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it shall not be necessary, in sales either at wholesale or at retail, to place a 

 poison label upon, nor to record the delivery of, the sulphide of antimony, or 

 the oxide or carbonate of zinc, or of colors gr:mnd in oil and intended for use 

 as paints, or calomel, or of paregoric when sold in quantities not over two 

 fluid ounces ; nor, in the case of preparations containing any of the substances 

 named in this section, when a single box, bottle, or other package, or when the 

 bulk of one-half fluid ounce, or the weight of one-half avoirdupois ounce, does 

 not contain more than an adult medicinal dose of such substance; nor in the 

 case of liniments or ointments, sold in good faith as such, when plainly labeled 

 " for external use only;" nor in the case of preparations put up and sold in the 

 form of pills, tablets, or lozenges, containing any of the substances enumerated 

 in this section and intended for internal use, when the dose recommended does 

 not contain more th.au one-fourth of an adult medicinal dose of such substance. 

 For the purpose of this and of every other section of this Act no box, bottle, 

 or other package shall be regarded as having been labeled " poison " unless the 

 word " poison " appears conspicuously thereon, printed in plain, uncondensed 

 gothic letters in red ink. 



15. Prescription; filing, inspection, and furnishing copy of; also general label- 

 ing. Every proprietor or manager of a drug store or pharmacy shall keep in his 

 place of business a suitable book or file, in which shall be preserved, for a period 

 of not less than three years, the original of every prescription compounded or 

 dispensed at such store or pharmacy, or a copy of such prescription, except 

 when the preservation of the original is required by section eleven of this Act. 

 Upon request, the proprietor or manager of such store shall furnish to the 

 prescribing physician, or to the person for whom such prescription was com- 

 pounded or dispensed, a true and correct copy thereof. Any prescription 

 required by section eleven of this Act, and any prescription for, or register of 

 sales of, substances mentioned in section thirteen of this Act shall at all times 

 be open to inspection by duly authorized officers of the law. No person shall, 

 in the District of Columbia, compound or dispense any drug or drugs, or deliver 

 the same to any other person, without marking on the container thereof the 

 name of the drug or drugs contained therein, or directions for using the same. 



16. Regulating the peddling and sampling of medicines. It shall be unlawful 

 for any person to sell or offer for sale by peddling, or to offer for sale from 

 house to house, or to offer for sale by public outcry, or by vending in the streets, 

 any drug, medicine, or chemical, or any compound or combination, thereof, or 

 any implement, appliance, or other agency for the treatment of disease, injury, 

 or deformity. That, except as may be otherwise authorized by law, no person 

 shall throw, cast, deposit, drop, scatter, or leave, or cause to be thrown, cast, 

 deposited, dropped, scattered, or left, any drug, medicine, or chemical, or any 

 compound or combination thereof, upon any public highway or place, or, with- 

 out the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, upon any premises in the 

 District of Columbia. 



19. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished 

 by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding 

 six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, 

 and if the offense be continuing in its character, eaqh week or part of a week 

 during which it continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. 



20. Repeal. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of 

 this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 



Public, No. 148, approved, May 7, 1906. 



