CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 1193

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285B.

332. A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dis-
pense narcotic drugs to any of the following persons but only on official
written orders:

(a) To a manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist or pharmacy owner.

(b) To a physician, dentist or veterinarian.

(c) To a person in charge of a hospital, but only for use by or in that
hospital; provided, the official written order is signed by a physician,
dentist, veterinarian or pharmacist connected with such hospital.

(d) To a person in charge of a laboratory but only for use in that
laboratory for scientific and medicinal purposes.

A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell narcotic drugs to
any of the following persons:

(a) On a special written order accompanied by a certificate of exemp-
tion, as required by the Federal narcotic laws, to a person in the employ
of the United States Government or of any State, territory, district,
county, municipality, or insular government, purchasing, receiving, pos-
sessing or dispensing narcotic drugs by reason of his official duties.

(b) To a master of a ship or a person in charge of any air craft upon
which no physician is regularly employed for the actual medical needs
of persons on board such ship or air craft when not in port, provided such
narcotic drug shall be sold to the master of such ship or person in charge
of such air craft only in pursuance of a special order form approved by a
commissioned medical officer or acting assistant surgeon of the United
States Public Health Service.

(c) To a person in a foreign country if the provisions of the Federal
narcotic laws are complied with.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285C.

333. An official written order for any narcotic drug shall be signed
in duplicate by the person giving said order or by his duly authorized
agent. The original shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses
the narcotic drug or drugs named therein. In the event of the acceptance
of such order by said person, each party to the transaction shall preserve
his copy of such order for a period of two years, in such a way as to be
readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged
in the enforcement of this sub-title. It shall be deemed a compliance with
this subsection if the parties to the transaction have complied with the
Federal narcotic laws respecting the requirements governing the use of
order forms.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285D.

334. Possession of or control of narcotic drugs obtained as author-
ized in this sub-title shall be lawful if obtained in the regular course of
business, occupation, profession, employment or duty of the possessor.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285E.

335. A person in charge of a hospital or of a laboratory, or in the
employ of this State or of any other State, or of any political subdivision
thereof, and the master or other proper officer of a ship or air craft, who
obtains narcotic drugs under the provisions of this sub-title or otherwise