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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 this section, and upon convic-
tion 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 violators shall be committed
to the county jail until such fine and costs are paid; but nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prohibit a sale bv a pharmacist or druggist
in case of extreme illness, when delay may be dangerous to the patient.

1908, ch. 653 (p. 978).

292. It shall be unlawful for any pharmacist or druggist to compound
or sell, within the limits of Queen Anne's county, any spirituous or fer-
mented liquors or alcoholic bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind,
upon prescription of a regular practicing physician, as provided in Sec-
tion 291 and Section 282 unless such prescription, in addition to the
requirements provided for in said section 291 and 282 shall be written
in ink, shall contain the name (not merely the initials) of the physician,
shall set forth the date when same is made and signed, the name of the
person for whom it is made, and the quantity of the liquor or bitters, or
intoxicating drink, as the case may be, therein prescribed, "and the per-
son presenting the same shall endorse or have endorsed across the face of
such prescription his name and the date of the presentation of said pre-
scription." And it shall be the duty of every such pharmacist and drug-
gist to file and carefully preserve the original of all such prescriptions in
a book kept solely for such prescriptions to be known and designated as.
''Liquor Prescription Book," which said book shall always be open to the
inspection of the State's Attorney for Queen Anne's county and the sheriff
of said county. And it shall be unlawful for any physician to make, write,
issue, sell or give away any such prescription for spirituous or fermented
liquors, or alcoholic bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, unless such
prescription is written by such physician in ink, contains the name (not
merely the initials) of such physician, set forth the date when same is
made and signed, the name of the person for whom it is made or given,
and the quantity of liquor, or bitters, or intoxicating drinks, as the case
may be, therein prescribed. Any pharmacist, druggist or physician who
shall violate any provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall 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; and on the second and every subsequent convic-
tion a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor not more than five
hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court; one-half of the fine im-
posed for the violation of this section 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.