Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-10-12

Schedule "B "-Aconite, belladonna,
nux vomica, savin, ergot, cotton root,
cantharides, digitalis, colchicum, con-
ium, henbane, and their pharmaceutical
preparations: creosote, croton oil, car
bolic acid, oxalic acid white and red
precipitate, and all other deadly poisons.
Nor shall it be lawful for any person
to sell or deliver any poisons mentioned
in the said schedules "a" and "B"
unless it be found upon due inquiry,
that the purchaser is aware of its pois-
onous nature and represents that it is
to be used for legitimate purpose, nor
to any person under sixteen years of
age, except upon the written order of
some responsible adult person. . Nor
shall it be lawful for any person to sell
any poison mentioned in schedule ga"
without, before delivering the same to
the purchaser, causing an entry to be
made In book, to be kept for that
purpose, always open to the inspection
of the proper officers of the law, stat
ing the date of sale, name and address
of purchaser, name and quantity of
poison sold, purpose for which it is re-
quired, as represented by the purchasers,
and name of the dispenser. The pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to
the dispensing of poisons in usual doses
on prescriptions of physicians or veteri-
nary surgeons put up by registered
pharmacists, or registered assistant
pharmacists, or dispensed by physician
or veterinary surgeon in his regular
practice: Provided, further, that no
cocaine shall be sold in this State by
any person other than aregular licensed
druggist or pharmacist. No druggist
or pharmacist shall sell or furnish CO.
came to any person other than licensed
physician, surgeon, dentist, druggist or
pharmacist. Any such druggist violat-
ing this act shall be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred
dollars for each offence. Belt enacted.
further, that any person furnishing or
causing to be furnished morphia or any
other drug to a person who is an habitue
and under treatment, or having been
under treatment for same, shall be sub
ject to the penalty imposed by this act.
SEC. 1764.-No person shall, within
this state, manufacture for sale, offer
for sale or sell any drug which is adul-
terated within the meaning of this
section.
The term drug" as used inOshis sec
tion, shall include all medicines for in
ternal and external use, antiseptics and
cosmetics, A drug shall be deemed TO
be adulterated within the meaning of
this section-O If, when sold under or
by a name recognized in the United
States Pharmacopeia, 1t differs from
the standard Of strength, quality or
purity laid down therein; (2). If, when
sold under or by name not recognized
in the United States Pharmacopeia,
but which is found in some other phar-
macop9ia or other standard work on
materia medica, it differs materially
from the standard of strength, quality
or purity laid down in such work; (3).
If its strength, quality or purity falls
below the professed standard under
which it is sold.
Every person manufacturing, offering
or exposing for sale, or delivering to a
purchaser any drug included in the pro-
visions of this section, shall furnish to
the state chemist or other officer of the
law, who shall apply to him for the
purpose, and shall tender him the value
Of the same, n sample sufficient for the
analysis of any such drug which is in
his possession, but the provisions of
this section shall not apply to any re-
taller selling goods in original packages,
or drawn therefrom, except the pro-
vision as to samples for analysis.
MERCHANTS EXCEPTED IN CERTAIN CASES
SEC. l76a. None of the provisions of
this chapter, except those contained in
sections seventeen hundred and sixty
three and seventeen hundred and sixty
four, shall prevent the sale by merchants
of quinine epson salts, castor oil, es-
sence ofpeppermint and other fiavoring
preparations, calomel, camphor, iodide,
bromide and chlorate of potassa, opium,
paregoric and sweet oil, and such other
domestic and proprietary medicines as
are usually kept BY retail dealers; but
the sale of laudanum, morphine and
proprietary medicines must be In origi-
nal packages as obtained from druggists.
SEC. 1766. Amy person violating the
provisions of section seventeen hundred
and fifty-nine of this chapter shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, and each day that the
said provisions, or any of them, are
violated shall constitute separate and
distinct offence.
Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of section seventeen hundred
and sixty-three shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than ten
nor more than one hundred dollars for
each and every offence.
Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of section seventeen hundred
and sixty-four, orwho refuses to comply
upon demand with the requirements
thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there
of. shall be punished by fine of not less
than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars, or Imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, or both; and any person
found guilty of violating the provisions
of section seventeen hundred and sixty
four shall be adjudged to pay, in addi-
: ton to the penalties hereinbefore pro-
, vided for, unnecessary cost and expense