WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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scribed, he, she or they shall be committed to the

jail of said county until such fine and costs be

paid; one-half of the fine imposed for the violation

of this act shall go to the informer, and the resi-

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disposed of.

due to the Board of School Commissioners of said

county, for the benefit of the public schools therein.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That nothing herein

contained shall be construed to prevent the com-

pounding or sale of any such liquors for medici-

nal purposes by a pharmacist and druggist who

shall or may obtain a license under the license law

of this State; and upon a written bona fide pre-

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scription of a regular practicing physician, whose

name shall be signed thereto; and all such pre-

scriptions shall be filed and kept by such pharma-

cist and druggist, and no prescription shall serve

for more than one purchase; but no physician

shall make or sign any such prescription unless

the person for whom it is made is actually sick,

and such liquor is deemed by said physician nec-

essary as a medicine; any physician who shall,

Necessary as
a medicine.

after the said first day of May, in the year eighteen

hundred and eighty-three, make or sign any pre-

scription for such liquor except as aforesaid, shall

be deemed guilty of a violation of this act, and

upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less

than fifty dollars nor 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 act, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sub-

ject 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 comity, for the

benefit of the public schools thereof; and said

violators shall be committed to the county jail of

said county until such fine and costs are paid; nor

shall anything herein be construed to prohibit a

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sale by a pharmacist or druggist, in case of ex-

strued.

treme illness, when delay may be dangerous to

the patient.