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lockage of the '-wraB"ivfacf,ni-ei% ;in<l except those 

 as patent or proprietary medicines. And should 

 such proprietor or conductor of a drug store knowingly, intentionally, and fraudu- 

 lently adulterate or cause to be adulterated sucla drugs, chemicals, or medical 

 preparations he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof shall be liable to a penalty of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more 

 than one hundred and fifty dollars, and his name stricken from the register. 



SEC. 14. No persons 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, 

 cyanide of potassium, digitalis, hydrocyanic acid, laudanum, morphine, nux vomica, 

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

 white precipitate, red precipitate, without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel, ot 

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

 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' pre- 

 scriptions specifying any of the poisons aforesaid. Any person failing to comply 

 with the requirements of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars for each and every such omission. 



SEC. 15, as amended by chapter 460, laws of 1887. All suits for the recovery of 

 the several penalties prescribed in this act shall be prosecuted in the name of the 

 State of Wisconsin, in any court having jurisdiction; and it shall be the duty of the 

 district attorney of the county wherein such offense is committed to prosecute all 

 persons violating the provisions of this act upon proper complaint being made. All 

 penalties collected under the provisions of this act shall inure to the school fund of 

 the State. 



SEC. 16. All acts or portions of acts regulating the practice of pharmacy and the 

 sale of poisons within this State, enacted prior to the passage of this act, are hereby 

 repealed: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any 

 person who has once been a registered member, and may have forfeited his member- 

 ship by nonpayment of dues or fees, from renewing his membership by paying the 

 required dues or fees without examination. 



CHAPTER 296, LAWS OF 1885, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SALE .OF POISONS 



BY PHARMACISTS, ETC. 



SEC. 2, as amended by chapter 404, laws of 1887. There is hereby enacted a new 

 section, to be kdown as section 1548a of the revised statutes, which shall read as 

 follows: Section 1548a. The town boards, village boards, and common councils of 

 the respective towns, villages, and cities in the State, upon the written application 

 of any registered pharmacist, may grant to such registered pharmacist as they deem 

 proper a permit to sell strong, spirituous, and ardent liquors in quantities less than 

 one gallon, for medicinal, mechanical, or scientific purposes only, and not to be drank 

 on the premises. The sum to be paid for such permit shall be ten dollars, and such 

 permit shall be granted and issued in the same manner and terminate at the same 

 time as the license provided for in the preceding section, except that it shall not be 

 necessary for any such registered pharmacist to furnish the bond required by section 

 1549 of the revised statutes: Provided, That in case any town board, village board, 

 or common council shall refuse to grant such permit, any registered pharmacist may 

 sell such strong, spirituous, and ardent liquors, for medicinal purposes only, on the 

 written prescription for each sale of a practicing physician, competent to testify in 

 any court in this State in a professional capacity, as provided by section 1436 of the 

 revised statutes. It shall be the duty of every pharmacist to whom a permit is issued 

 to keep a book, in which he shall enter the date of every sale made by nim of any 



