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prescribe  any  of  the  foregoing  substances  for  any  person  not  under 
his  treatment  in  the  regular  practice  of  his  profession,  or  for  any 
practitioner  of  veterinary  medicine  to  prescribe  any  of  the  foregoing 
substances  for  the  use  of  any  human  being. 
Provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be 
construed  to  prevent  any  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine 
from  furnishing  or  prescribing  in  good  faith  for  the  use  of  any 
habitual  user  of  narcotic  dr  ugs  who  is  under  his  professional  care 
such  substances  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  their  treatment,  when 
such  prescriptions  are  not  given  or  substances  furnished  for  the  pur- 
pose of  evading  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion for  the  first  offence  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $25  nor  more 
than  $50,  and  upon  conviction  for  a  second  offence  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  $50  nor  more  than  $100,  and  upon  conviction  for  a 
subsequent  offence  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $100  nor  more  than 
$200,  and  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  for  not  more  than 
six  months  and  if  a  licensed  pharmacist,  physician,  dentist  or  veter- 
inary surgeon,  his  license  shall  be  revoked.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
under  this  act  of  all  judges  of  the  Courts  of  Common  Pleas  in  this 
State,  at  every  regular  term  thereof,  to  charge  all  regularly  impan- 
eled grand  juries  to  diligently  inquire  into  and  investigate  all  cases 
of  the  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  to  make  a  true 
presentment  of  all  persons  guilty  of  such  violations.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  cause  the  prosecution  of  all  per- 
sons violating  the  provisions  of  this  act.  No  prosecution  shall  be 
brought  for  the  sale  of  any  patent  or  proprietary  medicine  contain- 
ing any  of  the  drugs  or  preparations  hereinbefore  mentioned  until 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  shall  certify  that  such  medicine  contains  any 
of  the  said  drugs  or  preparations  in  excess  of  the  maximum  per- 
centages hereinbefore  mentioned. 
Sec.  4.  In  any  proceedings  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  the 
charge  may  be  brought  against  any  or  all  of  the  members  of  a 
partnership,  or  against  the  directors  or  executive  officers  of  a  cor- 
poration, or  against  the  agent  of  any  person,  partnership  or  corpo- 
ration. 
Sec.  5.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed. 
