actually selling the same 
 shall, before delivery, make an entry in a book 
 to be kept for that purpose in the form set forth 
 in Schedule) '*C" to this Act stating the date of the 
 
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 sale, the name and address of the pnrohaserf the 
 name and quantity of the article sold, the purpose 
 for which it is stated by the purchaser to be 
 required, and the name of the person, if any, who 
 introduced him, to which entry the signature of 
 the purchaser shall be affixed, under the penalty 
 set forth in section 21 of this Act. 
 
 19. Any article enumerated in Schedule "B*' to 
 this Act shall not be sold unless the container of 
 such be distinctly labelled with the name of the 
 article, name and addrriss of the seller, and the 
 word **poison'* affixed thereto, under the penalty 
 set forth in section 21 of this Act. 
 
 20. Any person selling any poison in violtiaon 
 of this Act, or contravening any of the provisions 
 of this Act, shall for the first offence incur a pen- 
 alty not exceeding twenty dollars and costs of pro- 
 secution, and for each offence committed subse- 
 quent to such conviction a penalty not exceeding 
 fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, to be 
 recovered in a summary manner before two 
 Justices of the Peace or Police Magistrate, on the 
 oath of one or more credible witnesses. 
 
 21. In any prosecution under this Act it shall be 
 incumbent upon the defendant to prove that he is 
 entitled to sell or keep open shop for compounding 
 medicines or retailing poisons, and to assume the 
 title of chemist and druggist, and other title men- 
 tioned in section 12 of this Act, and the production 
 of a certificate purporting to be un ier the hand of 
 the Registrar of this Association showing that he 
 is so entitled shall be prima facie evidence that be 
 is so entitled. 
 
 22. Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person 
 whatever from selling goods of any kind to any 
 person legally authorized to carry on the business 
 
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 of an apothecary, chemists or druggist, or the pro* 
 fession of a doctor of medicine, physician or 
 snrgeon, dentist or veterinary surgeon, nor prevent 
 the members of such professions supplying to their 
 patients such medicines as they may require, noi 
 interfere with the business of wholesale dealers in 
 supplying poisons or other articles in the ordinary 
 course of wholesale dealing. 
 
 23. Upon the decease of any person legally 
 authorized and actually carrying on the busmess 
 of chemist and druggist at the time of his death 
 it shall be lawful for the executor, administrator or 
 trustee of the estate of such person to continue 
 8uoh business bona fide, provided it is conducted 
 by a Licentiate of Pharmacy registered under this 
 Act, provided such executor, administrator or 
 trustee continue to pay the annual registration fee 
 hereby directed to be paid by members of the said 
 Pharmaceutical Association, 
 
 24. The Secretary of the said Council shall, oa 
 or before the fifteenth day of January in each and 
 every year, enclose to the Provincial Secretary a 
 list of all persons to whom certifksates have been 
 granted., and the qualifications therefor, and such 
 lists shall be published in the British Columbia 
 Gazette. 
 
 25. If any person after a period of three monthfi 
 after the passing of this Act not holding a valid 
 •certificate practises the said profession of phar- 
 macy within the limits prescribed in clause twelve, 
 or wilfully and falsely pretends to hold a certificate 
 under this Act, or takes or uses any name, addit- 
 ion or description implying that he is duly author- 
 ized to practise the profession or calling of phar- 
 macy, he shall, upon summary conviction thereof 
 before any two Justices of the Peace or Stipend- 
 iary Magistrate, for any and every such ooenoe. 
 
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 pay a penalty not exceedinir one himtlreil dollars 
 nor less than twenty-five dollars . 
 
 26. Any person who presents a prescription to 
 any qualified druflfgist to be filled shall be entitled 
 to have such prescription returned to him by such 
 druggist. 
 
 27. It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Grover- 
 nor in Council to appoint a fit and proper person 
 to be known as ''Public Analyst,'* who must be a 
 member of the Pharmaceutical Association, and 
 who may be allowed to charge such fees in respect 
 of analyses to be made by him as the Lieutenant- 
 Governor in Council may approve. 
 
