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2798 ARTICLE 12.

license laws of this State, upon the written bona fide prescription of a
regular practicing physician of said County whose name shall be signed
thereto, and all such prescriptions shall be filled by such Druggist or
Pharmacist and kept by him and shall also keep a book for the special
purpose and enter therein the date of every sale of intoxicating liquors
made by him, the person to whom sold, the kind, quantity and price
thereof, and the purpose for which it was sold; and any failure to com-
ply with the provisions of this Section, or to produce the book before
any court of justice, when requested so to do, shall render such Druggist
or Pharmacist so failing liable to the same penalties as if he had sold
intoxicating liquors without a license; no prescription shall serve for
more than one purchase, and no physician shall make or sign any such
prescription unless the person for whom it shall be made is actually sick,
or such liquor is absolutely required as a medicine; any physician who
shall make or sign any prescription for such liquor except as aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than three hundred
dollars and cost of prosecution, and be committed to the County jail of
said County until such fine and cost of prosecution are paid; nor shall
anything in the said sections be construed to prohibit a sale by a phar-
macist or a druggist of such liquors to be used by or for a sick person,
in case of extreme illness when delay may be dangerous' to the patient,
nor to prevent the sale by a pharmacist or druggist for wine to be used
for sacramental purposes solely.

1914, ch. 34, sec. 8.

290. If any druggist or pharmacist shall violate any of the preceding
sections he shall be liable to the same penalties which are set forth in Sec-
tion 288.

1914, ch. 34, sec. 9.

291. One-half of all such fines shall be paid to the informer and the
balance shall be paid to the Board of County Commissioners of the County
for the use of said County.

1914, ch. 34, sec. 10.

291A. All prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions of this
Act, shall be upon presentment and indictment; but any Justice of the
Peace of the County shall have the same authority to receive information
of violations thereof and to take recognizances and bail or to commit, as
is now exercised by Justices of the Peace of the County, under the Public
General Laws of this State.

1914, ch. 34, sec. 11.

292. In any indictment for violation of any of the provisions of this
Act, it shall not be necessary to specify the particular kind of liquor
which any person, house, company, manufacturer, association or body

 

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