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(2932) The same : Jrsentc to be mixed with soot or indigo. A druggist, apothecary, 

 or other person shall not sell or give away, except to physicians, any quantity of 

 arsenic less than one pound without first mixing soot or indigo therewith, in the 

 proportion of one ounce of soot or half an ounce of indigo to the pound of arsenic. 



(2933) The same: Penalty for violation of last two sections. Any druggist or apothe- 

 cary, or other person, who shall offend against the provisions of the last section or 

 the one before the last, shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail twenty days, or both. 



(2934) The same : Not to be sold to minors. A druggist, apothecary, or other per- 

 son shall not sell or give away any to any minor, and for so doing he shall be pun- 

 ished as fora misdemeanor. 



(2935) The same: Poisoning fish in water. Every person who shall poison any 

 fish by mingling in the water any substance calculated and intended to stupefy or 

 destroy fish, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not 

 less than five dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days, or 

 both. 



(2936) The same : Poisoning person with intent to kill, where death does not ensue. 

 Every person who shall be convicted of having administered, or of having caused 

 or procured to be administered, any poison to any human being, with intent to kill 

 such human being, and which shall have been actually taken by such human being, 

 whereof death shall not ensue, shall be punished by imprisonment in the peniten- 

 tiary for a term not less than ten years. 



(2937) 2Hfe same: Mingling poison with food, drink, or medicine; poisoning spring, 

 well, reservoir of water, etc. Every person who shall mingle any poison with any 

 food, drink, or medicine, with intent to kill or injure any human beiug, or who 

 shall willfully poison any well, spring, or reservoir of water, shall, upon conviction, 

 be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, or in the 

 county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or 

 both. 



(2938) The same: Administering to animals. Every person who shall willfully and 

 unlawfully administer any poison to any horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, jennet, cat- 

 tle, deer, dog, hog, sheep, chicken, goose, turkey, pea-fowl, guinea-fowl, or par- 

 tridge, or shall maliciously expose any poisonous substance, with intent that the 

 same should be taken or swallowed by any horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, jennet, 

 cattle, dog, hog, sheep, chicken, goose, turkey, pea-fowl, guinea-fowl, or partridge, 

 shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceed- 

 ing three years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year, and by a fine not 

 exceeding five hundred dollars. 



(2950) The same: Merchants other than druggists not to open store, etc. A merchant, 

 shopkeeper, or other person shall not keep open store, or dispose of any wares or 

 merchandise, goods, or chattels on Sunday, or sell or barter the same; and every 

 person so oifending shall, on conviction, be fined not more than twenty dollars for 

 every such offense ; but this shall not apply to apothecaries or druggists who may 

 open their stores for the sale of medicines. 



(LAWS 1884, p. 82.) Toy pistols: Sale of, and of cartridges or caps for, prohibited. 

 If any person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any toy pistol, or cartridges or 

 caps or other contrivance by which such pistols are fired or made to cause an explo- 

 sion, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by 

 fine not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment 

 in the county jail not less than three days nor more than thirty days, or both. 



If the druggist be a dram-shop keeper he can not keep the drug store open if 

 thereby he gives access to the dram shop. (See $. ) Elkin v. State, 63 Miss., 129. 