 28. Nothing in this Act shaH prevent any duly 
 qualified members of the medical profession or 
 surgeon from engaging in or carrying on the bus- 
 iness of an apothecary, chemist or druggist with- 
 out registration under the provisions of this Act 
 
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 SCHEDULE A, 
 
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 LisT OF Poisons. 
 
 Aconite and its preparations. 
 
 Arsenic and its preparations. 
 
 Belladonna and its preparations. 
 
 Cantharides. 
 
 Corrosive Sublimate. 
 
 Cyanide of Potassium and all metallic 
 cyanides. 
 
 Ergot of Rye and its preparations. 
 
 Essential Oil of Almonds,, unless deprived 
 of Prussic acid. 
 
 Euphorbium. 
 
 Opium and its preparations, except Pare- 
 goric and Syrup of Poppies. 
 
 Prussic Acid. 
 
 Savin and its oil. 
 
 St. Ignatius' Bean. 
 
 Strychnine and all poisonous vegetable alk- 
 aloids and their salts. 
 
 Tartar emetic . 
 
 SCHEDULE B. 
 
 Acetate of lead. 
 Oxalic Acid. 
 Calabar Beans, 
 Chloral Hydrate. 
 Chloroform and Ether. 
 Croton Oil and Seeds. 
 Elaterium, Goulard's Extnict, 
 Hellebore. 
 
 Henbane and preparations. 
 
 Iodine. 
 
 Phosphorus. 
 
 Red and White Precipitate. 
 
 Verdigris. 
 
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 BY^LAWTS. 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS FOB MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 1. All Licentiates of Pharmacy whose names 
 appear on the Annual Register are members of the 
 Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of 
 British Columbia. 
 
 2. There shall be payable to the Registrar of the 
 Association for the uses of the Association, the 
 following Annual Fees:— 
 
 Licentiate of Pharmace carrying on 
 
 business $10 00 
 
 Licentiates, employed as Clerks 5 00 
 
 Certified Apprentices 2 00 
 
 3. These fees are due in advance on the first day 
 of May in each year, and must be transmitted to 
 the Registrar; and every such Licentiate or Ap- 
 prentice not paying by the first day of June shall 
 be removed from the Register, and shall lose the 
 privileges conferred on him by the Pharmacy Act 
 1891 of British Columbia; but he shall be restored 
 on payment of the fees and a fine of $5.00. It is 
 further provided that employers shall be held re- 
 sponsible for the payment of the fees of all Licen- 
 tiates and apprentices in their employ. 
 
 ELECTION OF COUNCIL. 
 
 4. The election of the Council shall take place at 
 the Annual Meeting of the Association, and the 
 mode of election shall be as follows:— Two months 
 
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 previous to the election every member of the As- 
 sociation entitled to vote may send to the Regis- 
 trar a nomination of not more than three names, 
 who must be members in fall standing, such nom- 
 inations to be received by the Registrar not later 
 than twenty days previous to the election. The 
 Registrar shall, if possible, ascertain whether such 
 nominees will accept office if elected. He shall 
 then send the names of the candidates, together 
 with the names of the Council in office, designat- 
 ing those who retire but who are eligible for re- 
 election, to each member of the Association entit- 
 led to vote, who shall designate his choice not 
 exceeding three persons, on a voting paper pre- 
 pared by the said Registrar: and such paper must 
 be mailed so as to be received by the said Registrar 
 not later than noon on the Tuesday preceding the 
 day of election. The voting papers shall be sub- 
 mitted by the Registrar to two scrutineers, who 
 shall be appointed by the Association. 
 
 MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 5. Four weeks' notice shall be given by the 
 Secretary-Treasurer to members of the Asssciation 
 by mail, of all annual meetings of the Association. 
 
 6. At all annual, general and special meetings 
 of the Association, twelve members shall consti- 
 tute a quorum. Should no quorum be present 
 within 30 minutes of the time stated, the President 
 or in his absence the Registrar shall have power to 
 adjourn the meeting, 
 
 MEETINGS OF COUNCIL. 
 
