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From 24th June 1791, no apprentice. foreman, or shopman to be taken to any apothecary until he shall be examined as herein;
majority of examiners to certify as herein;
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XVIII. And in as much as many dangerous and fatal consequences have heretofore arisen from the practice of taking as apprentices to the art and mystery of an apothecary, boys or persons disqualified by the want of proper education, to prepare or vend medicine, not being capable of learning their nature, difference, effects, and qualities, to the imminent hazard of the lives of his Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninetyone, no person or persons shall be received, taken, indented or employed as an apprentice, foreman or shopman to any apothecary throughout the kingdom of Ireland, until he or they shall be examined by the governor, or deputy governor, and directors of the apothecaries' hall of Dublin, any five to make a quorum, who are hereby authorized and required to examine into the education and qualifications of such person or persons who shall apply to them for that purpose, and the majority of such examiners are hereby authorized and empowered after such examination to certify that such person or persons so applying to them, as shall appear to such examiners properly qualified to become an apprentice or apprentices, journeyman or journeymen, to learn or transact the business of an apothecary, in the manner or to the effect following, that is to say.
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To all to whom these presents shall come greeting, know ye, that we the governor, deputy governor, and directors of the apothecaries' hall of Dublin, have this day duly and carefully examined A. B. the son of C. D. of, or late of (as the case may be) in the county of and we think him properly educated or qualified to become an apprentice or journeyman (as the case may be) to learn or transact the business of an apothecary, and we do hereby certify the same.
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