158 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



SALE OF POISONS. 



3812. Poisons must be labeled; inquiry as to use; penalties. It shall be unlaw- 

 ful for any person, from and after the passage of this act, to retail any of 

 the following poisons, to wit : Arsenic and its preparations, corrosive sublimate, 

 white precipitate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, 

 strychnine, morphine, cocaine, and their combinations, and essential oil of 

 bitter almonds, aconite, belladonna, colchium,a conium, mix vomica, henbane, 

 savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, digitalis, and their pharmaceuti- 

 cal preparations, croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, car- 

 bolic acid, oxalic acid, preparations containing opium, except paregoric and 

 other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce, and 

 other deadly poisons, wtihout labeling the box, vessel, or paper in which said 

 poison is contained, with the name of the article, the word " poison ", and the 

 name and place of business of the seller ; nor shall it be lawful for any person 

 to deliver or sell such poisons unless, upon due inquiry, it be found that the 

 purchaser is aware of its poisonous character, and represents that it is to be 

 used for legitimate purpose. The proprietor of every drug store shall keep in 

 his place of business a registry book, in which shall be entered an accurate 

 record of the sales of all such poisons. Any violation of this section shall 

 make the owner, manager, and principal of said store liable to a fine of not 

 less than ten dollars, and not more than one hundred dollars for each offense : 

 provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to the dispensing of phy- 

 sicians' prescriptions of any of the poisons aforesaid, nor to manufacturers 

 making and selling at wholesale any poisons : but provided, that each box, 

 vessel, or pap*er in which said poison is contained (except physicians' prescrip- 

 tions), shall be labeled as above specified. (Laws 1895, p. 115.) 

 Codes and Statutes (Bellinger and Cotton), 1902, p. 1285. 



3815. Sale of opium, chloral hydrate and cocaine without license prohibited. 

 No person shall have in his or her possession or offer for sale opium, moiphine, 

 eng-she or cooked opium, hydrate of chloral, or cocaine who has not previously 

 obtained a license from the county clerk of the county in which he or she re- 

 sides or does business. He shall pay the county clerk the sum of one dollar 

 ($1) for his services. Said license shall be valid for one year from the date 

 of issue. 



3816. Record of applications for license; form of license and fee. The county 

 clerk shall keep a book in which he shall record the name, the place of busi- 

 ness, and date of application of persons who apply to him for license to sell 

 opium, morphine, eng-she or cooked opium, hydrate of chloral, or cocaine, or 

 any of them. On payment of the sum of one dollar, he shall issue to the ap- 

 plicant a license in this form : 



UCENSE TO SELL OPIUM, MORPHINE, ENG-SHE OB COOKED OPIUM, HYDRATE OF 



CHLORAL, AND COCAINE. 



Received this day of - , 18 , from A B , the sum of one 



dollar, in payment for a license authorizing the said A B to keep on 



hand and to sell in the manner prescribed by law opium, morphine, eng-she or 

 cooked opium, hydrate of chloral, and cocaine for the term of one year from 

 date 



Signed at , this day of , 18 . 



County Clerk of county. 

 Sb in Statutes. 



