118 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



7679. Penalty. Any person offending against the provisions of either of the 

 last two preceding sections shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty nor 

 more than one hundred dollars. 



Compiled Statutes, 1905, p. 1918-1919. 



1. Cocaine to be sold only on original prescription of physician. No apothe- 

 cary, druggist or other person shall be permitted to sell or give away any quan- 

 tity of cocaine, except upon the prescription of a physician, said prescription 

 not to be re-filled, provided that nothing in this act shall prohibit sale from 

 manufacturers or wholesale dealers to retail druggists, physicians or dentists 

 nor the use and prescription of these drugs by dentists in the practice of their 

 profession. 



2. Penalty. Every person offending against the provisions of this act, shall be 

 fined in any sum not less than Twenty Dollars nor more than One Hundred 

 Dollars. Law* JMtf, i>. (!!><!. 



Compiled Statutes, 1905, p. 1974-1975. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



4372. Penalty; prosecution; boanl of /i]Kinn<ici/ lo eitiploif cjicmixt. No per- 

 son shall add to or remove from any drug, medicine, chemical, 'or pharmaceu- 

 tical preparation any ingredient or material for the purpose of adulteration or 

 substitution, which shall deteriorate the quality, commercial value, or medical 

 effect, or which shall alter the nature or composition of such drug, medicine, 

 chemical or pharmaceutical preparation, so that it will not correspond to the 

 lecogni/ed tests of identity or purity. Any person who shall thus willfully 

 adulterate or alter, or cause to be adulterated or altered, or shall sell or offer 

 for sale any such drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation, or 

 any person who shall substitute or cause to be substituted one material for 

 another, with the intention to defraud or deceive the purchaser, shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and be liable to prosecution under this act. If convicted, he 

 shall be liable to all the costs of the action, and for the first offense be liable 

 to a fine of not less than ten (Jfl(UK)) dollars nor more than one hundred 

 ($100'.00) dollars, and for each subsequent offense a fine of not less than 

 twenty-five ($125.<H>) dollars or more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars. On 

 complaint being entered, the board of pharmacy is hereby empowered to 

 employ an analyst or chemist, whose duty it shall be to examine into the 

 so-claimed adulteration, substitution, or alteration, and report upon the result 

 of his investigation, and if the said report shall be deemed to justify such 

 action, the board shall duly cause the prosecution of the offender, as pro- 

 vided in this act. (Lair* 7,S',X7, p. r>13.) 



Compiled Statutes, 1905, p. 1080. 



ADULTERATION OF LIQUORS WITH DRUGS. 



4233. Penalty. Every person so licensed, or any other person, who shall inten- 

 tionally or otherwise, sell or give away, or direct, or permit any person or 

 persons in his employ to sell or give away any malt, spirituous, or vinous 

 liquors, which shall be adulterated with strychnine, strontia, sugar of lead, 

 or any other substance, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars 

 for every such offense. An analysis made by a practical chemist shall be 

 deemed competent testimony under the provisions of this section. 



Compiled Statutes, 1905, p. 1045. 