 7. The Council shall meet for the transaction of 
 business on the second Thursday of March, June, 
 September and December of each year, or at such 
 days near thereto as the Council may decide, or at 
 8hort.er intervals, if necessary, on the call of the 
 
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 President. Four memberFi shall constitute a 
 quorum. All motions shall be decided by a show 
 of hands, except in cases of a ballot, which may be 
 demanded by any member. Should the number 
 be equal, the chairman shall have a casting vote. 
 
 8. The Council shall elect from amongst them- 
 selves such committees as may be necessary for 
 any special purpose. The President shall be ex- 
 officio a member of all such committees. 
 
 9. There shall be allowed and paid to each mem- 
 ber of the said Council such travelling expenses as 
 they may necessarily incur for such days only as 
 they may be in active attendance on the business 
 of the Association. 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 10. At the Annual meetings, the Order of 
 Business shall be c^s follows:— 
 
 Reading of Minutes. 
 
 Annual Report of Council. 
 
 Registrar and Treasurer's Annual Statement. 
 
 Auditors' Report. 
 
 President's Address. 
 
 Election of Council. 
 
 Miscellaneous Business. 
 
 At all Council Meetings the Order of Business 
 shall be as follows:— 
 
 Reading of Minutes. 
 
 Business arising therefrom. 
 
 Reading of correspondence by Secretary, 
 and considering same. 
 
 Reports of Committees received and consid- 
 ered. 
 
 Treasurer's Quarterly statement. 
 
 Unfinished business. 
 
 Now business. 
 
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 THE EXAMINATIONS. 
 
 11. The regular examinations of the Association 
 shall be held on the first Wednesday and Thurs- 
 day of April and October in each year, or such 
 days near thereto as may be determined by the 
 Council, provided, however, that candidates for the 
 preliminary examination may be examined at any 
 time by the special examiner, appointed by the 
 Council for such purpose. 
 
 12. The fees to be paid by the candidates prior 
 to presenting themselves for examination shall 
 be: — For the preliminary examination, $2.00, and 
 for Licentiate of Pharmacy examination, $20.00. 
 No portion of a fee will, under any circumstances 
 be returned, but candidates who have failed to 
 
 Eass an examination will only be required to pay 
 alf the usual fee when they present themselves a 
 second time. Candidates must give notice to the 
 Plegistrar, in writing, of their intention to present 
 themselves, at least two weeks before the day 
 fixed for the examination. Any person entering 
 his name for examination and not presenting him- 
 self will forfeit the whole of his deposited fees, 
 unless he can produce sufficient cause for not pre- 
 senting himself, to the satisfaction of the Council. 
 Any person applying for Registration on Dip- 
 loma from any other Pharmaceutical Association, 
 must present such diploma at least 30 days before 
 the meeting of the Examining Board. 
 
 13. Candidates for the prelmiinary examination 
 must be at least fourteen years of age, and of good 
 moral character, and pass an examination in 
 English equal in standing to that of the High 
 School entrance Examination in British Columbia, 
 which certificates may, however, be accepted in 
 lieu of such examination, togetner witli a rudi- 
 mentary knowledge of Latin. 
 
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 14. Candidates for Licentiate of Pharmacy ex- 
 amination must have previously been duly regis- 
 tered as certified apprentices. They must also 
 produce evidence of having served four years in a 
 drug store. They shall pass an efficient examin- 
 ation in practical dispensing, reading and 
 translating prescriptions, parmaceutical chem- 
 istry, pharmacy, materia medicu and botany. 
 The number of marks required in examinations on 
 these subject shall be as follows :— Dispensing 75 
 per cent.; Beading and translating of prescriptions, 
 75 per cent.; Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 50 per 
 cent.; Pharmacy, 50 per cent.; Materia Medica, 50 
 per cent.; Botany, 50 per cent. 
 
 15. All persons examined in accordance with the 
 foregoing by-laws, shall, after having passed their 
 examinations and paid their examination fees, 
 receive certificates in such form as shall from time 
 to time be determined upon by the Council. 
 
 DUTIES OF OFFICEBS. 
 
