GEORGIA. 57 



1. Cocaine filial! Itc sold upon prescription only. It shall be unlawful for any 

 person to sell, dispense or deliver to any person cocaine in any form whatever, 

 except upon the written prescription of a legally licensed and registered physi- 

 cian or dentist, in which prescription shall be written the name of the person 

 who is to use the same, and such prescription shall not be refilled without the 

 written consent each time, of the person prescribing the same ; provided, how- 

 ever, that this Act shall not apply to manufacturers or wholesale druggists 

 who shall sell to licensed druggists, for wholesaling or retailing, or who shall 

 sell to lawful practicing physicians. 



2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall, upon con- 

 viction, be punished for a misdemeanor. 



Public Laws, IDOL', p. 100. 



1039. Misdemeanors, Itow punislied. Every crime declared to be a misde- 

 meanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, imprison- 

 ment not to* exceed six months, to work in the chain-gang on the public works, 

 or on such other works as the county authorities may employ the chain-gang, 

 not to exceed twelve months, and any one or more of these punishments may be 

 ordered in the discretion of the judge : Provided, that nothing herein contained 

 shall authorize the giving the control of convicts to private persons, or their 

 employment by the county authorities in such mechanical pursuits as will 

 bring the products of their labor into competition with the products of free 

 labor. 



Code, 1805, vol. 3, p. 202. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



3865. Damages. A person who, knowingly or carelessly, by himself or his 

 agents, sells to another adulterated drugs or liquors, by the use of which dam- 

 age accrues to the purchaser, or his patients, or his family, or his property, 

 shall be liable in damages for the injury done. 



Code, 1805, vol. 2, p. 880. 



1500. Prohibition; adulteration defined; samples for analysis. No person 

 shall, within this State, manufacture for sale, offer for sale, or sell, any drug, 

 medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation which is adulterated. A 

 drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation shall be deemed to be 

 adulterated: (1) If when sold under or by a name recognized in the United 

 States Pharmacopoeia it differs from the standard in strength, quality, or 

 purity laid down therein. (2) If, when sold under or by a name not recognized 

 in the United States Pharmacopoeia, but which is found in some other standard 

 work, it differs materially from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid 

 down in such work. (3) If its strength, quality, or purity falls below the pro- 

 fessed standard. Every person manufacturing, offering for sale, or selling any 

 drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation shall furnish to the 

 State board of pharmacy, or any person interested or demanding the same, who 

 shall tender him the value of the same, a sample sufficient for the analysis of 

 any such drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation which is in 

 his possession. 



1501. Board may prosecute dealer in adulterated drugs. On complaint being 

 made, the board of pharmacy is hereby empowered to employ an expert chemist 

 or analyst to examine into the so-claimed adulteration, and report upon the 

 result of his investigation, and if said report justify such action, the board shall 



