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DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



3814a. Restrictions; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or 

 corporation to throw or place, or cause to be thrown or placed, in any yard, 

 hall, porch, doorway or vestibule in this State, any sample or sample package 

 of medicine without permission from the owner or occupant of such premises. 

 Nothing in this act shall be so construed as -to prevent any person, firm, or 

 corporation from delivery of samples or sample packages of medicine, if said 

 delivery is made direct to the owner or occupant of any house, or to any per- 

 son over twelve years of age. Any person violating any of the provisions of 

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

 shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. 



Code (Pollard), 1904, vol. 2, p. 2038. 



