Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-01

what tho Commission 81 Pharmacy Have IA
Say Respecting Il.

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TO Whom It May Concern:
| Having received communications re
garding the new law relative to the salt
OF Paris Green. and in order that the re,
sponsibility may be placed where IL
properly belongs, | would like to call tt
notice The following facts:
4 law prohibiting the sale of drugs
medicines or poisons--except by regis
Legislature of 1877 and has been upon the
statute books for more than twenty (20)
years. but was not brought into promi-
nence till the amendment Ga part of the
new law) was added, last winter. This
specialized 'Poisons for agricultural pur-
poses. " The law was honored more in
the breach than In the observance.
Fer obvious reasons to the legitimate
sioners OF pharmacy petitioned the Legis-
lature Of 1887, to amend the old law by
striking out the first part of Sec. A."
relative to apothecares doing business at
the lassage of this act March II, 1877,
also to repeal latter part OF the same
section, allowing physicians to do the
business of an apothecary without regis
tr,ti6n' as an apothecary.
This was all the commissioners of phar-
macy then asked.
Their petition was presented 10 the
Judiciary committee of the Legislature.
who recognized its justice to the ap4'the-
cary and the protection II would give to
the public. and they unanimously report
cd 10 the Legislature that the petition
u. l
House and passed its several readings
was engrossed by that body before ii was
sent to the Senate for concurrent action
Subsequently it was suggested by some
members of both branches OF the Legis-
lature. that country storekeepers would
be excluded from selling medicines and
poisens, which they had done under the
Old law, when the following amendmerts
was added to the latter part of Sec. 6:
"A permit may also be granted .
TO storekeepers in towns or vii
lagos where there is no apothccary store,
to sell the usual medicines and poisons
used as home remedies and for the nee
ossary agricultural purposes. Paris
Green. being "A poison comes under this
law. This amendment satisfied the OBJ
lection to the bill and it unanimously
passed both Houses of the Legislature
through its several readings, was en-
crossed and enacted, and finally received
the signature Of the governor and be-
came the present law. There is no valid
reason for breaking this law
The present law does not prohibit the
country storekeoper from selling Paris
Green TO the farmer nor does 1t prevent
the farmer from buying the bug poison
from the country dealer. The "permit"
gives 10 the country storekeeper protec-
ton. which he did not have before in
selling NO; only Paris Green hut all med
cines and poisons used as home rene
dies-providing he complies with the re-
quirements of the law, which Is not a
hardship in any sense of the word.
All the commissioners Of pharmacy ask
Is. taat the registered apothecary's edu-
cation, experience and legitimate busi-
ness be protected from inexpe rienced
merchants and unqualified sakysieians
who have not passed the lea1I require
ments Of an apothecary. O.
II any part of the present - proves to
be class Legislation" the onl remedy is
70 FRANZ FRAN ( R. rR!poE teresary.
CNVlission of &harmacy.