LOUISIANA. x 85 



8. Penalty. Any person offending against any provisions of this act, shall he 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor against the State of Louisiana, and shall be 

 prosecuted before any court of criminal jurisdiction, and if adjudged guilty, 

 shall pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than one hundred 

 dollars ($100), and in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned in the 

 parish jail for not more than thirty (30) days Laws 1888, p. 7<L 



Revised Laws (Wolff), 1904, vol. 2, p. 1234-5. 

 SALE OF POISONS." 



Act No. 85. Kale of cocaine restricted; penalty. It shall be unlawful in this 

 State to sell, give or exchange at retail any cocaine, except upon the written 

 prescription, each time, of an authorized practicing physician, other than a 

 physician owning, controlling or in any manner connected with the store offering 

 the cocaine for sale, barter or gift, provided that nothing herein shall be con- 

 strued to interfere with or prevent the sale or barter of patent or proprietary 

 medicines. 



Every violation hereof shall be a misdemeanor and punishable upon convic- 

 tion by a fine of not more than $100.00 and not less than $25.00, and imprison- 

 ment not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. (Laws 

 1898, p. 110.) 



Revised Laws (Wolff), 1004, vol. 1, p. 398. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



1. Prohibition; penalty. No person shall, within this State, manufacture, 

 have, offer for sale or sell any article of food or drugs which is adulterated, 

 and any person violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty 

 dollars for the first offense, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each 

 subsequent offense. 



2. Adulteration defined. An article shall be deemed adulterated within the 

 meaning of this act in the case of drugs if when sold under a name recognized 

 in the United States Pharmacopoeia its strength or purity fall below the pro- 

 fessed standard under which it is sold. * * * 



3. Label must show true character of product; penalty. No person shall 

 manufacture, sell or offer for sale within this State, any drugs, * * * un- 

 less the package when sold at wholesale or the packages from which it is 

 taken, when sold at retail be stamped in plain large letters, showing the true 

 quality and kind of the articles sold within the meaning of this act, and every 

 person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and shall upon conviction pay a fine of not less than twenty-five 

 dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be sentenced to imprisonment for not 

 more than ten days or both at the discretion of the court. 



5. State hoard of health to enforce act. The State Board of Health shall take 

 cognizance of the interests of the public health as it relates to the sale of food 

 and drugs, and the adulteration of the same, and make all necessary investiga- 

 tions and inquiries relative thereto, and at any time, when in their judgment 

 necessary, they shall chemically analyze any drug or drugs, article of food 

 and drink, and shall publish the results of their analysis together with the name 



See p. 84 for provision as to labeling. 



