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in quantities of sixty grains or less. It shall be the further duty of any one 

 selling or dispensing poisons, which are known to be destructive to adult human 

 life in quantities of five grains or less, before delivering them, to enter in a book 

 kept for that purpose the name of the seller, the name and residence of the 

 buyer, the name of the article, the quantity sold or disposed of, and the pur- 

 poses for which it is said to be intended, which book of registry shall be (kept) 

 for at least two years, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of the 

 coroner of the court (county) in which the same may be kept. Oil of tansy, 

 oil of savin, ergot, and its preparations, cotton root, and its preparations, and 

 all other active emmenagogues or abortives, or enimenagogue preparations, 

 patent or otherwise, shall be sold at retail or dispensed only upon the original 

 written prescription of a legally qualified physician. The provisions of this 

 section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons in not unusual quantities, 

 or doses, on physicians' prescriptions, nor to the sale to agriculturists, or horti- 

 culturists, of such articles as are commonly used by them as insecticides. Every 

 person failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less 

 than ten dollars. (Laws 1898, p. Ill, as amended 1902.) 



2632. Exceptions. Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to apply to, 

 or in any manner interfere with, the sale of the usual non-poisonous domestic 

 remedies and medicines, and patent or proprietary medicine, by country stores 

 in small places or rural districts. Nothing in this act shall apply to, or in any 

 manner interfere with, the business of any licensed practicing physician, or pre- 

 vent him from supplying to his patients such articles as may seem to him proper, 

 or with his compounding his own prescriptions* (Laws 1898, p. 173.) 



2634. Enforcement of pharmacy act; disposition of fines. All prosecutions 

 under this act shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in any 

 court having jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of the Kentucky Board of Phar- 

 macy to investigate all complaints of disregard, non-compliance with, or viola- 

 tions of the provisions of this act, and to bring all such cases to the notice of 

 the county attorney of the county where such person is doing business, and it 

 shall be the duty of such county attorney to diligently prosecute to effect any 

 such violations. All penalties collected under the provisions of this act, after 

 payment of all costs, including the commission allowed by law to the various 

 officers, shall inure one half to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, and one half 

 to the school fund of the school district in which the offense was committed. 

 (Laics 1898, p. 173.) 



2635A. The sale of cocaine restricted; penalty. Cocaine or its salts shall be 

 sold at retail or dispensed only upon the written prescription of a legally quali- 

 fied physician or dentist, and such prescription shall not be refilled. Each pre- 

 scription, containing cocaine or its salts, filled by a registered pharmacist, shall 

 have written upon its face the name of the patient, the date it is filled, and the 

 prescription file of each registered pharmacist shall be open to the inspection of 

 the members of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, or its authorized inspector. 

 Cocaine or its salts shall be sold at wholesale only to pharmacists registered 

 under this act, and to legally qualified physicians and dentists. Every person 

 failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than 

 fifty dollars. Any physician or dentist who shall prescribe, buy for or sell, or 

 dispense to any person for any purpose other than legitimate use, or otherwise 

 deal in cocaine, or its salts than" as herein provided, shall thereby render him- 

 self amenable to the penalties hereinbefore in this section provided. Any regis- 

 tered pharmacist who violates any of the provisions of this section or who by 



