CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 1061

An. Code, sec. 252. 1904, sec. 237. 1904, ch. 607, secs. 1-3. 1912, ch. 473.

284. If any person except a licensed physician, dentist or practitioner
of veterinary medicine or surgery, manufacturing pharmacist or chemist
or wholesale or retail pharmacist or druggist have in his possession cocaine,
encaine, opium, morphine, hereoine, chloral hydrate or any salts or com-
pounds of any of the foregoing substances or their salts or compounds other
than paregoric and laudanum or bona fide proprietary medicines contain-
ing codeine or not more than two grains of opium nor not more than two-
fifths grain of morphine or not more than one-fourth grain of hereoine or
not more than ten grains of chloral hydrate in one fluid ounce, or if a solid
preparation in one avoirdupois ounce, or any of them with intent to sell,
give away or otherwise dispose of the same he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dol-
lars or by confinement in the penitentiary of this State for not less than
one year nor more than five years or both in the discretion of the Court,
and possession of any of the above enumerated drugs or mixtures thereof,
except by a licensed physician, dentist, practitioner of veterinary medi-
cine or surgery, manufacturing chemist or pharmacist, wholesale or retail
pharmacist or druggist or on the prescription of a licensed physician den-
tist or veterinarian in good standing in his profession not of intemperate
habits and not addicted to the use of any drug, shall be prima facie evi-
dence of an intent to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of the same. Pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any
hospital, college or scientific or public institution.

As to the commissioners of pharmacy, see art. 43, sec. 228, et seq.; see also art. 43,
sec. 189, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 253. 1904, sec. 237. 1904, ch. 607, secs. 1-3. 1906, ch. 523. 1912, ch. 473.

285. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medicine or dentistry
to furnish or prescribe for the use of any person any cocaine, hereoine,
alpha or beta ocaine, opium, morphine, chloral hydrate or any salts or
compounds of any of the foregoing substances or any preparation contain-
ing any of the foregoing substances or their salts or compounds except to
such persons who are under his care and for whom he, in good faith, pre-
scribed as necessary for their professional treatment; and no practitioner
of veterinary medicine or surgery shall prescribe the same for the use of
any human being. Any written order or prescription given or made by
any practitioner of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine or surgery
in the course of his professional treatment shall be dated and shall contain
the name of the person for whom prescribed, or if ordered by a practitioner
of veterinary medicine or surgery shall state the kind of animal for which
ordered and said prescription shall be signed by the person giving the
prescription or order. Such written order or prescription shall be perma-
nently retained on file by the person, firm or corporation who shall com-
pound or dispense' the articles ordered or prescribed, and it shall not be
again compounded or dispensed except upon the written order of the origi-
nal prescriber for each and every subsequent compounding or dispensing.
No copy or duplicate of such written order or prescription shall be made