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§§ 220-222 obtained a diploma from such colleges or schools of pharmacy as shall be approved by said board, or to licentiates of such other state or territorial boards as it may deem proper, without further examination.

§ 220. Immediately upon the passage of this act the Dakota pharmaceutical association, and Southern District pharmaceutical association, shall select each five reputable and practising pharmacists doing business in their respective districts, from which number the governor of the territory shall appoint three of each five. The said three pharmacists, duly elected and appointed, shall constitute the board of pharmacy of the districts of North and South Dakota, respectively, and shall hold office as respectively designated in the appointments for the term of one, two and three years, as hereinafter provided, and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The Dakota pharmaceutical association and Southern District pharmaceutical association, shall each annually thereafter select three pharmacists who shall be members in good standing, from which number the governor of the territory shall appoint one to fill the vacancy annually occurring in said boards. The term of office shall be for three years. In case of resignation or removal from the district of any member of said boards, or of a vacancy occurring from any cause, the governor shall fill the vacancy by appointing a pharmacist from the names last submitted, to serve as a member of the board for the remainder of the term; provided, all that part of Dakota lying south of the seventh standard parallel shall be held to constitute one pharmaceutical district, and all that part lying north of the same line shall constitute one pharmaceutical district.

§ 221. The said boards shall, within thirty days after their appointment, meet and organize by the selection of a president and secretary from the number of its own members, who shall be elected for a term of one year, and shall perform the duties prescribed by the board. It shall be the duty of the board to examine all applications for registration within their respective districts, submitted in proper form; to grant certificates of registration to such persons as may be entitled to the same under the provisions of this act; to cause the prosecution of all persons violating its provisions; to report annually to the governor and to their respective pharmaceutical associations upon the condition of pharmacy in the territory, which said report shall also furnish a record of the proceedings of the said board for the year, as well as the names of all pharmacists duly registered under this act. The board shall hold meetings for the examination of applicants for registration and transaction of such other business as shall pertain to its duties, at least twice or not more than four times a year, at discretion of board, and the said board shall give thirty days' public notice of the time and place of such meeting. The said board shall also have power to make by-laws for the proper execution of its duties under this act, and shall keep a book of registration in which shall be entered the names and places of business of all persons registered under this act, which registration book shall also contain such facts as such persons claim to justify their registration. Two members of said board shall constitute a quorum.

§ 222. Every person claiming the right of registration under this act, who shall, within three months after the passage