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States dispensatory pharmacopoeia as of recognized medicinal utility : Provided, That 

 nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to shield any apothecary or phar- 

 macist who violates or in anywise abuses this trust for the legitimate and actual 

 necessities of medicines, from the utmost rigor of the law relating to the sale of 

 intoxicating liquors; and upon conviction of any violation of the prohibitory liquor 

 law, his name shall be stricken from the register. It shall be unlawful for any 

 person, on and after the passage of this act, to retail any articles enumerated in 

 schedules A, B, C, except as follows : 



SCHEDULE A. 



Arsenie and its preparations, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red precipi- 

 tate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydro-cyanic acid, chloroform, 

 strychnine, morphine, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, 

 essential oil of bitter almonds, opium and its preparations, except paregoric and 

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



SCHEDULE B. 



Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, cantharides, creo- 

 sote, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations; croton oil, chloral hydrate, 

 sulphate of zinc, sugar of lead, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid, and all 

 other virulent poisons. 



SCHEDULE C. 



Oil of savin, oil of tansy, ergot and its preparations, cotton root and its prepp- v 

 tions, and all other active emenagogues or abortives. Articles enumerated in sched- 

 ules A and B shall not be sold without distinctly labeling the box, vessel, or paper 

 in which the said poison -is contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover, 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 sell or deliver any poison enum- 

 erated in schedules A and B, 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 a legiti- 

 mate purpose; nor shall it be lawful for any proprietor or owner of any drug store 

 or pharmacy, or any registered pharmacist, to sell or deliver any articles included 

 in the schedules A and B without, before delivering the same to the purchaser, caus- 

 ing an entry to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, 

 the article sold, the quantity thereof, the purpose for which it is represented by the 

 purchaser to be required, the name of the dispenser, and the name and address of 

 the purchaser, signed by himself; such book to be always open for inspection by 

 the proper authorities, and to be preserved for at least five years. No articles enum- 

 erated in schedule C shall be sold except on the prescription of a legally qualified 

 physician. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sales of poisons to 

 practicing physicians and photographers, and to the dispensing of poison in not 

 unusual doses or quantities upon the prescriptions of licensed practitioners of med- 

 icine. All prescriptions of practicing physicians shall be retained by the dispenser. 

 Any person procuring from any pharmacist articles enumerated in schedule A, B, 

 and C, under fraudulent representations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred 

 dollars. 



&EC. 5. Any person who may desire a certificate as registered assistant pharma- 

 cist, shall apply to the board of pharmacy for examination, and shall pay to the 

 secretary of said board the sum of three dollars, if the board find that he has had 

 two years' experience in a drug store or pharmacy, where physicians' prescriptions 

 were compounded and dispensed, and is otherwise duly qualified they shall duly 

 register him and issue him a certificate as registered assistant pharmacist. In case 

 of a failure to pass a satisfactory examination, a second examination shall be granted 



