_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.