Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)Paris, John Ayrton
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Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)
Paris, John Ayrton
Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain
_And be it further Enacted_, That for the purposes of this Act, so far
as the same regards the Examination of Apothecaries, and Assistants to
Apothecaries, Twelve Persons properly qualified, as hereinbefore is
mentioned, shall be chosen and appointed by the said Master, Wardens,
and Assistants for the time being, (who are hereby authorized and
empowered to choose and appoint such Persons, and to remove or displace
them from time to time, as they the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants
for the time being, shall deem adviseable), and such Persons, when so
chosen and appointed, or any Seven of them, shall be, and be called the
Court of Examiners of the Society of Apothecaries; and such Court of
Examiners, or the major part of them present at any meeting, shall have
full power and authority, and are hereby authorized and empowered to
examine all Apothecaries, and Assistants to Apothecaries, throughout
_England_ and _Wales_, and to grant or refuse such Certificate, as
hereinafter is mentioned. And such Court of Examiners, or the major part
of them, shall, and they are hereby required to meet and assemble in
some convenient Room in the Hall of the said Society, once at least in
every week, for the purpose of such Examination, and then and there to
examine all Persons applying to be examined, and duly qualified so to be
by virtue of this Act.
_And be it further Enacted_, That at any such Meetings of the said
Examiners, a Chairman shall and may be appointed; and when and so often
as it shall so happen that there shall be an equal number of Votes upon
any one question (including the Vote of the said Chairman), then and in
such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Chairman to
give the casting or decisive Vote.
_And be it further Enacted_, That no person shall be capable of acting
as an Examiner, under and by virtue of this Act, until he shall have
taken and subscribed the following Oath:
“I, _A. B._ do solemnly promise and swear (or, being one of the people
called Quakers, do solemnly affirm) that I will faithfully,
impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and
knowledge, execute the trust reposed in me by the Master, Wardens, and
Society of the Art and Mystery of Apothecaries of the City of
_London_, as an Examiner, in the Examination of every person who shall
come before me to be examined, as to his fitness or qualification to
act as an Apothecary, or Assistant to an Apothecary, as the case may
be, and that without favour, affection, prejudice, or malice.
“So help me God.”
which Oath, or Affirmation, the said Master, Wardens, or Court of
Assistants, or the major part of them, are hereby authorized and
required to administer.
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