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or cause to be made, in a book kept for that purpose only, an entry stating the 

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

 of the substance sold, the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to 

 be required, and the name of the dispenser. The book required by this act 

 shall be always open to inspection by the proper authorities. It shall also be 

 the duty of the person dispensing any of the substances enumerated in either 

 of said schedules to ascertain, by due inquiry, whether the name and address 

 given by the person receiving the same are his true name and address, and for 

 that purpose may require such person to be identified. 



3. Penalty ; exceptions. Any person who shall dispense any of the substances 

 enumerated in either of said schedules without complying with the regulations 

 herein prescribed, shall, for every such offense, be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 

 five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six 

 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment ; provided, that nothing in 

 this act shall be so construed as to apply to the prescriptions of any physician 

 authorized to practice medicine under the laws of this state. 



4. Poison schedules. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after 

 June first, eighteen hundred and eighty. 



SCHEDULE "A." 



Arsenic, corrosive sublimate, hydrocyanic acid, cyanite of potassium, strych- 

 nia, essential oil of bitter almonds, opium, aconite, belladonna, conium, nux 

 vomica, henbane, tansy, savin, ergot, cotton root, digitalis, chloroform, chloral 

 hydrate, and all preparations, compounds, salts, extracts, or tinctures of such 

 substances, except preparations of opium containing less than two grains to 

 the fluid ounce. 



SCHEDULE " B." 



White precipitate, red precipitate, red and green iodides of mercury, colchi- 

 cum, cantharides, oxalic acid, croton oil, sulphate of zinc, sugar of lead, car- 

 bolic acid, sulphuric acid, muriatic acid, nitric acid, phosphorus, and all prepara- 

 tions, compounds, salts, extracts, or tinctures of such substances. Statutes 1880, 

 p. 102. 



Penal Code (Deering), 1903, p. 041 et seq. 



347a. Conditions of sale and labelinf/. No person must retail any arsenic, cor- 

 rosive sublimate, hydrocyanic acid, cyanide of potassium, strychnia, essential oil 

 of bitter almonds, opium, aconite, belladonna, conium, nux vomica, henbane, 

 tansy, savin, ergot, cotton root, digitalis, chloroform, chloral hydrate, or any 

 preparation, compound, salt, extract or tincture, of such substances, except 

 preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the fluid ounce, white 

 precipitate, red precipitate, red and green iodides of mercury, colchicum, can- 

 tharides, oxalic acid, croton oil, sulphate of zinc, sugar of lead, carbolic acid, 

 sulphuric acid, muriatic acid, nitric acid, phosphorus, or any preparation, 

 compound, salt, extract, or tincture, of such substances, without first distinctly 

 labeling the bottle, box, vessel, or package, and the wrapper or cover thereof 

 in which such substance is contained, with the common or usual name thereof, 

 together with the word " poison," and the name and place of business of the 

 seller. Nor must any such sale be made to any person, unless it is found, on 

 due inquiry, that he is aware of its poisonous character, and that it is to be used 



a So in Statutes. 

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