Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-22
THE PHARMACY LAW.
Passed by the Twenty first General
Assembly Of Iowa.
CHAPTER iXXxtIi.


| AN ACT to amend chapter IS, Of the acts Of
the Eighteenth General assembly, and chap.
tef 1877 of the acts Of the nineteenth general
assembly, relating to tie practice OF pharmacy
BE ii enacted By the Centred assembly Of TIE
State Of Ioud:
SECTION |. That section 3, chapter IS, OF the
| acts OF the Eighteenth General Assembly be
and the same is hereby amended by adding
| thereto the following, to-wit: Except that the
secretary OF state is authorized TO furnish said
Commissioners with stationefy and blanks
necessary for their office. And said Commits
sioPers, are authorized to administer oatLs
and taRc aud certify the hcknowlcdy ments OF
instruments in writing. =
SEC. 2. That section 8, OF Chapter 10 n the
acts of the Eighteenth General Assembly be
repealed and the following be enacted In leu
thereof:
| SEC. s. Pharmacists whose certificates Of
registration are in full force and effect, shall
have the sole right to keep and to sell unde.
such regulations rs have been or may be Is
tablished from time TO time by the commits
sioners OF pharmacy, all fnedicnes ana pois-
ons, including intoxicating liquors. only Tor
the actual necessities of medicine; prteidsdj
that such pharmacists shall have procured pei
mits therefor as hereinafter prescribed. Pro
uided farther, that nothing herein contained
shall be 81 construed as to shield the person
who In anywise abuses this trust, for the legit-
innate and sctual necessities of medicine only,
from the utmost figots Of the law,now or here
after in force relating to Intoxicating liquors,
and in addition thereto, for second Violation
thereof his name shall be stricken from the
register by the commissioners of pharmacy
upon receipt Of transcript of conviction, which
shall be transmitted by the court or by order
Of the court, before whom conviction Is had.
Twenty-Five per cent of all moneys recovered
as fines under the provisions of this act shall
be paid into the state treasury, and reported
to the state auditor, and held subject 10 the
order of the commissioners OF pharmacy as
needed, to be used by them solely TO defray
the expenses of prosecutions under, and the
enforcement of this act or acts to Whish this Is
amendatory. In order to. procure permit to
sell intoxicating liquors as aforesaid, and a
shipping permit he shall present to such board
of supervisors a petition signed by at least
one-fourth of the freeholders having the quail
ifieaton of electors of the township, town or
ward wherein such business Is located, certify
ing that the registered pharmacist applying is a
person of good moral character, Is not q minor
and is, and for the six months last preceding
has been lawfully conducting pharmacy as
proprietor in such township, town or ward,
and that they believe him TO be proper per-
son to buy and sell intoxicating liquors for
the purposes named in this act The board be-
ing satisfied that all the provisions OF the law
have been complied with, permit shall be isa
sued. Provided, however, that any resident
of the township, town or ward may appear aud
show cause why such permit should not be
granted, and the same shall be refused unless
the board are fully satisfied that all the re-
quirements of the law have been complied
with, ten days notice Of the time of granting
such permit having been given by publica-
ton in a newspaper published In the coun-
ty, or by posting notices in the township, towr
or ward in which the business is to be con
Quoted. The county auditor shall issue to such
pharmacist, his certificate of registration and
his permit to buy and sell being In full force
and effect, permit to receive intoxicating
liquors within the county in which he DOES
business, and the presentation of said permit
t) any railway company, express company or
common carrier within the borders or traversing
the territory of the State shall convey full
authority to receive, transport and deliver in
toxicating liquors to the person named in such
permit; provided, that such permit shall be for
specified packages and kinds OF liquors, and
that certified copy of such permit shall be
kept on file in the Office of the auditor issuing
the same The commissioners Of pharmacy
shall, on the revocation or forfeiture of an;
certificate of registration, subsequent to their
last biennial report or abstract of the State
pharmacy register, report such revocation or
forfeiture to the county auditor of the county
wherein such certificate was last in force. On
or before the tenth day OF each month said
pharmacist shall make to the county auditor q
complete report, verified by his affidavit spe-
officially showing all sales of intoxicating IL
quors made during the preceding calendar
month, to whom sold, and the purpose for
which the same was to be used as represented
by duplicate applications executed by each
purchaser. The registered pharmacist to
whom application is made shall refuse to exc
cute the same, If he has reason to believe that
the application is not made in good faith, and
that the liquor would be used as a beverage
He shall not accept an application from a
minor or from any person who Is In the habit
Of becoming intoxicated, or'when any relative
of such person has given written notice to said
pharmacist that such person uses intoxicating
liquors as beverage. The drinking OF intoxi-
eating liquors in pharmacy, whether under
permit or not shall be presumptive evidence
that the same was sold or given away by such
pharmacist contrary to law.
SEC. 3. That section 2 of chapter 1877 or the
acts of the Nineteenth General Assembly be
and the same Is hereby amended BY strik ing
out the words TWENTY-FIVE in the eighth line
and inserting in lieu thereof the words zone
hundred nor more than two hundred" and by
striking out the word zone" in the ninth line
of said section and inserting in lieu thereof
the word ''two.n
SEC. 4. That section 10, Of chapter 20, Of
the acts Of the Eighteenth General Assembly,
as amended, be and the same is hereby repeal
ed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof:
s'SEc. IL. Physicians dispensing their own
only, are not required to be regis
tered pharmacists. Propidtd, that nothing In
this act shall prevent any person not regis
tered pharmacist or not holding permit,
from keeping or selling proprietary medicines
and such other domestic remedies as do not
include any intoxicating liquors or poisonsn
SEC. 5. This act being deemed of immediate
Importance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication In the Io,ca
State Register and the Des Moines Leader,
newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa,
Approved April 7th. 1880,
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