WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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three, make or sign any prescription for such liquor,

except as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a vio-

lation of this act, and upon conviction thereof shall

be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than

Penalty for
violation.

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 misrepresenta-

tion, he shall likewise be deemed guilty of a viola-

tion of this act, 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 of said

county until such fine and costs are paid; nor shall

How con-
strued.

anything herein be construed to prohibit a sale by a

pharmacist or druggist in case of extreme illness,

when delay may be dangerous to the patient.

SEC. 0. And be it enacted, That any person who

shall have been engaged for four continuous months

immediately before the said first day of December,

in business as a pharmacist and druggist, shall be

entitled on and after said day to carry on such busi-

Who to carry

ness under a new license similar to the one under

on.

which he had been acting just prior to said day ;

provided he shall first file a petition with and to

the clerk of said court, setting forth that he has

been engaged for the time aforesaid in the business

of a pharmacist and druggist, and praying for the

issuance to him of a pharmacist and druggists'

license; and the clerk shall forthwith issue to such

Clerk to issue.

petitioner upon his paying the usual charges there-

for and a fee of twenty-five cents to the clerk, a

traders' license, and endorsed thereon, over his official

signature, the words " Pharmacist and Druggists'

License; " but if any other person shall desire to

obtain from said clerk a license to conduct the busi-

ness of a pharmacist and druggist, endorsed as

aforesaid, after the first day of December, eighteen

hundred and eighty-two, he shall first file with said

File petition.

clerk a petition addressed to one of the judges of

the Circuit Court for said county, setting forth in

what district of said county he proposes to engage

in said business; that he is fitted by training and