Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-03
Miseellansaus 8eadins.
GEORGIA PROHIBITION LAW.
Full Text Of Measure Recently Enacted
by LEGISLATURE.

by Legislature.
| Following is the full text Of the pro-
hibition law which was recently en-
acted by the Georgia legislature:
."An act to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, barter, giving away to induce
trade, or keeping or furnishing at pub
lie places, or keeping on hand at places
lof business Of any alcoholic, spiritu-
Ous, malt or intoxicating liquors or in
toxicating bitters or other drinks,
(which II drunk to excess will produce
intoxication; to except sales Of alcohol
In certain cases, upon certain condi-
tions; to provide certain rules Of evil
dence in connection with the enforce
ment thereof; to prescribe penalties,
and for other purposes.
Section /. From and after the first
day Of January next, after the passage
OF this act, 1t shall not be lawful for
any person within the limits Of this
state to sell or barter for valuable con-
sideration, either directly or indi-
rectly, or to give away to induce
trade at any place Of business, or keep
or furnish any other places, or manu-
facture or keep on hand at their place
Of business any alcoholic, spirituous.
malt or intoxicating liquors, or intoxi-
eating bitters, or other drinks, which,
| IL drunk in excess, will produce intoxica-
tion, and any person so offending shall
be guilty Of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished as prescribed In Sec. 1899
of the penal code of Georgia. Nor shall
| 1t be lawful in the limits Of the said
state for intoxicating liquors to be sold
In dispensaries, and the sale Of intox-
icating liquors in said state shall be
prohibited to private persons and to
the state, its officers and agents.
Provided, That licensed druggists
may sell and furnish pure alcohol for
medicinal purposes only, upon written
prescription Of a regular practicing
physician of this state, in the manner
herein prescribed, to wit: Before any
physician shall issue any such pre-
scription he shall make an actual ex-
animation Of the person for whom the
prescription is granted. The prescrip-
ton shall be substantially in the fol-
Lowing form: Georgia, ....... county,
| I, ...... a regular practicing physi-
clan of said state, do hereby prescribe
for the use Of .......... a patient IN
my charge, whom have personally eX-
amined, .... of pure alcohol, and
do certify in my opinion that the same
is necessary in the alleviation or cure
Of illness from which said patient Is
suffering This (date). (Signed by the
physician).' No prescription shall be
filed hereunder except upon the day
upon which 1t Is dated and issued, or
upon the following day. Within ten
days after the same Is filled by the
druggist he shall file said prescription
for record with the ordinary OF the
county in which filled, who shall cause
| the same to be recorded in his office,
and a certified copy Of the same, or the
original prescription, showing 1t has
been recorded, shall be primary evil
dence in any court In this state. The
record containing such prescriptions
shall be open to public inspection. A
recording fee Of cents for each pre-
scription so recorded shall be paid by
such druggists to the ordinary. Upon
any prosecution under this act the bur-
den Of proving the defense that the
sale was of pure alcohol under pre-
scription as herein provided for, shall
be upon the defendant Provided, fur
ther no druggist who is also a prac-
ticing physician shall fill his own pre-
scriptions hereunder, nor shall they be
filled at any drug store in which said
physician is financially interested, and
no prescription shall be refilled; nor
shall any more than one pint be fur
nished on one prescription. The de-
livery Of alcohol under such prescrip-
ton shall be made to the person Tor
whom such prescription is issued, or to
the physician: or in case of a minor,
to his parent or guardian for him; or
in case Of a married woman, to her
husband for her.
provided, further That nothing In
this act shall be so construed as TO pre-
vent wholesale druggists from selling
or furnishing alcohol in wholesale
quantities to regular licensed retail
druggists, or to public or charity nos
pitals or to medical or pharmaceutical
colleges
BE 1t further provided, That all
wholesale druggists shall be required
to keep a complete record Of all their
sales Of alcohol, which record shall at
all times be open for inspection to the
regular authorities Of such counties or
cities in which such wholesale stores
are located.
Section 2. Any person, firm or cor
poration who shall violate this act in
any respect shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor; any physician who shall is
sue a prescription hereunder contain
ing any false statement, shall be gull
ty of misdemeanor: any druggist who
shall fill any prescription for alcohol In
anywise other than herein allowed or
shall fail to file a prescription filled by
him hereunder with the ordinary with
in the time prescribed, shall be guilty OF
misdemeanor: any person who shall
obtain alcohol for another in accord
ance with the terms hereof, and who
shall convert the same to. any other
use, shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall
prohibit the sale by licensed druggists
of wood or denatured alcohol for art
scientific or mechanical purposes, or
grain alcohol for bacteriologists, who
are actually engaged in that class or
work for scientific purposes only.
Section 4. All laws and parts or
laws in conflict with this act be, and
the same are hereby repealed"
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Two Vessels of Our Navy Set Apart
for That Purpose.