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alkaloids and their salts, cautharides, ergot, hydrocyanic acid; the said record also 

 to exhibit the name of the person to whom sold, place of his residence, and purpose 

 of purchase as stated, which book shall be kept at all times subject to the inspection 

 of the coroner of the county and the solicitor of the said association, or such other 

 persons as either of them may designate. 



SEC. 12. That all persons in this State engaged in business as pharmaceutists, 

 apothecaries, or druggists, either in the wholesale or retail of drugs, shall, to every 

 bottle, vial, box, or other package containing any poison named in the preceding 

 section, or any one or more of the following articles, viz. oxalic acid, chloroform 

 bclladona and its preparations, opium and all its preparations, except paregoric, 

 digitalis and its preparations, henbane and its preparations, hemlock or couium, or 

 any other article that may be added to this list by the pharmaceutical association 

 of the State of South Carolina, securely attach a label, whereon shall be either 

 printed or legibly written with red ink the name of the poison and the name of at 

 least one antidote, with brief directions as to the mode of using the same: Provided, 

 That nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to the filling of prescrip- 

 tions made by regular physicians: And provided, further, That it shall be the duty 

 of the boards of pharmaceutical examiners or either of the said boards, on application 

 at the time of registration, to furnish to the party registering a form of label for 

 poisons. 



SEC. 13. That this act shall not be construed to prevent merchants and shop- 

 keepers from vending or exposing for sale medicines already prepared : Provided, 

 Such merchants and shopkeepers shall attach to the article sold a copy of the label 

 attached thereto by Avholesale druggists, and in the sale of poisons shall comply 

 with the provisions of sections 11 and 12 of this act. 



SEC. 14. That it shall not be lawful for the proprietor of any pharmaceutical ihop 

 to allow any person not qualified in accordance with the provisions of this act to 

 dispense of poisons or compound the prescriptions* of physicians; and any person 

 who, upon an indictment for a violation of this section, shall be convicted of the 

 same, shall pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or suffer imprisonment 

 for a period of not more than six months. 



SEC. 15. That this act shall not be construed so as in any way Avhatsoever, to 

 affect those who have, previous to the date of the passage of the same, obtained a 

 license from the medical faculty of the University of South Carolina, or the faculty 

 of the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, nor in any way deprive the 

 said faculties of granting diplomas to pharmaceutists, apothecaries, and druggists, 

 who may have duly graduated in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, or 

 the medical department of the University of South Carolina, respectively, by virtue 

 of which the said graduates shall be entitled to license without examination, upon 

 payment of a fee of five dollars as above mentioned. 



SEC. 16. That the said association is hereby authorized through and by its solici- 

 tor, or otherwise, as it may deem most expedient, to prosecute all persons violating 

 the provisions of this act, or any of them. 



SEC. 17. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or repugnant to this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



Approved, March 10, 1876. 



The folio wing amendment to the act of incorporation was passed, to go into effect 

 1st May, A. D. 1882. 



SECTION 935, GENERAL STATUTES. 



The said association is hereby authorized and directed to prosecute all persons 

 violating the provisions of this chapter or any of them. 



In case any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, be 

 punished by fine, one-half of said fine shall be paid to the informer, through whose 

 agency such conviction shall be had. 



