Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
SALE OF LIQUOR BY DRUGGISTS.
The Now Law.

be 1t enacted by the General Assembly
OF the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. No dealer in drugs and
medicines shall, directly or indirectly.
sell or give away any intoxicating liq-
uors and medicated bitters containing al
cohol. in any quantity less than one gal
lon. and in no quantity to be drank upon
the premises. without first having OBJ
tanned. in the manner provided by law.
license as dramshop keeper, except as
hereinafter specified.
Sec. 9. No person shall be deemed
dealer in drugs and medicines within
the meaning OF this act. and as such au-
thorized to sell or give away lntoxica-
ting liquors as herein specified, unless he
shall have or maintain store, or known
place of business. shall have complied
with the provision of the law relating to
merchants licenses, and shall have.
ut all times. on hand at said store. or
place OF business, a stock of goods, such
as are usually kept in drug stores, ex-
elusive of Intoxicating liquors. 81
Sec. 3. Such dealer in drugs and med
icines may sell or give away. in any
quantity, wines for sacramental purpo.
ses liquors OF any kind when the same
are prescribed by regularly registered
physician. or are used solely in the ad.
mixture of necessary remedial COM
pounds, the preparing OF tinctures, and
the compounding of written prescrip-
ton. made and signed by some regular
practiclng physician, who shall have
stated in such prescription that the liq-
uor therein prescribed is a necessary in
tion shall in no case authorize such sale
or oft more than ona time
Sec. 4. Any dealer in drugs and med
| icines. who shall violate the provisions
OF this act, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor. and, upon conviction. be
punished by fine of not less than forty
nor more than two hundred dollars.
Sec. 5. Any physician. or pretended
ply ysician. who shall make or issue any
prescription to any person for intoxlca-
ting liquors, in any quantity, or for any
compound of which such liquors shall
form a part, to be otherwise than for
4 medicinal purposes, or who shall make
or issue any prescription contrary to tho
true intent and meaning OF this act, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and. upon conviction. be punished by q
fine OF not less than forty nor more than
two hundred dollars. @ f
Sec. 6. ANY person who shall forge or
counterfeit any prescription or certificate.
in the name of any physician. for the
purpose of procuring, or enabling any
other person or persons to procure
any intoxicating liquors. or the sale
thereof, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction. be pun
ished by fine of not less than fifty nor
more than three hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the county Jail for q
term of not less than thirty days nor
more than three months. or by both such
fine and Imprisonment. at the discretion
OF the court.
Sec. z. Every druggist in this state
shall carefully preserve the prescriptions
for all intoxicating liquors sold by him
under the provisions of section three OF
this act, and shall produce them in EVIL
dence whenever legally required SO to
do. ANY druggist who shall fail TO COM
ply with the provisions of this section,
shall be fined not less than forty nor
more than one hundred dollars. All
courts having jurisdiction in criminal
causes are required to give this act IN
charge to each grand jury empaneled
in such courts.
Sec. 8. An act entitled "An act to reg
ulate the sale of intoxicating liquors by
dealers in drugs and medicines" ap-
proved May I'd. 1877, and all other acts
or parts of acts inconsistent with the
provisions OF this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved May 10Th. 1879.