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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

limits of the aaid town of Brunswick, he shall, on conviction

thereof in the circuit court for said Frederick county, be fined

for the first offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than two

hundred dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than

two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; and on

Fine

failure to pay the same shall be committed to the jail of said

county until such fine and costs are paid; one-half of said fine

shall be paid to the informer and the other half to the board of

school commissioners of said Frederick county, for the benefit of

the public schools situated in or near to the said town of Bruns-

wick wherein the violation of this section has occurred.

SEC. 27. Nothing contained in the two preceding sections shall

be construed to prevent the compounding or sale of any such liquors

by pharmacists or druggists who shall or may have obtained li-

cense therefor under the license laws of the State, upon the

written bona fide prescription of a regular practising physician

whose name shall be signed thereto, and every such prescription

shall be filed and kept by said pharmacist or druggist, and no

prescription shall serve more than one purchaser; but no physi-

cian shall make or sign any such prescription unless the person

for whom it is made is actually sick, or such liquor is actually

Pharma-
cists.

required as a medicine; and any physician who shall make or

sign any prescription for such liquor, except as aforesaid, shall

be deemed guilty of a violation of said sections, and upon convic-

tion thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two

hundred dollars for the first offence, and not less than two hun-

dred nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent

offense, one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer and the

balance to the board of school commissioners of said county for

the use of the public schools situated in or near to the said town

of Brunswick wherein the violation of this section has occurred,

and on failure to pay the said fine, shall be committed to the jail

of said county until such fine and costs are paid; nor shall any-

thing herein be construed to prohibit the sale by such pharmacist

or druggist in case of extreme illness when delays may be dan-

gerous to the patients.

Effective.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.