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family medicines not poison, as prescribed and allowed by section 1409 of the code 

 of 1873 of Georgia; (4) assistants in drugstores where the manager has complied 

 with the requirements of this act. 



SEC. 9. No person shall within this State manufacture for sale, offer for sale, or 

 sell any drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation which is adulter- 

 ated. A drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation shall be deemed 

 to be adulterated: (1) If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the U. S. 

 Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard in strength, quality, or purity laid down 

 therein; (2) if, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the U. S. Pharma- 

 copoeia, but which is found in some other standard work, it differs materially from 

 the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down in such work; (3) if its 

 strength, quality, or purity falls below the professed standard. 



SEC. 10. Every person nninufacturing, offering for sale, or selling any drug, medi- 

 cine, or pharmaceutical preparation shall furnish to the State board of pharmacy, 

 or any person interested or demanding the same, who shall tender him the value of 

 the same, a sample sufficient for the analysis of any such drug, medicine, chemical, 

 or pharmaceutical preparation which is in his possession. 



SEC. 11. On complaint being made, the board of pharmacy is hereby empowered 

 to employ an expert chemist or analyst to examine into the so-claimed adulteration 

 and report upon the result of his investigation, and if said report justify such action 

 the board shall cause the prosecution of the offender; and any person found guilty 

 of adulteration as defined by this act shall be adjudged to pay, in addition to the 

 fine hereinafter provided for, all necessary costs ami expense incurred in inspecting 

 and analyzing such adulterated articles which said person may have been found 

 guilty of manufacturing, selling, or offering for sale, and it shall be the duty of the 

 solicitor to prosecute all violations of this act. 



SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall violate the provisions of 

 this act, or shall register fraudulently, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred, dollars, imprison- 

 ment not to exceed three months, either or both, at the discretion of the court. In 

 all cases of prosecution under this act the burden shall be upon the defendant to 

 show his authority. 



SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all fees for examination and license, and one- 

 half of the fines collected from convictions under this act. shall be paid to the State 

 board of pharmacy, to defray the expenses of the same, and us compensation for 

 their services. 



SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the 

 date of its passage. 



SEC. 15. Repeals conflicting laws. 



Approved September 28, 1881. 



ALFRED H. COLQUITT, 



Governor. 



Sections 1, 3, 5, 6, and 12 amended, and sections 9, 10, and 11 added. 

 Approved October 25, 1889. 



JOHN B. GORDON, 



Governor. 

 ILLEGAL SALE OF OPIUM. 



AN ACT to prevent the sale of opium and its preparations to persons habitually addicted to its use. 

 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That it 

 shall not be lawful for any druggist, pharmacist, or other person selling opium and 

 its preparations by retail, to sell, give, or furnish directly, or indirectly, opium, or 

 its preparations, containing more than two grains of opium to the ounce, in any 

 quantity, to any person addicted to its use, after a written notice from a near rela- 

 tive of such person that he or she is habitually addicted to its use, except upon the 

 written prescription of a physician setting forth the necessity of its purchase, and 

 showing the good faith of the prescription. 



