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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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dise any spirituous or fermented liquors, lager beer, medi-
cated bitters producing intoxication, cider or any other intoxi-
cating liquors within the limits of Talbot county.
Section 125. Any person, firm or corporation violating the
provisions of Sections 124 and 125 of this Act shall be guilty

Penalty

of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof be fined
for each offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and
be imprisoned in the Maryland House of Correction for not
less three months nor more than twelve months.
Section 126. Nothing contained herein in Sections 124 or

How to be
construed.

125 shall be construed to prevent the compounding and sale
of intoxicating liquors for medicinal purposes by regular
licensed pharmacists or druggists upon the written prescrip-
tion of a regular practicing physician, whose name in full
shall be signed thereto, with the name of the person to whom
the prescription is given and the date of the same plainly
placed thereon. Every such prescription when filled or
compounded shall be filed and kept for one year from the
date of filing the same and shall be open for the inspection
of the grand jury and the State's attorney for Talbot county
at any time. No physician shall write, sign or make any,
such prescription unless the intoxicant prescribed by it shall
be actually necessary as a medicine, and the fact that such
intoxicating liquor is thus needed shall be stated in the pre-
scription.

Section 127. Any druggist compounding and selling any

Penalty.

intoxicating liquor in violation of Section 127, and any
physician writing, signing or making any prescription for
intoxicating liquors in violation of said Section 127, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof,
be fined for each offense not less than fifty dollars nor more
than three hundred dollars, together with the costs of pros-
ecution, and be imprisoned in the Maryland House of Cor-
rection for not less than three months nor more than twelve
months.
SEC. 2. Be it farther enacted by the General Assembly of

Repeal.

Maryland, That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3 Se it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That nothing in this Act shall interfere with the
prosecution of any person, firm or corporation for any offense