HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 275

SEC. 2. And &e it further enacted, That Sub-section (q) of
Section 283 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1935 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title
"Health—Narcotic Drugs", be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

(q) "Official Written Order" means an order written on a
form provided for that purpose by the United States Commis-
sioner of Narcotics, under any laws of the United States mak-
ing provision therefor, if such order forms are authorized and
required by Federal Law, and if no such order form is pro-
vided, then on an official form provided for that purpose by
the State Department of Health.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Sections 284 and
285-1 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title
"Health—Narcotic Drugs", be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as
follows:

284. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture,
possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dis-
pense or compound any narcotic drug, except as authorized in
this sub-title.

No person shall manufacture, compound, mix, cultivate,
grow, or by any other process produce or prepare narcotic
drugs, and no person as a wholesaler shall supply the same
without having first obtained a license so to do from the State
Department of Health. A fee of five dollars ($5. 00) shall be
charged for any license so issued; and the receipts collected
from such fees may be retained by the Department and applied
to the costs of preparing and distributing the official order
forms prescribed by Section 283 (q) of this sub-title. The
State Department of Health is authorized to make rules and
regulations governing the issue of any such license, provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to pharmacists,
physicians, dentists and veterinarians in the regular course of
their legitimate professional activities. The Department is
further authorized to make such rules and regulations as it
may deem necessary governing the use and sale of narcotic
drugs in respect of which it is required to issue official written
order forms.

285-1. Every physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other per-
son who is authorized to administer or professionally use nar-
cotic drugs, shall keep a record of such drugs received by him,
and a record of all such drugs administered, dispensed, or
professionally used by him otherwise than by prescription.