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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tolls, rents and charges for the use of its lines, exchange

apparatus, service and facilities, and for the transmission of

messages, information and intelligence over its lines, to operate

exchanges and engage generally in the telephone business

in all its branches as the same is now conducted by means of

electric currents or effects through wires or by any wireless

system or by any other improved system of electric telephone

communication.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 452.

AN ACT to restrict the sale of cocaine in Frederick County.

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

Restricting the

land, That no druggist or other person or corporation in Fred-

sale of co-
caine in Fred

erick County shall sell, barter or give away any cocaine, or

erick County,
Md.

knowingly sell, barter or give away any preparation containing

cocaine in Frederick County to any person, unless on the

prescription or order in writing of a duly qualified physician

of medicine practicing in Frederick County ; and the sale,

barter or gift of any preparation containing cocaine shall be

prima facie evidence that said sale, barter or gift was made

knowingly.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no physician practicing med-

Prescriptions

icine in Frederick County shall give or issue a prescription or

for same.

order containing cocaine unless in the regular practice of his

profession, and it be necessary for the health of the patient

or party to whom it is given or issued.

Violations.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That anyone violating any of

the provisions of this Act on conviction in the Circuit Court

for Frederick County shall be fined by said court not less than

one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars

for each offense, and on failure to pay said fine, shall be com-

mitted to the Maryland House of Correction for not less than

three months. The one-half of said fine shall be paid to the

informer whether he be an officer or other person.

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

from May 1, 1904.

Approved April 8, 1904.