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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cine to furnish to, or to subscribe for the use of any habitual

user of the same, any cocaine eucaine or morphine, or any

salts or compound of cocaine, eucaine or morphine, or any

preparation containing cocaine, eucaine or morphine or other

salts, and it shall be unlawful for any practitioner of dentistry

to prescribe any of the foregoing substances for any person

not under his treatment in the regular line 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 previsions of this section shall

not be construed to prevent any lawfully authorized practi-

tioner of medicine from prescribing in good faith for the

use of any habitual user of narcotic drugs such substances

as he may deem necessary for the treatment of such habit.

Penalty for

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person who shall know-

knowingly
violating the

ingly violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed

law.

guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for the first

offense shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more

than fifty dollars, and upon conviction for a second offense

shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one

hundred dollars ; and upon conviction for a third offense and

all subsequent offenses shall be fined not less than one

hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and shall

be imprisoned in jail for not more than six months ; it shall be

the duty of the grand jury to make presentments for violation

of this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 608.

AN ACT to regulate the width of tires on vehicles used for the

transportation of loads on the public roads of Caroline

County and to prescribe the penalty for a violation of the

same, and providing for the submission thereof to the quali-

fied voters of Caroline County at the election to be held on

the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1904.

Regulating

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

width of tires

land, That it shall not be lawful after the passage of this Act

on vehicles in
Caroline

for any resident of Caroline County to purchase or otherwise

County.

acquire any vehicle except such as may be exempt from the