Evening journal., 1893-02-14

on conviction thereof, be fined not less
than $50 nor more than $50.
The Delaware Pharmaceutical Society
shall, on or before the first Tuesday Of
June, 1898, recommend to the governor
the names Of six registered pharmacists
in the state. all of whom shall have been
residents of the state for five years and
have had at least five years practical
experience in their profession. From
these six registered pharmacists the
governor shall appoint three, who shall
be known as the Board of Pharmacy for
the State of Delaware, and the governor
shall fill all vacancies. The board shall
grant or refuse applications for regis
tration after examination. The board is
allowed 50 for examination and 81 for
the certificate. All those possessing
registration certificates as registered
pharmacists or qualified assistant under
the old law shall be exempt from pay
ment of fee. In case OF examination of
an applicant proving unsatisfactory and
bis or her name be not registered, the
ap )licant may be re.examined within any
period not exceeding twelve months
thereafter, and no charge shall be made
for such examination.
Any person procuring or seeking to
procure registration for himself or
another by making false representations
shall be liable to 500 fine, and the name
of the person so falsely registered shall
be stricken from the registered Any
person not registered shall not dispense
or compound druC under a penalty Of
not less than Si00 The law does not
apply to physicians putting up their own
prescriptions Every registered phar-
macist shall conspicuously post his Ger
tiic of registration and those of his
registered assistant or assistants in his
place of business, under penalty of s.
month.
Every registered pharmacist shall be
held responsible for the quality of all
official drugs, chemicals or medicines he
may dispense with the exception of those
sold in original packages of the manu-
facturer. For intermingling. adulterating
or diluting drugs, chemicals or medical
preparation, the liability of $25 is in
Cured. The board shall be empowered to
employ an analyst to examine into COM
plants of adulteration or dilution. An
appropriation of $500 is made to defray
expenses of the board All suits for the
recovery of the several penalties shall be
presented in the name of the state and it
shall be the duty of the attorney general
70 prosecute al persons NlolulluB lue
provisions Of the act
Mr.. Spruance also has an act which
compels the sellers of poison to put a
poison" label bearing his name upon
the package He shall register in full
all sales of poisonous drugs and preserve
the registry for two years. subject to
the inspection of the coroner and courts
The provisions of this act do not apply tc
the dispensing of physicians pre-
scriptions specifying poisonous arti
cles, nor TO the sale of such
articles as are commonly used as insectt
cides. The penalty for noncompliance
with the act is placed at from So to $50
A person getting poisons under false pre-
lenses shall be guilty Of misdemeanoi
and subject to be fined not exceeding
$500 or six months Imprisonment.
The schedule of poisons is as follows
Arsenic, Fowler's solution, Donovan
solution, bchloride of mercury, can
tharides, chloral hydrate, chloroform
cocaine salts, croton oil, cotton root
ergot, morphia and all its salts, oil o
savin, prussic acid, strychnine and al
its salts.
Legislative Notes.
Senator Pyle has an act to renew tn
charter of the Riverview Cemeter
Company.