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with the name of the article, the word " POISON " and the name and place of 

 business of the seller. 



Nor shall it be lawful to sell or deliver any poison named in schedules "A" and 

 " B " unless, on inquiry, it is found that the person is aware of its poisonous 

 character, and that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. Nor shall it be 

 lawful to sell or deliver any poison included in schedule "A" without making, 

 [or] causing to be made an entry in a book for that purpose only, stating the 

 date of sale, and the name and address of purchaser, the name and quantity of 

 poison sold, the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, 

 and the name of the dispenser ; said book always to be open for inspection 

 by the proper authorities and to be preserved at least five years. 



The provisions of this section shall not apply to 1 the dispensing of poisons, 

 when prescribed by practitioners of medicine, nor to the 'sale of poisons if a 

 single bottle or package does not contain more than an ordinary dose. Dealers 

 shall affix to every bottle, box or parcel, 'or other inclosures of an original 

 package containing any of the articles named in schedules "A" and " B " of 

 this Act, 'a suitable label or brand with the word poison, but they are hereby 

 exempted -from the registration of such article when sold at wholesale, or to 

 a -registered pharmacist or physician. Any person failing to comply With the 

 requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 



11. Poison scliedules. * * * 



SCHEDULE "A." 



Arsenic, corrosive sublimite, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, struch- 

 nia, cocaine, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, opium 

 and all its preparations, excepting those which contain 'less than two grains to 

 the dunce. 



SCHEDULE " B." 



Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, mix vomica, savin, cantharides, phos- 

 phorus, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, 

 chloral, sulphate of zinc, sugar of lead, mineral acids, carbolic acids, and oxalic 

 acid, white precipitate, red precipitate, biniodide of mercury, essential oil of 

 almonds. 



Laws 190:5, p. 125-127. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



351. Druggists responsible for mistakes in filling orders. Every apothecary, 

 druggist or person carrying on business as a dealer in drugs or medicines, or 

 person employed as clerk or salesman by such person, who, in putting up any 

 drugs or medicines, or making up any prescription, or filling any order for 

 drugs or medicines, wilfully, negligently, or ignorantly, omits to label the same, 

 or puts an untrue label, stamp, or other designation of contents upon any box, 

 bottle, or other package containing any drugs or medicines, or substitutes a 

 different article for any article prescribed or ordered, or puts up a greater or 

 less quantity of any article than that prescribed or ordered, or otherwise 

 deviates from the terms of the prescription or order which he undertakes to fol- 

 low, in consequence of which human life or health is endangered, is guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, or if death ensues, is guilty of a felony. 



Revised Statutes, 1901, p. 1246. 



oSo in Statutes. 



