The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-11


fact and that he 10 authorized 10 eusaGs
In the business Of an spothecary, aud such
certificates must Be siGned By - least two
commissioners. In 60 the result q the
lexAmination 10 unsatisfactory. and no
certificates granted. the applicant shall
have the right 70 another examinseion
without char, g after On interval Of two
months. and within twelve months after
the date of his nrst examination; but
only one OF the partners In nrm need be
a registered druggist provided, the part
ner who compounds medicines be regis
tered. All certificates iesued under the
provisions Of this act shall be kept 9on-
In the store or shop Of the persons TO
whom the same were issued.
Section q -Certifoates OF two grades or
kinds may be issued. whereof one shall
declare that the holder Is skilled In phar.
macy ~ In section seven of this act, and
the other kind which after the examine
tion OF the applicants therefor, may be
Issued to such rs shall not be less than
eighteen years OF age and who have
paesed the junior year In q college OF
phnrmacy or In department Of pharma-
cy In any Incorporated college. or served
two full years In an sp.thsoary store
where ply sscians' prescriptions are COM
pounded, shall declare that the holder Is .
qualified assistant and 10 qualified TO take
charge Of the business Of an apothecary
during the temporary abssnoe OF the reg
10 cred apothecary, and the fee for such
assistants examination shall b q We dol.
lars.
Section 9.-Every registered apothecary
or qualified assistant who desires 70 con-
Time The business OF an apothecary shall
biennially thereafter, during the time he
shAll con tinue such business on such date
as said board may determine, pay Tn the
SECRETARY Of said board registration fec
to be fixed by said board, but which shall
In no case eIoeed, IL registered apothe-
cary, one dollar. II q qualified assistant,
fifty cents for which he shall receive u re-
newal of said registration; and he shall
not continue In such business after tbs
date set by said board for said renewal
unless he shall have complied with the
requirements Of this section. Any regis.
tered aputheoary or qualified assistant,
who shall II to obtain renewal OF reg
istration as herein provided within three
years after the date ct by said board for
said renewal, shall forfeit the right there
to. The fee paid to said board by virtue
of this section may be- used BY said board
for the detection and prosecution Of viola
tion OF this act.
Section l0.-No registered apothsoaIy
shall suffer or permit the use Of his name
or certificate Of registration In the oon-
duct Of business Of pharmacy when be-
himself is not actively engaged In such
business.
section lit shall not be lawful for
any store to Be kept open for the sale OF
medicines on poisons, Or for compound
ing physicians' prescriptions, nor shali
drugs or medicines be exposed or dis
played for sale In any store, except as
otherwise provided herein, unless the
same is placed and kept under the person.
III control and supervision Of registered
spothecary or qualified assistant, hut such
store may be under the charge of o quail.
fed assistant durinQthe temporary alb.
senoe Of such registered arothecary.
Section l2.-lf any person hereafter en-
gage in or be found In charge Of or carry
ing on business or displays any drugs
medicines. drug store fittings or furnish
inRs or any sign recognized rs peculiar
to a drug store to give the appearance
represent himself to be an apothecary,
contrary to the provisions Of this act, he
shall upon Indictment and conviction be
subject to a penalty of nifty dollars per
month for the first ofiense, and one hun
dr.d dollars per month for each and every
subsequent offense, whether for contin-
uancs in said business or for engaging
anew therein in violation Of the provis-
ions of this act. The county attorney In
each county upon complaint made by any
one of said commissioners shall prosecute
all violations of the provisions Of this
act.
Section l3.-The provisions OF this act
shall apply in the cases OF women who
shall hereafter enter upo and carry on
the business Of apothecaries. This act
shall not apply in the case OF physicians
who prepare and dispense their own med
icines. nor to the sale of proprietary prep
ara Ions and recognized home remedies.
Section i4.-Any person may enter up
on tn business Of an apothecary without
the certificate required by the foregoing
act; provided he does not personally do
the duties of any spothecsry, but employs
duly registered apotnecary who has sole
charge OF compromising, putting up and
dispensing medicines and drugs under
the provisions Of this act.
Section rs. -Whoever fraudulently adul-
terates. for the purpose OF sale. any drug
or medicine, or sells any frardulently
adulterated drug or medicine, knowing
the same 20 be adulterated, shall Re pun
ished by imprisonment in jail not ex-
ceeding one year, or line not exceeding
four hundred dollars; and such adulterat-
ed drugs and medicines shall be forfeited
and destroyed under the direction OF the
court.
Section 16-Whoever sells arsenic lar
senious acid) atropia or any OF Its salts,
Fowler's solution, corrosive suhlimatc.
cyanide Of potassium, Donovsn's solution,
erpot and its fluid extract, laudAnum,
MoMunn's elixir. morphia or any of Its
salts, oil of pennyroyal, oil OF savin, oil
OF tansy, opium. Paris green, Parson s
vermin exterminator. phosphorus prussia
acid, rough on rats" strychnia or any
Of lis salts, tartar emetic.. tin -ture of
aconita tincture of belladonna, tincture
of digitalis, tinoture OF nux vomica. tinc-
turs OF veratrum viride. or carbolic acid,
without the written prescription of a
physc clan, shall keep "a record of such
sale, the name and quantity of the arti-
| Gle sold. and the name and residence OF
the person or persons to whom IL was de-
ilvered, which record shall bs made be-
| fore the article is delivered, and shall al
all times be open to inspection by the
police authorities and officers OF cities and
| towns; but no sale OF cocaine or Its salts
shall be made except on the prescription
| of IA phyioian. Whoever neglects 70 keep
or refuses to show to said officers such
| record shall be punished by a zine not ex
ceeding fifty dollars. Whoever sells any
of the poisonous articles named In this
section without the written present ptiop
| of a ply stefan, shall affix to the bottle,