CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 1063

An. Code, sec. 257. 1914, ch. 794.

290. The bottle in which said tablets for antiseptic purposes of bichlo-
ride of mercury are sold, dispensed or given away shall have the word
" Poison " blown in one side of said bottle, and a label on the opposite side
bearing the word " Poison " in conspicuous letters.

An. Code, sec. 258. 1914, ch. 794.

291. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of sections
288-290 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense,
or be imprisoned in the county or city jail not less than thirty days nor
more than three months, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

Health—Spitting on Cars.

An. Code, sec. 259. 1904, sec. 238. 1902, ch. 581, art. 43, sec. 38A.

292. It shall be unlawful for any person to expectorate or spit on the
floors, sides, seats or platforms of any railroad or railway passenger cars
in this State, under a penalty of three dollars and costs, one-half of said
fine to go to the informer or party arresting and furnishing the evidence
upon which the offender is convicted. And for the purposes of this section
all railroad or railway conductors and brakemen running on passenger
trains are empowered to arrest such offenders and take them before the
nearest justice of the peace at the next convenient stop of said train within
this State for trial, and such justices are given jurisdiction in the case. In
default of payment of fine and costs any party so convicted shall be sen-
tenced to jail for not more than five days; provided, however, that smoking
cars in which cuspidors are not placed by the company operating the same
shall be exempt from the operation of this section.

Health—Salesladies, Chairs for.

An. Code, sec. 260. 1904, sec. 239. 1896, ch. 147, sec. 151A. 1904, ch. 287, sec. 147A.

293. All proprietors or owners of any retail, jobbing or wholesale dry
goods store, notion, millinery or any other business where any female
salespeople or other female help are employed for the purpose of serving
the public, shall provide a chair or stool for each one of such female help,
in order that when they are not actively engaged in making sales or taking
stock or in performing such other duties as they may have been engaged to
perform, they shall have an opportunity to rest, and they shall not be for-
bidden to avail themselves of such opportunity. Any such owner or pro-
prietor who shall neglect or refuse to obey the provisions of this section
shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined in an amount not less than ten dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars for the first offense; and in the event that such
proprietor or owner shall continue to disobey the provisions of this section,
he shall be subject to a fine at the rate of one dollar a day, daily, for every
chair or stool he fails to so furnish his said employes. It shall be the duty
of the board or department of health or health commissioner or commis-