St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-08
IMPORTANT TO DRUGGISTS
And Good Thing for the Members Of
the Legislature to Glance at.
THE SALE OF LIQUORS
By Pharmacists to Be Put Under Strin-
gent Regulations and Druggists
Licensed.
Special to the Globe.

YANKToN, Oak, Dec. THE South
Dakota board of pharmacy has prepared
a bill which the legislature will be called
upon to enact, entitled can act to regu-
late the sale of Intoxicating liquors for
medicinal purposes by registered phar
macists in the territory of Dakota"
The GLOBE correspondent was allowed
to copy the bill, which is here presented
in full:
Be it enacted by the legislative assembly
of the Territory OF Dakota:
Section l. 1t shall be lawful for reg
istered pharmacists to sell spurious.
vinous and malt liquors for medicinal
purposes, subject to conditions herein
after provided.
Sec 2. Any person applying to reg
istered pharmacist to purchase any kind
of liquor for the purposes set forth in
this act shall sign under oath, to be at
tested by pharmacist, statement sub
stantially as follows:
Date 1907
T. ., hereby make application to
...., registered pharmacist, to pur-
chase 49,. pints of liquor, which l wish to
use strictly for medicinal purposes, and not
for the purpose of beverage | certify I'M
der oath that / am twenty-one years of age,
LIQUOR for use as medicine.
Applicant.
witness. ...... ..........
l. ........., registered pharmacist, do
certify that the above named applicant
signed his name i'll my presence and made
the representations as stated in his applica-
ton above under oath.
Registered Pharmacist
Sec. 3. Any person signing an ap-
plicatiOn in form and substantially as
set forth in Section 2 OF this act, and
attested by registered pharmacist, who
shall make any misrepresentation OF
use any Subterfuge, deception or eva
sion, for the purpose OF obtaining
liquor, or who shall use the liquor so
obtained for other than medicinal pur
poses, shall, upon conviction thereof,
he deemed guilty of miSdemeanor, and
shall. for the first OffenSe, be punished
by fine not less than S25 nor more than
$50: and for the second OffenSe not less
than $50 or more than S1G0, or by both
fine and Imprisonment in the county jail
not more than thirty days, at the discre-
ton of the court.
Sec. 4. Every registered pharmacist
shall provide and keep book or regis
ter, as provided by this act, and before
he sells any liquors he shall enter the
name OF the person substantially, as
provided in Section of this act, and
attest the same, which book shall be
open to public inspection at any time,
provided, however, that no authority
shall be given by this act to sell to
minors OF habitual drunkards, if known
to be such, and any registered pher
macist who shall violate this or
any of the provisions of this act shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
II, <Nffn In,
punished as provided in section of
this act: and, in addition thereto, the
South Dakota Board of Pharmacy shall,
and it is hereby made their duty, to re-
woke the certificate OF registration OF
said pharmacist after he shall have
been adjudged guilty of said offense.
and he shall he debarred from practic-
ing as a pharmacist forever thereafter
in Dakota.
Sec. 5. Any registered pharmacist in
the territory of Dakota shall have au-
thority for the purposes of this act, to
administer an oath to persons applying
to him to purchase liquors.: and any
person signing the application as here
inbefore provided, and which shall be
attested by registered pharmacist,
shall be deemed as having subscribed
under oath, and it shall have the same
force and effect in law as if subscribed
before any other officer duly authorized
to administer oaths.
Sec g. 1t is hereby made the duty of
the county attorney to prosecute all
complaints properly prepared against
persons in his own county in the name
of The people of the territory of Dakota,
and all fines and penalties shall inure,
one-half to the county in which the VIC
lation occurred, and one-half to the
pharmacy board in whose district the
violation occurred. And it is hereby
made the duty of the president of the
pharmacy board to furnish any evidence
or information in his possession relative
to the alleged violation of law, and for
the second conviction of the violation
of the law. to annul the certificate OF
registration, as provided in this act.
Sec. Z. The several fines and penalties
provided for by this act shall be col
lected in the same way that like fines
and penalties are collected as now pro-
vided by law.
A bill will also be introduced in the
legislature entitled can Act to Amend
an Act Entitled an Act to Regulate the
THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY,
the Licensing of Such Persons to Garry
on Such Practice. and the Sale of Poi
sons in the Territory of Dakota"
Among other things, this bill provides
| that any druggist or ''any registered
pharmacist who supplies medicine Or
| advice. but who does not represent him
self to be physician, or claim fee or
reward as such, shall not he required to
| obtain license for the practice of med
| icine OF surgery