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SALE OF POISONS. 



7935. Labeling; penalty. No person shall sell, at retail, any poisons commonly 

 recognized as such, and especially aconite, arsenic, belladonna, biniodide of 

 mercury, carbolic acid, chloral hydrate, chloroform, conium, corrosive sublimate, 

 creosote, croton oil, cyanide of potassium, digitalis, hydrocyanic acid, laudanum, 

 morphine, nux vomica, oil of bitter almonds, oil tansy, opium, oxalic acid, 

 strychnine, sugar of lead, sulphate of zinc, white precipitate, red precipitate, 

 without affixing to the box, vessel or package containing the same, a label 

 bearing the name ' Poison ', distinctly shown, together with the name and place 

 of business of the seller. Nor shall he deliver any of the said poisons to any 

 person without satisfying himself that such poisons are to be used for legitimate 

 purposes. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to the dispensing 

 of physicians' prescriptions specifying any of the poisons aforesaid. 



Every person omitting to comply with any requirements of this section shall 

 be liable to a penalty of ten (10) dollars for each and every such offense. 

 (Laws 1885, p. 183, as amended 1891 and 1899.} 



Statutes, 1894, vol. 2, p, 2088 (as amended, Laws 1899, p. 30.) 



6621. Records; exception. An apothecary or druggist, or a person employed 

 as clerk or salesman by an apothecary or druggist, or any person otherwise car- 

 rying on business, who shall sell or give away arsenic, or its preparations, 

 aconite, belladonna, lead or its preparations, mercury or its preparations, hydro- 

 cyanic acid, oxalic acid, copper or its preparations, phosporus, oil of savin, oil 

 of tansy, morphine, strychnine, laudanum, rough on rats, or cyanide of potas- 

 sium, without first recording in a book to be kept for that purpose the name and 

 residence of the person receiving such poison, together with the kind and quan- 

 tity of such poison received, except upon the written order of prescription of 

 some practicing physician, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person purchasing 

 any of the above named drugs, who shall give the person selling the same a 

 false name for registration, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor. Provided that this section shall not apply to the sale of 

 paris green. 



6623. Substances to be labeled poison. An apothecary or druggist, or a per- 

 son employed as clerk or salesman by an apothecary or druggist, or any person 

 otherwise carrying on business, who shall sell or give away arsenic or its 

 preparations, aconite, belladonna, lead or its preparations, mercury or its 

 preparations, hydrocyanic acid, oxalic acid, copper or its preparations, mor- 

 phine, phosphorus, oil of savin, oil of tansy, oil of cedar, strychnine, rough on 

 rats, cyanide of potassium, carbolic acid, tincture nux vomica, fluid extract 

 ergot, fluid extract cotton root, chloroform, chloral hydrate, croton oil, sul- 

 phate of zinc, mineral acids, stramonium, conium, opium or its preparations, 

 except paregoric and Dewees' carminative, without attaching to the vial, box 

 or parcel containing such substance, a label with the name and residence of 

 such person, the word " poison," and the name of such article written or 

 printed, or partly written and partly printed thereon in plain and legible char- 

 acters, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided that the provisions of this sec- 

 tion shall not apply when the sale is made upon the written prescription or 

 order of some practicing physician. 



Statutes, 1894, vol. 2, p. 1766. 



1. Labeling of wood alcohol. No person, by himself, his servant or agent, or 

 as the servant or agent of another person or persons, shall sell, exchange, 

 deliver or have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange or 



