Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. 900, Al Published July II, 1907.
CHAPTER $3.50, LAWS OF 1907.


AN ACT to repeal section 1419, statutes
of 1898, and to create section 1419, stat
utes Of 1898, relating to the sale OF
poisons.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 141e, statutes Of
1898, Is repealed.
Section 2. There is created new sec
ton, statutes of 1898, to read: Section
1419. No person, co-partnership sr
corporation shall sell, furnish or deliver
heroin, cocaine a0 alpha or BETA eucaine,
choral hydrate or any salt or combina-
ton OF the same or any mixture, prepare
ton or compound containing more than
two grains Of opium, one-foqrth grain Of
morphine or heroin, one-eighth grain of
cocaine or alpha or beta eucaine or ten
grains of choral hydrate in one fluid
avoirdupois ounce, except upon the orig
insl order or prescription of a lawfully
authorized practitioner Of medicine, den
tistry or veterinary medicine, for person
or animal under his care or treatment
Such prescription shall contain the sigma
ture Of the prescriber and the name OF
the person for whom prescribed, and II q
veterinary prescription, 1t shall also state
the kind of animal for which it is Or
dered. It shall be dated and kept on file
by the person, co-partnership or corpora
ton Dispensing the articles ordered OF
prescribed, and shall not be again COM
pounded or dispensed, except upon an
order from the prescribex.
z The provisions of this section shall
not apply to preparations containing opium
when recommended and sold In good faith
for dtarrhoea, collie or cholera, each bottle
or package being accompanied by specific
directions for use, nor to powder Of ipecac
and opium, nor to uniments, ointmentS and
other preparations recommended and sold
in good faith for external application, con-
tanning any Of the narcotics named. In this
section when plainly labeled ''for external
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clans, druggists, manufacturers, hospitals
or other public institutions which use such
narcotic substances for lawful purposes.
d; NO pracnnoneT OF medicine NEG aent rs y
prescribe for the use Of any habitual user
OF the same any cocaine, heroin, alpha or
beta eucalne, opium, morphine, choral by.
drste, or any salt or compound OF any OF
tons containing any OF the foregoing sub
stances or their salts or compounds;;, Nor
scribe any of the foregoing substances for
any person not under his treatment In
the regular practice OF his profession, nor
shall any practitioner OF veterinary Sedt
stances for the use Of any human being.
4. The provisions Of this section shall
not be construed to prevent any lawfully
authorized practitioner Of medicine from
furnishing or prescribing In good faith,
for the use Of any habitual user OF mar
cotio drugs who Is under his professional
care, such substances as he may deem
necessary for treatment. when such pre-
Ecriptions are not given or substances FUR
ntshed for the purpose OF evaaing the pro-
visions of this act.
8: "a No person, ccpsrtnership or cor.
person any Of the poisonous salts or COM
pounds OF anthony, arsenic, chromium,
lead, mercury, silver, tin and zinc. the
and hydrocyanic ACIDS and their salts, for
maldehyde, yellow phosphorous, the essen
ttal oils Of almonds, pennyroyal, rue, saVin
and tansy; croton oil, creosote, chloroform.
moDds, colchicum, cotton root, cannabis
indigR, .digitalis, ergot, hyoscyamus, To-
bella, nux vomica, physosttgma, strophan-
Of the poisonous alkaloids or glucocides
derived from the foregoing or In any other
vtruisnt poison, except In the manner fol-
lowing, and moreover II the applicant be
less than fourteen years of age, except
upon the written order OF an adult person.
It shall first be learned by due inquiry that
the person to whom delivery ID about TO be
Of the substance and that 1t 10 desired for
q lawful purpose and the box, bottle or
other package shall be plainly labeled with
the name Of the substance, the word
POISON" and the name and address Of the
person, firm or corporation dispensing the
substance.
(b) Before delivery be made Of any Of
the foregoing substances excepting paris
green and sulphate OF copper there shall be
recorded In a book, kept for that purpose,
the name OF the article, the quantity de-
nvered, the purpose for which 1t Is 10 be
used, the date Of delivery, the name and
address of the person for whom It Is pro-
cured and the name Of the individual per-
sonally dispensing the Same; and said book
shall be preserved by the owner thereof
for at least three years after the date of
the last entry therein, and shall be open
to inspection by duly authorized officers
of the law.
8. The foregoing provisions shall not
apply to articles dispensed upon the or
ders or prescriptions of lawfully author
lied practitioners Of medicine, dentistry or
veterinary medicine.
Z. The record of sale and delivery above
mentioned shall not be required of manu-
<acturers and wholesalers who shall sell
any Of the foregoing substances at whole
shfe to licensed pharmacists or others but
the box bottle or other package containing
such substance when sold at wholesale shall
be properly labeled with the name of the
substance. the word poison" and the name
and address of the manufacturer or whole
saleF.
8. II shall not be necessary TO place a
Poison label upon preparations contain
ing any Of the substances named In this
section when a single box, bottle or other
package, or when the bulk OF one-half
huid ounce or the weight of one-half avoir-
dupois ounce does not contain more than
an adult medicinal dose Of such substance.
nor in tina case Of Nniments, ointments OF
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