The Portland daily press., 1893-01-11
THE DRUGGIST BILL.
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of Courts shall be entitled to a fee of one
dollar each year for each bond, to be
paid by the apothecary.
Sect. 4.-Whenever any person p years
of age and personally known to such
apothecary shall apply at the store of
any apothecary having such permit for
any intoxicating liquors, and shall make
written or printed statement signed by
him in ink that such liquors are neces-
saty. and are to be used by himself OF
his family for medicinal purposes, stat
ing his name, residence, and that he is
twenty-one years of age, the kind and
quantity of liquors desired, such apothe-
cary, ii he believes such statement t be
tue, by himself in person or by his reg
istered assistant is hereby authorized TO
sell to such person, not exceeding one
quart OF such liquors upon any one APP
plication. Said statement so taken shall
be kept on file by such apotheeary, and
shall be witnessed by the apothecary or
assistant who makes such sale, and shall
be open to inspection by the county at
torney, and the sheriff and his deputies
at al reasonable times, and shall be in
form following:
I........ hereby certify that reside at.....
County of ..........; that am twenIy-one years
Of age: that desire 70 purchase. --..ot
....-..,....to be used by myself (of.- --.....-a
member OF my family for medicinal purposes
only that it is not intended for beverage nor
to sell nor to give away. ! therefore make
application to............ apothecary, to sell me
such liquors. .
subscribed in my presence this...... day of
-........... "A. D.,........
(Apothecary)
Assistant Apothecary)..
No apothecary shall sell more than one
quantity of such intoxicating liquors
upen any one such statement and if he
does not personally know the applicant,
such applicant shall be identified in writ
ing on the statement by some person
known to the apothecary. Such appli-
cations and statements so to be kept on
file by such apothecary shall be kept by
such apothecary until the first day of
January and July of each year, and all
such statements then on hand shall ito
gether with the affidavit of such aporh-
ecary, that the liquors therein mentioned
are all of the Intoxicating liquors sold by
him during the preceding six months)
within ten days thereafter be deposited
with the Clerk of Courts of the county
where such apothecary does business,
consecutively numbered and bound in
some convenient form to be easily in
spected, and by such'clerk shall be kept
for public inspection for the space of at
least one year.
Sect. 5.-Any apothecary not having a
permit as provided in this act, shall be
liable for the violation of any law rela-
tive to the keeping and sale of intoxica-
ting liquors, and shall be subject to the
processes and penalties prescribed for
such violations.
Sect. 6.--Any apothecary having such
permit who shall sell any Intoxicating
liquors without taking and filing such
statement, or who shall allow any such
liquors to be drank in or abont the
premises, or who shall sell any such
liquors except in strict conformity with
this act, shall be liable to any of the
processes and penalties prescribed in
chapter twenty-seven of the Revised
Statutes of this state as if no such per-
nit had been issued to him.
Sect Amy person who wilfully
falsely makes any such statement, as is
provided in section three of this act, for
the purpose of obtaining such liqu rs as
beverage, or for any other than medi-
cinai purposes, OF who shall sign
any name except his own
t0 such statement, shall, be
leelned guilty of misdemeanor, and
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%, and be imprisoned 80 days.
seer. S-Whenever any apothecary
shall have been convicted of any viola
ton OF this act Or of chapter n of the
Revised Statutes, such apothecary SO
convicted shall thereafter be deprived of
the benefit of his certificate of registra-
ton as such apothecary in addition to
the other penalties prescribed by law.
1t shall be the duty of the clerk of
courts of each county, and judges of
municipal courts and trial justices
whenever any person has been convicted
In such courts of the violations of the
provisions of this act, or when it is made
to appear to such clerk, judge or justice
that any registered apothecary has been
convicted in his court of violation of
chapter 81 of the Revised Statutes or
amendments thereof. to forthwith notify
the commissioners of pharmacy of such
conviction under his hand.
The Commissioners of Pharmacy shall
thereupon revoke the certificate of reg
istration of such apothecary and shall
give notice to the clerk of courts in the
county where such apothecary does bus
mess, that his certifica of registration
is revoked, and if a permit has been is
sued by the clerk to such apothecary,
the clerk shall thereupon revoke and
cancel such permit.
Sect. amy person who shall wilfully
destroy any statement on which such
liquors have been obtained, or any apoth-
ecary who shall wilfully neglect to keep
nd deposit such statements, according
to the provisions of this act, shall be
punished by fine of not less than $40
for each statement so destroyed or not
deposited with the clerk of courts, and
in addition thereto shall be punished by
imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.
sect. 10.-Any number of legal voters
not less than 10, residing in any town
or city where any apothecary who has
such permit does business may in writ
ing petition justice of the Supreme
Judicial Court to revoke the permit is
sued to any apothecary, which petition
shall state the name of such apothecary,
the date OF his permit, and the place
where he does business, and the rea-
sons why they desire said permit to be
revoked, the said justice shall order
personal notice of said petition and the
time and place of hearing theron to be
given to said apothecary, and upon
hearing said justice may in his discre-
ton revoke such permit, and thereafter