 16. The President shall, when present, preside 
 at all meetings of the Association, put all motions 
 and declare the results. Should the members be 
 equal in any vote, the chairman shall have a cast- 
 ing vote. He shall advise with the Secretary- 
 Begistrar, respecting any urgent business that may 
 arise in the interval between the meetings of the 
 Council, and shall exercise a gener; \ supervision 
 over the affairs of the Association, had be ex-offi- 
 cio chairman of all committees. He shall also 
 have charge of all bonds given as sureties by officers 
 for the proper discharge of their duties. 
 
 17 The Vice-President It shall be duty of the 
 Vice-President to perform the duties of the 
 President during his absence. 
 
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 18. The Secretary-Treasurer and HegUtrar. It 
 shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer and 
 Etegistrar to take charge of the funds of the Asso- 
 ciation and to deposit the same in such bank as 
 may be decided upon by the Council. He shall 
 also keep a cash b(K>k which shall be open to the 
 inspection of the Council, and shall pay only such 
 accounts the payment of which has been previously 
 ordered by the Council or in uigent cases by the 
 President. He shall at each quarterly meeting 
 render a summary of all receipts and e penditures 
 since the last meeting. He shall fur »r present 
 at each annual meeting a detailed statement of the 
 accounts of the Association. 
 
 19. All payments shall be made by cheques, 
 which must be signed by the Secretary-Treasurer 
 and countersigned by the President or in his 
 absence by the Vice-President. 
 
 20. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be required to 
 furnish a satisfactory bond or bonds for $500.00. 
 
 21. The Secretary-Regisirar shall make out such 
 registers as are required by Section VIII of the 
 Pham acy Act 1891 of British Columbia, and shall 
 make ew registers annualhr in accordance with 
 the pi visions of said Act. The new registeirj shall 
 be laic before the Annual Meeting. 
 
 22. ' he Secretary-Registrar shall superintend 
 the af iirs of the Association, under the direction 
 of the President and Council. He shall keep the 
 record of the Association, conduct the correspond- 
 ence, issue all summonses and notices, record the 
 minutes of all meetings and read them. 
 
 23. All applications received by the Registrar 
 for examination and registration under the various 
 clauses of the Act relating to such matters shall be 
 entered in a book to be kept for that purpose. 
 
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 The Ref^Btrar nhall uot place the name of any 
 Licentiate or certified Apprentice on thd Register 
 until the hereinbefore mentioned annual fees be 
 paid. Provided, that no reflnstration Bhall be 
 made until it is proven to tlie RatiBfaction of the 
 Begistrar that the applicant ia entitled to be regis- 
 tered under the Act. 
 
 24. Any Licentiate or Apprentice requiring a 
 duplicate copy of his certinoate of registration 
 sliall obtain the same from the Registrar on pay- 
 ment of the sum of one dollar for small certificates 
 or three dollars for a large diploma. 
 
 AUDITORS. 
 
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 25. It shall be the duty of the Auditors to 
 inspect the Secretary-Treasurer and Registrar's 
 books, to examine end compare all vouchers, and 
 to certify to the correctness of the annual balance 
 sheet prepared by the Treasurer which must be 
 duly signed and presented to the annual meeting 
 of the Association. 
 
 26. The Council of the Association shall supply 
 any vacancy, and may remove any member of the 
 Board of Examiners and substitute another person 
 in his place; and may, also appoint a special 
 examiner to conduct the first or preliminary 
 examination. 
 
 27. The Board of Examiners shall meet for the 
 purpose of conducting the examinations at such 
 times and places as the Council of the Association 
 shall direct, and the Board shall report the result 
 of every examination to the Council at the meeting 
 immediately following same. 
 
 28. The Board of examiners shall conduct all 
 examinations according to such regulations as 
 
Bhajl be made and adopted by them, and which 
 snaJi have been approved by the Council. 
 
 29. Each examiner shall receive from the funds 
 of the Association a sum not exceeding ten dollars 
 for each examination and such travelling expenses 
 as are necessarily incurred. 
 
 30. The common seal of the Association shall 
 -onsist of such design as shall be decided by 
 the Council, and shall be in the custody of the 
 Kegistrar, who shall with the consent and in the 
 presence of the President, Vice-president, or some 
 member of the Council, specially appointed for 
 that purpose, affix the same to all documents 
 requiring it.