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known to bo an habitual user of cocaine; [tro rifled, that the provisions of this 

 act shall not apply to persons engaged in the wholesale drug trade, regularly 

 selling cocaine to persons engaged in the retail drug trade. 



2. renaltij. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by 

 a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail 

 where said violation was committed, for a term of three months, or both, at 

 the discretion of the court before which such offender shall be convicted. 



Laws, 11)04, p. 187. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



1. Definition of " dniu." * * * The term "drug" as used in this act 

 shall include every article 1 of medicine fur internal or external use, and every 

 ingredient in such article. (Laic* 1901, p /cS6\) 



2. Definition of adulteration. The following drugs shall be deemed to be 

 impure within the meaning of this act: (1) any drug which, being known 

 under or by a name recognized in the last revised United States pharma- 

 copoeia, possesses a strength, quality or degree of purity inferior to or differ- 

 ent from that laid down in such revised pharmacopoeia ; (2) any drug which 

 not being known under or by a name recognized in the last revised United 

 States pharmacopoeia, but which is found in some other pharmacopoeia or in 

 some other standard work on materia inedica. possesses a strength, quality or 

 degree of purity inferior to or different from that laid down in such other 

 pharmacopoeia or standard work ; and (.">) any drug whose strength, quality 

 or degree of purity falls below the professed standard under which it is sold. 

 (Amended Man-It ;>!)tJi, 11)0.',; Latrx, J!W.' h i>. ,W9.) 



4. Possession or sale of adulterated article* unlairfnt. No person shall dis- 

 tribute or sell, or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell, any 

 article of food or drug which, under any of the provisions of this act, is or 

 shall be deemed to be impure. 



5. Imitations must 1)0 sold as such. No person shall distribute or sell, or offer 

 to distribute or sell, any article of food or any drug which is an imitation of 

 some other article of food or of some other drug under or by the name of the 

 article of food or drug imitated, but the same shall be distributed and sold, or 

 offered for distribution or sale, only by the true name of the imitation. 



11. Enforcement of act by state board of health. The state board of health 

 shall have the power from time to time to adopt, promulgate and publish by cir- 

 cular or otherwise, such general rules and regulations for the government of 

 the analysts, chemists, chief inspector and such other inspectors and employes 

 appointed by the said board as they may deem proper ; they shall also have the 

 power to give to any analysts, chemists or chief inspector, or other inspector 

 or employe appointed by the board, such orders .concerning any performance of 

 duty as they from time to time may deem proper ; they shall also have the 

 power from time to time to appoint such analysts, chemists, chief inspector and 

 ether inspectors and employes as they may deem proper, who shall hold their 

 respective positions during the pleasure of said board and perform such general 

 or special services as said board may by their general rules and regulations or by 

 their special orders require, and to fix and allow to said analysts, chemists, 

 chief inspector and other inspectors and employes, respectively, such salaries, 

 fees or compensation as the said board shall deem to be reasonable, which sal- 

 aries, fees and compensation shall be paid out of the appropriations from time to 

 time made by the legislature for carrying out the provisions of this act; the said 



