92  Discussion  of  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law.      s  Am- Jour- Pharm- 
February,  1907. 
of  this  Act,  the  Commissioners  shall  cause  notice  thereof  to  be  given 
to  the  party  from  whom  such  sample  was  obtained.  Any  party  so 
notified  shall  be  given  an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  under  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  as  aforesaid,  and  if  it  appears 
that  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  have  been  violated  by  such 
party,  then  the  Commissioners  shall  at  once  certify  the  facts  to  the 
proper  District  Attorney  with  a  copy  of  the  results  of  the  analysis 
of  the  examination  of  such  article  duly  authenticated  by  the  analyst 
or  officer  making  such  examination,  under  the  oath  of  such  officer. 
After  judgment  of  the  Court,  notice|  shall  be  given  by  publication 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  rules  and  regulations 
aforesaid. 
Sixth.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  District  Attorney  to 
whom  the  Commissioners  shall  report  any  violation  of  this  Act,  to 
cause  appropriate  proceedings  to  be  commenced  and  prosecuted  in 
the  proper  courts,  without  delay,  for  the  enforcement  of  the  penal- 
ties as  in  such  case  herein  provided. 
Seventh.  That  no  dealer  shall  be  prosecuted  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Act  when  he  can  establish  a  guaranty  signed  by  the  whole- 
saler, jobber,  manufacturer,  or  other  party  from  whom  he  purchases 
such  articles,  to  the  effect  that  the  same  is  not  adulterated  or  mis- 
branded  within  the  meaning  of  this  Act.  Said  guaranty,  to  afford 
protection,  shall  contain  the  name  and  address  of  the  party  or  parties 
making  the  sale  of  such  articles  to  such  dealer,  and  in  such  case 
said  party  or  parties  shall  be  amenable  to  the  prosecutions,  fines, 
and  other  penalties  which  would  attach,  in  due  course,  to  the  dealer 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Act. 
Eighth.  That  this  Act  shall  not  apply  to  such  remedies  which 
may  be  in  the  possession  of  a  dealer  at  the  time  this  law  becomes 
effective. 
Ninth.  That  this  Act  shall  be  in  force  and  effect  from  and  after 
the  first  day  of  March,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight. 
DISCUSSION  OF  A  PURE  FOOD  AND  DRUG  LAW 
FOR  THE  STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  fourth  of  the  series  of  Pharmaceutical  Meetings  for  1906- 
1907  was  held  in  the  Museum  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar. 
