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Session Laws, 1917 Session
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EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 35

and kept on file. No prescription shall be filled a second time.
Such book shall be open to inspection by the State's Attorney,
Justice of the Peace, having criminal jurisdiction, Judge of
the Circuit Court, Sheriff or Constable. And it shall be un-
lawful for any druggist to sell any intoxicating liquors to any
person unless they have a prescription of a bona fide practicing
physician in said County or the said person for whom appli-
cation for liquor is made is actually sick and such liquor is
absolutely required for medicinal purposes and delay may be
dangerous to the patient. And any druggist or pharmacist or
any person for them, who shall violate any of the provisions of
this Section, shall be guilty of unlawful selling, and upon con-
viction, shall be subject to the fines and penalties provided in
the succeeding Section of this Act. Nothing in this Section
is to be construed to prevent the sale by a regular druggist or
pharmacist of wine to be used for sacramental purposes solely.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every person who shall
directly or indirectly keep or maintain by himself or by asso-
ciating with others, or who shall in any manner aid, assist, or
abet in keeping or maintaining any club house, or other place
in which any intoxicating liquor is received or kept for the
purpose of use, gift, barter, or sale, or for distribution or divi-
sion among the members of any club or association by any
means whatsoever, or who shall maintain what is commonly
known as the "locker system" or other device for evading the
provisions of this Act, and every person who shall use, barter,
sell or give away, or assist or abet in bartering, selling or
giving away any liquors so received or kept, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be sub-
ject to the penalties prescribed in Section 6 of this Act; and
in all cases the members, shareholders, associates or employees
in any club or association mentioned in this Section shall be
competent witnesses to prove any violations of the provisions
of this section of this Act, or of any fact tending thereto; and
no person shall be excused from testifying as to any offense
committed by another against any of the provisions of this Act
by reason of his testimony tending to criminate himself, but
the testimony given by 'such person shall in no case be used
against him.

 

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