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and the record of sale and delivery above mentioned shall not be required of 

 manufacturers and wholesalers who shall sell any of the foregoing substances 

 at wholesale, but the box, bottle or other package containing such substance 

 when sold at wholesale, shall be properly labeled with the name of the sub- 

 stance, the word " Poison," and the name and address of the manufacturer or 

 wholesaler ; nor shall it be necessary to place a poison label upon, nor to record 

 the delivery of the sulfid of antimony, or the oxid or carbonate of zinc, or of 

 colors ground in oil, and intended for use as paints, or calomel, paregoric, or 

 other preparations of opium containing less than two grains of opium to the 

 fluid ounce, nor in the case of preparations containing any of the substances 

 named in section one of this act when a single box, bottle or other package, or 

 when the bulk of one-half fluid ounce or the weight of one-half avoirdupois 

 ounce, does not contain more than an adult medicinal dose of such poisonous 

 substance ; nor in case of preparations recommended in good faith for diarrhea 

 and cholera, when each bottle or package is accompanied by specific directions 

 for use and a caution against habitual use ; nor in the case of liniments and 

 ointments when plainly labeled " For external use only." Nor in the case of 

 preparations put up and sold in the form of pills, tablets or lozenges and 

 intended for internal use, where the dose recommended does not contain more 

 than i of an adult medicinal dose of such poisonous substance. 



3. Restrictions on sale of cocaine and morphine. It shall be unlawful for 

 any person to dispense, sell or deliver to any person, any salts of cocaine, 

 morphine, or its salts, or any of the alkaloids or salts of alkaloids of opium, 

 except upon the written prescription of a legally qualified physician, or dentist, 

 such prescription not to be refilled, except upon the written order of the 

 (person) prescribing the same; except, however, that sulphate of morphine 

 may be sold by a registered pharmacist or assistant pharmacist in original 

 packages containing not less than one-eighth ounce when registered in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of section one of this act. 



4. Penalty. The penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of any 

 section of this act shall not be less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars 

 for each separate offense. 



Laws, 1902, p. 280. 



1. Sale of cocaine restricted. Whoever sells, barters or gives away any 

 quantity of cocaine, except upon the prescription of a physician, duly licensed 

 under the laws of the state of Ohio, or sells, barters or gives away any quantity 

 of cocaine to any person or persons without having first marked the word 

 " poison " upon the label or wrapper containing the same and registered in a 

 book to be kept by him or her for that purpose, the day and date on which it is 

 sold, bartered or given away, the name and address of the physician who pre- 

 scribed the same, the quantity thereof, the name, age, sex and color of the 

 person obtaining the same, the purpose for which it is required and the name 

 and place of abode of the person or persons for which the same is intended, 

 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, but 

 the provisions of this act do not extend to any person, persons, firm or corpora- 

 tion engaged in selling drugs and medicines at wholesale to sell any quantity of 

 cocaine to another person, persons, firm or corporation engaged in selling drugs 

 or medicines at wholesale or retail, in accordance with the laws governing such 

 business. 



Laws, 1902, p. 145. 



