Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06

thorizing the Georgetown and Tenleytovn rail-
road 80 as to permit the track to be laid within
the limits of the roadway. The act when passed
originally was amended so as to prohibit this
In explanation of the necessity for the occu-
paney OF the road, Mr.. Roweu said that ''when
the company was organized the Tenleytown
people, the small owners, men who could sub
scribe to- say, q hundred dollars worth of the
stock, quite a large number of them, subscribed
for the entire stock, and the large landowners
| along the line of the road did not succeed in
getting any of it. There was no power to con-
denim the land, and the larger holders are I'M
willing to grant the right of way because of not
being able to get any of the stock They lost
the opportunity of building the road them
selves, although they were prepared for it,
and this act simply means an amendment OF
the charter to enabble the company to build 1T
upon the right of way of the present road, but
entirely outside of the improved limits
Mr.. Richardson and Mr.. Kilgore thought the
country people might object TO the road and so
made point of no quorum against the bill,
which then had to be withdrawn.
THE BILL REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY
provides for a commission of pharmacy and for
proper registration, and fixes stringent rules
for the sale of drugs, providing fines, &c, for
violations of the law. 1t makes every registered
pharmacist responsible for the quality of all
drugs, chemicals, and medicines he may sell or
dispense, with the exception of those sold in
the original packages of the manufacturer. and
also those known as patent medicines" and
should he knowingly, Intentionally, and fraud
ulently adulterate, or cause to be adulterated,
such drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations,
or should he knowingly manufacture, sell, or
dispense any medicine from damaged material
or of an inferior quality, representing said
medicine to be of good quality, or should he
fraudulently label any medicine deficient in
strength according to the United States Pharma-
cOpRla, by n name official in said pharma-
copeia; or should he falsely or fraudulently
represent by label, written or printed. that any
medicine is made by authority of and to repre-
sent any formula in any certain book of FORM
ul4; or should he falsely and fraudulently
represent by label printed or written that any
certain medicine contains given quantities by
weight or measure of certain ingredients, he
shall be deemed guilty of q niisdemeanor. and,
upon conviction thereof. be liable to penalty
not exceeding 800, and in addition thereto his
name shall be stricken from the register. 1t is
provided that the commissioners of pharmacy
shall, within sixty days after the passage of this
act, prescribe and publish certain general rules
for the arrangement of pharmacies. as TO the
storage of poisonous medicines, so to pre-
vent as far as possible dangerous error by the
accidental substitution of one medicine for an
other; and should the proprietor owner of
any pharmacy refuse neglect to comply with
said rules after thirty DAYS notification, upon
conviction he shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be fined not less than S25
nor more than 800 for each offense.
list of poisons is given that it shall he I'M
lawful to retail.