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to. and used by such mechanic or manufacturer on, in, or about the sale of any 

 goods, wares, or merchandise, with intent to use or sell the said die, plate, or 

 engraving, or printed stamp, label, or wrapper, for the purpose of aiding or assist- 

 ing, in any way whatever, in vending any goods, wares or merchandise, in imita- 

 tion of or intended to resemble and be sold for the goods, wares, or merchandise of 

 such mechanic or manufacturer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- 

 viction, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in 

 the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year. 



(2843) The same: Selling articles bearing counterfeit. Every person who shall vend 

 any goods, wares, or merchandise having thereon any forged or counterfeit stamp or 

 label, imitating, resembling, or purporting to be the stamp or label of any mechanic or 

 manufacturer, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, and resembling or 

 purporting to be imitations of the stamps or labels of such mechanic or manufacturer, 

 without disclosing the fact to the purchaser thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not 

 exceeding three months, or by a fine not less than fifty nor more than five hundred 

 dollars, or both. 



Selling by false weights or measures. If any person shall sell anything by any 

 false weight or measure whereby another shall be cheated, or if any person shall 

 sell any light-weight loaf, or package, calling the same a pound or other quantity, 

 or if any person shall sell any under-capacity bottle or other vessel, calling it a 

 pint, quart, or other quantity, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not 

 less than ten dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days. 



Dealers to have none but sealed measures. When the county or city is supplied with 

 the standards of weights and measures, every dealer therein shall have none but 

 scaled weights and measures, and the weights shall be so sealed as that the removal of 

 any part of the filling will destroy or deface the seal ; and every dealer having, in 

 such case, any weight or measure which lias not been duly sealed shall be guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and shall, moreover, forfeit ten dollars for every day he may have 

 any unsealed weight or measure. 



(2884) The same: Giving medicine, etc., to pregnant women and thereby killing child. 

 Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any 

 medicine, drug, or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or 

 other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, and shall thereby destroy 

 it, shall be guilty of manslaughter, unless the same shall have been necessary to 

 preserve the life of the mother, or shall have been advised by a physician to be 

 necessary for such purpose. 



(2892) The same: Drunken doctors, etc., unintentionally causing death. If any 

 physician, or other person, while in a state of intoxication, shall, without a design 

 to effect death, administer, or cause to be administered, any poison, drug, or other 

 medicine, or shall perform any surgical operation on another, which shall cause the 

 death of such other person, he shall be guilty of manslaughter. 



(2930) Poisons : Sales and gifts of, regulated. It shall not be lawful for any apothe- 

 cary, druggist, or other person to sell or give away any articles belonging to the 

 class of medicines usually denominated poisons, except in compliance with the two 

 following sections. 



(2631) The same: Register to be kept, label, etc. Every druggist, apothecary, or 

 other person, w r ho shall sell or giro away, except upon the written prescription of 

 a physician, any article of medicine belonging to the class usually known as 

 poisons, shall be required to register, in a book kept for that purpose, the name, 

 place of residence, age, sex, and color of the person obtaining such poison, the 

 quantity sold, the purpose for which it was required, the day and date on which it 

 was obtained, and the name and place of abode of the person for whom the article 

 is intended; and he shall carefully mark the word "poison" upon the label or 

 wrapper of each package. 



