92 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 59

newals may be granted for a like period upon payment of a
renewal fee of five dollars ($5. 00).

285B. A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may
sell and dispense narcotic drugs to any of the following
persons but only on official written orders: c

(a) To a manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist or phar-
macy owner.

(b) To a physician, dentist or veterinarian.

(c) To a person in charge of a hospital, but only for
use by or in that hospital; provided, the official written
order is signed by a physician, dentist, veterinarian or
pharmacist connected with such hospital.

(d) To a person in charge of a laboratory but only for
use in that laboratory for scientific and medicinal purposes.

A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell
narcotic drugs to any of the following persons:

(a) On a special written order accompanied by a cer-
tificate of exemption, as required by the Federal narcotic
laws, to a person in the employ of the United States Gov-
ernment or of any State, territory, district, county, munici-
pality, or insular government, purchasing, receiving, pos-
sessing or dispensing narcotic drugs by reason of his offi-
cial duties.

(b) To a master of a ship or a person in charge of any
air craft upon which no physician is regularly employed
for the actual medical needs of persons on board such ship
or air craft when not in port, provided such narcotic drug
shall be sold to the master of such ship or person in charge
of such air craft only in pursuance of a special order form
approved by a commissioned medical officer or acting as-
sistant surgeon of the United States Public Health Service.

(c) 'To a person in a foreign country if the provisions
of the Federal narcotic laws are complied with.

285C. An official written order for any narcotic drug
shall be signed in duplicate by the person giving said order
or by his duly authorized agent. The original shall be
presented to the person who sells or dispenses the nar-
cotic drug or drugs named therein. In the event of the
acceptance of such order by said person, each party to the
transaction shall preserve his copy of such order for a
period of two years, in such a way as to be readily acces-
sible for inspection by any public officer or employee en-
gaged in the enforcement of this sub-title. It shall be
deemed a compliance with this subsection if the parties to