The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-13

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it's Of the said town, to take out q license from
the town council of said town, who are hereby
authorized to impose . reasonable charge, OF
tax, within their discretion, for the conduct Of
the same.
SEQ. 6. That the said t,wn council shall have
power to impose a tax, within their discretion.
on all sales made by itinerant traders and suc-
tioneers, on all drays, carts. wagons, omni'
buses, carriages and other vehicles. kept for
hire. Aud the said town council shall have
power to enfore the payment Of all taxes and
assessments against the property and persons
Of defaulters, to the same extent, and in the
same manner, as is provided by Law for the
collection Of the general State ta1, except that
executions, to enforce the payment Of town
taxes, shall be issued under the seal Of the cor
| poration, and directed to the town marshal, or
other person especially appointed by the said
! town council, to collect the same.
SEQ. z. That returns shall be made, on oath,
| to the clerk Of the town council, whenever, and
at such times, IS the said council may 30 re-
| auire by ordinance, OF the amount Of all sales
OF merchandise, professional, mechanical, or
other incomes, and Of the quantity and kind Of
| all other property, other than real estate, sub
jeot to taxation under the provisions OF this
| act, by persons who may be liable to pay the
taxes on the same; and any person, in default
OF payment of such taxes, when such payment
may become due, shall be subject to the penal.
ties now provided by law FOR failure to pay the
general State tax. That all moneys paid for
licenses and for fines and forfeitures for retail.
ing spirituous liquors, keeping taverns and bill
lard tables within the limits without licenses,
shall be appropriated To the public uses Of said
town.
SEC. 8. That all scts, or parts Of acts, 10 re-
latiop to the Town Council Of Beaufort, repug.
nant to, or supplied by this bill, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Approved March 8, 1879.
Az ACT to Amend the Law In Relation to the
License and Registration Of Pnarmsceutists,
Apothecaries and Druggists, and to Regulate
tbs Vending OF Drugs and Poisors.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting 10 General As
sembly, and by the authority OF the same:
That from and after the passage Of this act,
the Medical Faculty Of the University ofsouth
Carolina shall possess and exercise all the
powers heretofore given and now possessed by
the faculty OF the Medical College OF Charles
ton, in respect to the examination and license
Of pharmaceutists, apotheca-ies and druggists:
Provided, That this section be construed IS in
no wise diminishing the powers Of the faculty
last named; but as giving to tho faculty first
named the same powers, and also imposing
thereon the duty and obligation to exercise
such power upon due application.
SEQ. 2. That any pharmaceutical, apothecsry
or druggist, who carries on aud conducts the
business Of such occupation in this State. after
the expiration of six months from the passage
Of this act, must have a license therefor from
one oithe above named bodies. And any person
who shall thereafter carry on and conduct the
business Of said occupations, or any Of them
without such license shall be liable to indlct,
ment as for q misdemeanor, and, on convic-
ton, 10 q fine not exceeding FIVE hundred dol
lars, or Imprisonment, not exceeding six
months.
SEQ. 8. That before granting said license, e1-
cepL in the cases hereinafter excepted, each
applicant therefor shall undergo an e1amina-
ton by and before that body to which the sp-
plication ID made, and Of such nature as they
shall require; but such examination must in.
clude the reading Of manuscript prescriptions
and explanations thereof, the discovery or de-
lection of unusual doses Of drugs, and espe.
ciaIly OF poisons, the recognition and distin.
gushing Of the various roots, barks, leaves.
fruits, resins and gums, in common use, and
the proper antidotes and mode Of administra.
ton thereof for the different poisons.
SEQ. 4. That no examination shall be requir-
ed in case the applicant ia o regular graduate
in medicine or pharmacy Of o school that is on
the ad euenden OF the University Of South Car
'olins, but such an applicant shall be entitled to
q license, upon furnishing evidence OF his
graduation satisfactory to The said faculty.
SEQ. s. That it shall be the duty ofthe lscul.
ty of the said university to establish, carry on
and preserve, in q book to be kept for that
purpose, a register Of all pharmaceutists,
apothecaries aud druggists in the State, in
Guiding the names Of persons registered. place
of business, the fact whether the person regis
tered be a graduate Of medicine and pharmacy.
on whether under licens, granted on examine
ton, and any other matter OF information the
said faculty may see ft to add.
SEQ. 6, That it shall be the duty Of all
licensed pharmaceutists. apothecaries and
druggists by Whatsoever body licensed to
have their names registered in manner afore-
said by the medical faculty OF the University
ofsouth Carolina, and to report annually on or
before the first day OF November Of each year,
to the said medical faculty Of the said univer.
sity, whether any, and it yea, what change has
occurred within the then preceding year. as to
their respective places of business, and for
omission and neglect Of the requirements Of
this section, or any OF them, they shall, re.
spectively, incur q fine OF twenty-five dollars;
and for each and every registration or change