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MICHIGAN. 
A  bill  to  prevent  the  improper  sale  of  liquors  by  druggists,  and 
providing  for  an  assistant  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has 
passed  the  Senate. 
MISSOURI. 
The  measure  amending  the  Missouri  Pharmacy  Law  so  as  to 
prevent  the  registration  of  physicians  as  pharmacists  without 
examination  has  been  made  law. 
The  amendment,  for  a  copy  of  which  we  are  indebted  to  Dr.  H. 
M.  Whelpley,  is  as  follows  : 
Section  i.  Section  3037  of  chapter  23  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
of  1899,  relating  to  druggists  and  their  licenses,  is  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  the  words  "  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  chapter 
shall  be  construed  to  require  any  physician  duly  authorized  to 
practise  medicine  in  this  State  to  submit  to  an  examination  as  a 
condition  precedent  to  a  license  as  a  pharmacist,  but  that  the  same 
shall  be  issued  upon  presentation  of  his  diploma  as  a  physician,"  so 
that  the  said  section,  as  so  amended,  shall  read  as  follows : 
Sec.  3037.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  proprietor  of  any  store 
or  pharmacy  to  allow  any  person,  except  a  registered  pharmacist,  to 
compound  or  dispense  the  prescriptions  of  physicians,  or  to  retail 
or  dispense  poisons  for  medical  use,  except  as  an  aid  to  or  under  the 
supervision  of  a  registered  pharmacist.  Any  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
$25  nor  more  than  $100  for  each  and  every  offense." 
It  is  regrettable  that  the  pharmacists  of  Missouri  did  not  make 
use  of  this  opportunity  to  procure  the  enactment  of  the  form  of 
law  approved  last  year  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. 
The  following,  known  as  the  Griffin  Bill,  has,  according  to  the 
National  Druggist,  from  which  we  copy,  been  introduced  into  the 
Missouri  Legislature. 
Sec.  3018a.  In  all  prosecutions,  either  upon  indictment  or  infor- 
mation, for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquor  under  what  is  known  as 
the  dramshop  act,  and  in  all  prosecutions  for  the  sale  of  intoxicat- 
ing liquor  without  license,  it  shall  be  sufficient  for  the  State  to 
show  the  sale  of  such  intoxicating  liquor,  and  if  the  defendant 
