3096 ARTICLE 14.

alcoholic bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the limits of
said county, he or they shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay on the
first conviction a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, and costs of prosecution; or instead of such fine, be
imprisoned in the county jail for thirty days, or both, in the discretion of
the court; and on the second and every subsequent conviction, not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addi-
tion to such fine, be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than thirty
days nor more than ninety days, in the discretion of the court; and on
failure to pay any such fine as herein described, he or they shall be com-
mitted to the jail of said county until such fine and costs be paid; one-half
of the fine imposed for the violation of this sub-title of this article shall
go to the informer, and the residue to the board of school commissioners
of said county, for the benefit of the public schools therein.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 96. 1882, ch. 450.

208. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the com-
pounding or sale of any such liquors for medicinal purposes by a pharma-
cist and druggist who shall or may obtain a license under the license law
of this State; and upon a written bona fide prescription of a regular prac-
tising physician, whose name shall be signed thereto; and all such pre-
scriptions shall be filed and kept by such pharmacist and druggist, and no
prescription shall serve for more than one purchase; but no physician
shall make or sign any such prescription unless the person for whom it is.
made is actually sick, and such liquor is deemed by said physician neces-
sary as a medicine; any physician who shall make or sign any prescription
for such liquor, except as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a violation
of the two preceding sections, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for the first
offence, and not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars
for each subsequent offence; and if the buyer shall obtain a prescription by
misrepresentation, He shall likewise be deemed guilty of a violation of said
sections, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the same fine as
the physician who shall violate the same; the one-half of said fine to be
paid to the informer, and the residue to the board of school commissioners
of said county, for the benefit of the public schools thereof; and said vio-
lators shall be committed to the county jail until such fine and costs are
paid; but nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a sale by a phar-
macist or druggist, in case of extreme illness, when delay may be danger-
ous to the patient.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 14, sec. 97. 1882, ch. 450.

209. All prosecutions for violations of the provisions of said sections
which are hereby declared to be criminal offences, may be either upon
presentment or indictment, or by trial before a justice of the peace, who
shall have jurisdiction original and concurrent with the circuit court for
said county; and the said justice shall have power to issue all process and
to do all acts which may be necessary to the exercise of his, said jurisdic-