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prescriptions contrary to the provisions of section four of this act, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less 

 than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and each week such 

 drug store or pharmacy or other place of business is so unlawfully conducted 

 shall be held to constitute a separate and distinct offense. 



24. Penalty for dispensing drugs contrary to laiv. Any person, not being 

 licensed as a pharmacist, who shall compound, dispense or sell at retail any 

 drug, medicine, poison or pharmaceutical preparation, either upon a physician's 

 prescription or otherwise, and any person being the owner or manager of a drug 

 store, pharmacy or other place of business, who shall cause or permit any one 

 not licensed as a pharmacist to dispense, sell at retail or compound any drug, 

 medicine or physician's prescription contrary to the provisions of section four 

 of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hun- 

 dred dollars. 



Laws, 1905, Public, p. 119 and 125. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



3. Responsibility of druggists for quality of drugs sold. Every person who 

 shall engage in the sale of drugs, chemicals and medicines shall be held respon- 

 sible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals and medicines he may sell or dis- 

 pense, with the exception of those sold in the original packages of the manu- 

 facturers, and also those known as " patent or proprietary medicines " ; and 

 should he intentionally adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, or exposed to 

 sale, knowing the same to be adulterated, any drugs, chemicals or medical prep- 

 arations, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine not exceeding 

 one hundred dollars, and in addition thereto his name shall be stricken from the 

 register of licensed pharmacists, provided he be a licensed pharmacist. 



11. Prosecutions. Upon information that any provision of this act has been 

 or is being violated, the secretary of the board of pharmacy shall promptly 

 make investigations of such matters, and, upon probable cause appearing, shall 

 file complaint and prosecute the offender. All fines and penalties prescribed in 

 this act shall be recoverable by suit in the name of the people of the State. 

 Laws, 1905, Public, p. 118 and 121. 



SALE OF POISONS.o 



20. Restrictions; label; record; provisos. It shall be unlawful for any 

 persons to sell or deliver to any person any of the following described sub- 

 stances or any poisonous compound, combination or preparation thereof, to- 

 wit: The compounds and salts of arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, silver and 

 zinc, oxalic and hydrocyanic acids and their salts, the concentrated mineral 

 acids, carbolic acid, the essential oils of almonds, pennyroyal, tansy and savine, 

 croton-oil, creosote, chloroform, chloral hydrate, cantharides, or any aconite, 

 belladonna, bitter almonds, colchicum, cotton root, conium, cannabis indica, 

 digitalis, hyocyamis, uux vomica, opium, ergot, cannabis stramonius, or any 

 of the poisonous alkaloids or alkaloidal salts or other poisonous principles 

 derived from the foregoing, or cocaine or any other poisonous alkaloids or 

 their salts, or any other virulent poisons, except in the manner following : 

 It shall first be learned by due inquiry that the person to whom delivery is 

 made is aware of the poisonous character of the substance, and that it is desired 

 for a lawful purpose, and the box, bottle or other package shall be plainly 



a See also sec. 4, p. 140. 



