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delivered, he shall be fined not exceeding $50 for each neglect. Whoever pur- 

 chases any such poison and gives a false or fictitious name, shall be punished 

 in the same manner 



Revised Statutes (Kurd), 1897, p. 559. 



12. Drugs, medicines and poisons to be labeled. No person shall sell at retail 

 any drug, medicine or poison without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel or 

 package containing the same a label bearing the name of the article distinctly 

 shown, with the name and place of business of the registered pharmacist from 

 whom the article was obtained: Provided, nothing in this section shall apply 

 to the sale of patent or proprietary medicines when sold in original packages, 

 nor with the dispensing of physicians' prescriptions. Any person failing to 

 comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable to a penalty of $5 

 for any and every offense. 



Laws 1901, p. 242. 



14a. Cocaine to be sold only on physician's prescription. It shall not be law- 

 ful for any druggist or other person to retail, or sell, or give away any cocaine, 

 hydro-chlorate, or any salts of, or any compound of cocaine, or any preparation 

 containing cocaine, or any salts of, or any compound thereof, excepting upon 

 the written prescription of a licensed physician or licensed dentist, licensed 

 under the laws of the State, which prescription shall only be filled once, and 

 must have written plainly upon it, the name and address of the patient : Pro- 

 vided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to sales at wholesale 

 by any manufacturer or wholesale dealer, who shall sell to the retail druggist, 

 or other person so sold, as original packages only, when such manufacturer or 

 wholesale dealer shall have affixed to each box, bottle or package containing 

 such cocaine, hydro-chlorate, or salts or compounds of cocaine, or preparations 

 containing cocaine, a label specifically setting forth the proportion of cocaine 

 contained therein. 



14b. Penalty. Any druggist or other person who shall, retail or sell any 

 cocaine, hydro-chlorate, or salts or compounds of cocaine, or any preparation 

 containing cocaine, or salts or compounds thereof, in violation of this act, and 

 any druggist or other person who shall prescribe any cocaine, hydro-chlorate, 

 or salts or compounds of cocaine, or any preparation containing cocaine, or salts 

 or compounds thereof, to any person addicted to the habitual use of cocaine, or 

 any preparation or compound thereof, in any form, shall, for the first offense, be 

 fined the sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, 

 and for each subsequent offense not less than two hundred dollars nor more 

 than one thousand dollars ; and if the person so offending shall have a license 

 as a physician, dentist or pharmacist, such license shall be revoked. 



Laws 1903, p. 248. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



9i. Mixing drugs so as to impair potency. Na person shall, except for the 

 purpose of compounding in the necessary preparation of medicine, mix, color, 

 stain or powder, or order or permit any other person to mix, color, stain or 

 powder any drug or medicine with any ingredient or material, so as to affect 

 injuriously the quality or potency of such drug or medicine, with intent to sell 

 the same, or shall sell or offer for sale any such drug or medicine so mixed, 

 colored, stained or powdered. (Laios 1883, p. 176.) 



