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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by tJte authority aforesaid, That any person violating 

 the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the code 



SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of 

 laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 



Approved September 6, 1887. 



AN ACT to regulate the sale of poisons in this State. 



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

 and after the first day of May, 1876, it shall be unlawful for any person to furnish by 

 retail any poison enumerated in the schedules "A" and "B," as follows, to wit: 



Schedule U A" Arsenic and its preparations corrosive sublimate, white pre- 

 cipitate, red precipitate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic 

 acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts ; essential 

 oil of bitter almonds ; opium and its preparation, except paregoric and other prepara- 

 tions of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce. 



Schedule "B" Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, 

 savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical 

 preparations, croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, mineral acids, 

 carbolic acid, and oxalic acid, without distinctly labeling the bottle, box, vessel, or 

 paper in which said poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover 

 thereof with the name of the article, the word "poison," and the name and place of 

 business of him or her who furnishes the same; nor unless, upon due inquiry, it be 

 found that the person to whom it is delivered is aware of its poisonous character, 

 and represents that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. 



SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no licensed or registered 

 druggist or pharmacist shall, after said date, sell or deliver any of the poisons 

 included in the schedule "A" without, before delivering the same, causing an entry 

 to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of delivery, the name 

 and address of the person receiving the same, the name and quantity of the poison, 

 the purpose for which it is represented by each person to be required, and the name 

 of the dispenser. Such book shall be always open for inspection by the proper 

 authorities, and be preserved for reference for at least five years. 



SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act 

 shall apply to the dispensing of poison in not unusual quantities or doses, upon the 

 prescriptions of practitioners of medicine. 



SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating 

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

 thereof, in any court in this State, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thou- 

 sand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six mouths in jail, or both, in the 

 discretion of the judge pronouncing the sentence. 



SEC. 5. Repeals conflicting laws. 



SCHEDULE A. 



ARSENIC MERCURY BINIODIDE 



Fowler's solution. Corrosive sublimate. 



Donovan's solution. Red precipitate. 



Arseuious acid. White precipitate. 



Arsenite ammonia. STRYCHNINE 



Tinct. opii deodorata. Sulphate. 



Tinct. opii acetata. Muriate. 



Vine of. MORPHIA 



Wine of. Acetate. 



Fluid and solid extract of. Bromide. 



ACID, PRUSSIC Muriate. 



Potassium cyanide. Sulphate. 



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