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for a legitimate .purpose. Nor must any person retail any of such substances, 

 unless, before delivering the same, he makes, or causes 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 pur- 

 pose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the 

 dispenser. Such book must always be open to inspection by the proper authori- 

 ties. A person dispensing any of the substances enumerated must 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. Every person who violates any of the provisions 

 cif this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine not exceed- 

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

 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing in this section con- 

 tained applies to the prescriptions of any physician authorized to practice 

 medicine under the laws of this state. (Additional section of Penal Code, 

 approved March 22, 1905.) 



Statutes, 1905, p. 7G5. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



11. Proprietor of drug store rcxjtoiixililc for quality of drugs sold; penally; 

 hoard of pharmacy authorized to inrrnth/atc riolutioiiK. Every proprietor or 

 manager of a pharmacy or drug-store shall be held responsible for the quality of 

 all drugs, chemicals and medicines sold or dispensed by him, except those sold in 

 the original package of the manufacturer, and except those articles or prepara- 

 tions known as patent or proprietary medicines. Any person who shall know- 

 ingly, willfully, or fraudulently, falsify, or adulterate or cause to be falsified 

 or adulterated, any drug or medicinal substance, or any preparation authorized 

 or recognized by the pharmacopoeia of the United States, or used, or intended 

 to be used in medical practice, or shall mix, or cause to be mixed, with any such 

 drug or medicinal substance, any foreign or inert substance whatever, for the 

 purpose of destroying or weakening its medicinal power and effect, or of lessen- 

 ing its cost, and shall willfully, knowingly, or fraudulently sell the same, or 

 cause it to be sold, for medicinal purposes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty 

 dollars, and not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not 

 less than fifty days and not more than two hundred days, or by both such fine, 

 and imprisonment. Every registered pharmacist shall file, or cause to be filed, 

 all physicians' prescriptions, or a copy thereof, compounded or dispensed in 

 his pharmacy or store. They shall be preserved for at least two years, and he 

 shall furnish a correct copy of any prescription, only under the order or request 

 of the physician writing the same. Any person who shall willfully violate any 

 of these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof 

 shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars; and for each subsequent 

 offense shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars, and not more than 

 one hundred dollars. The state board of pharmacy may at any time when in 

 their judgment it appears advisable, deputize one of their members, or any 

 other competent person to investigate any suspected violation of any of the pro- 

 visions of this act and if the result of such investigation seems to the board 

 to justify such action, the board shall cause tlie prosecution of any person 

 violating any of the provisions of this act. 



Statutes, 1905, p. 540. 



