JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 141

eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter four hundred and fourteen, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows, viz: and to add new sections thereto numbered section 9 A and section 9 B.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person who after the passage of this act, does or shall vend at retail poisonous drugs for medicinal use, or compound or dispense physicians prescriptions in the city of Baltimore, without complying with the requirements of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor	retail poisonous drugs.
and subject to a penalty or tine of fifty dollars for each and every week he shall continue to vend at retail poisonous drugs for medicinal use, or compound and dispense physicians prescriptions in violation of this act; said penalty or fine to be sued for in the name of the Commissioners of Pharmacy and Practical Chemistry appointed under this act, before a single justice of the peace, as small debts are now recoverable, one half thereof to be paid to the Board of Public School Commissioners of said city for the use of the public schools, and the other half to the Treasurer of the Maryland College of Pharmacy for	Penalty.
the use of said college; provided, however, that this act shall not be so construed as to apply to or restrict the sale at retail of patent and proprietary medicines and compounds, prepared and compounded for medicinal use by wholesale dealers in drugs and medicines when sold in the original package, box or bottle, and no penalty shall hereafter be enforced against any person for the sale of patent or proprietary medicines or compounds prepared by wholesale dealers in drugs and medicines when sold as aforesaid, and no penalty shall hereafter be enforced against any person for the sale of proprietary or patent medicines or drugs other than poisonous.	Proviso.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That in case of the death of a registered pharmacist doing business in the city of Baltimore, that his legal representatives may continue said business for the benefit of the estate of said deceased, under the control and management of a registered pharmacist, subject to all the requirements of this act.	May continue business.