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or mineral, commonly kept in stock in drug stores or apothecary shops, and used in 

 compounding medicines or sold for medicinal purposes. 



It ? js provided, however, that nothing in this act shall in any manner interfere 

 with the regular practice of any physician as such, or prevent him as a physician 

 from supplying to his patients such articles as may seem to him proper, or shall 

 interfere with the making or vending of proprietary medicines, or with the sale by 

 general retail dealers of any of the following articles, that is to say : 

 Alum, Epsom salts, Logwood, 



Blue vitriol, Glauber salts, Eolled sulphur, 



Borax, Glycerine, Saltpetre, 



Carbonate of ammonia, Gum arabic, Senna leaves, 



Carbonate of soda, Gum camphor, Sublimed sulphur, 



Castor oil, Licorice, Water of ammonia, 



Copperas, 



or with the sale by such retail dealers of Paris green, kept in stock in sealed pack- 

 ages, and so sold, distinctly labeled " Paris Green, Poison," or shall prevent a shop- 

 keeper whose place of business is more than one mile from a drug store or apothecary 

 shop, from dealing in and selling the commonly used medicines and poisons, if put 

 up for such sale by a registered pharmacist; or interfere with the exclusively whole- 

 sale business of any dealers, except as hereinbefore provided. (As amended in 1891.) 

 SEC. 13. Every proprietor or conductor of a drug store shall be held responsible 

 for the quality of all drugs, chemicals, and medicines sold or dispensed by him, 

 except those sold in the original package of the manufacturer, and except those arti- 

 cles or preparations known as patent or proprietary medicines. Any person who 

 shall knowingly, willfully, or fraudulently falsify or adulterate, or cause to be falsi- 

 fied or adulterated, any drug or medical substance, or any preparation authorized or 

 recognized by the pharmacopoeia of the United States, or used or intended to be used 

 in medical practice; or shall mix or caused to be mixed with any such drug or medic- 

 inal substance any foreign or inert substance whatsoever, for the purpose of destroy- 

 ing or weakening its medicinal power and effect, or of lessening its cost, and shall 

 willfully, knowingly, or fraudulently sell or cause the same to be sold for medicinal 

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

 shall pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and shall forfeit to the State of 

 Minnesota all articles so adulterated, "and any person so convicted may also, at 

 the discretion of the court before which conviction occurs, be further adjudged and 

 sentenced to forfeit his registration and the certificate thereof." (As amended in 

 1891.) 



SEC. 14. No person shall sell at retail any poisons commonly recognized as such, 

 and especially aconite, arsenic, belladonna, biniodide of mercury, carbolic acid, 

 chloral hydrate, chloroform, conium, corrosive sublimate, creosote, croton oil, cya- 

 nide of potassium, digitalis, hydrocyanic acid, laudanum, morphine, nux vomica, oil 

 of bitter almonds, oil tansy, opium, oxalic acid, strychnine, sugar of lead, sulphate 

 of zinc, white precipitate, red precipitate, without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel, 

 or package containing the same, and to the wrapper or cover thereof, a label bear- 

 ing the name "POISON" distinctly shown, together with the name and place of 

 business of the seller. Nor*shall he deliver any of the said poisons to any person 

 without satisfying himself that such poison is to be used for legitimate purposes: 

 Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to the dispensing of physicians' 

 prescriptions specifying any of the poisons aforesaid. 



"Every person omitting to comply with- any requirement of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof pay a fine not 

 less than (5) dollars for each such omission." (As amended in 1891.) 



SEC. 15. All suits for the recovery of the several penalties prescribed in this act 

 shall be prosecuted in the name of the State of Minnesota, in any court having 

 jurisdiction; and it shall be the duty of the county attorney of the county wherein 



