AHT. 18.] QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 979

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Queen Anne's County," sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating
Drinks," said new section to follow section 197, and to be
known as section 197A, and to read as follows:

197A. It shall be unlawful for any pharmacist or druggist to
compound or sell, within the limits of Queen Anne's county, any
spirituous or fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters, or intoxi-
cating drinks of any kind, upon prescription of a regular prac-
ticing physician, as provided in section 197 and section 193B of
said article 18, unless such prescription, in addition to the re-
quirements provided for in said sections 197 and 193B shall be
written in ink, shall contain the name (not merely the initials)
of the physician, shall set forth the date when same is made and
signed, the name of the person for whom it is made, and the
quantity of the liquor or bitters, or intoxicating drink, as the
case may be, therein prescribed, "and the person presenting the
same shall endorse or have endorsed across the face of such pre-
scription his name and the date of the presentation of said pre-
scription." And it shall be the duty of every such pharmacist
and druggist to file and carefully preserve the original of all
such prescriptions in a book kept solely for such prescriptions
to be known and designated as "Liquor Prescription Book,"
which said book shall always be open to the inspection of the
State's Attorney for Queen Anne's county and the sheriff of said
county. And it shall be unlawful for any physician to make,
write, issue, sell or give away any such prescription for spiritu-
ous or fermented liquors, or alcoholic bitters, or intoxicating
drinks of any kind, unless such prescription is written by such
physician in ink, contains the name (not merely the initials) of
such physician, set forth the date when same is made and
signed, the name of the person for whom it is made or given,
and the quantity of liquor, or bitters, or intoxicating drinks, as
the case may be, therein prescribed. Any pharmacist, druggist or
physician who shall violate any provisions of this Act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall for-
feit and pay on the first conviction a fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, and costs of prose-
cution ; and on the second and every subsequent conviction a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars, nor not more than five hun-
dred dollars, in the discretion of the court; one-half of the fine
imposed for the violation of this section shall go to the in-
former, and the residue to the Board of School Commissioners
of said county for the benefit of the public schools therein.