The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-27
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION
 COMES WITH NEW YEAR
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

is necessary to alleviate or cure the ill- ness of disease from which such patient is suffering. Dated -, -, NJ. D.
 Sec 3. No prescription shall be filled hereunder except upon the day upon which it Is issued or the following day. end no more than one-half pint of all cchol shall be sold and delivered on any one prescription, and when such prescrip- ton is filled it shall not be reflled, but shall be delivered to the druggist filling the same, and at the end of the month at which the same Is filled shall be filled by such druggist in the office of the pro- bate judge of the county. In towns hay ing a population of two thousand or more, no physicians prescription shall be filled at any drug store of which he is the pro Iretor, or in which said physician has a financial interest either as partner, stockhoder or otherwise.
 Sec. 6. That retail druggists may sell in quantities not greater than five gal lCns alcohol to be used in the arts. or for scientific or mechanical purposes, and such druggists may sell in like quantities grain alcohol to chemists and bacteriolo glsts engaged in scientific work and for such purposes only, and such druggists may sell in quantities not greater than one-half gallon, wine to be used for sacri- mental religious purposes only Any
 
 the purposes set out in this section shall sign a written or printed statement giv ing his name, residence and occupation, and the purpose for which he intends to use said alcohol, and he shall certify that said alcohol is purchased in good faith for such purpose and no other
 Sec. '. That it shall be unlawful to sell Wine for sentimental purposes, except to a minister, pastor. priset or officer of a
 
 tion or church, and any person desiring to make such purhcase shall sign a writ tell or printed statement giving his name and residence and the name and location of the church for which such wine is pur- chased and he shall certify that said wine Is purchased in good faith to be used for sentimental or religious purposes and no other The statements provided for in this and the next preceding section shall be filed at the end of each month by the druggist making the sale in the office of the probate judge of the county.
 Sec. s. All statements or prescriptions required by this act to be filed in the office of the probate judge shall be re- corded and properly indexed by him in a book kept for that purpose, which shall at all times be open for public inspec- ton, and certified copy of such record, or the original statement or prescription with the certificate of the probate judge indorsed thereon showing that it has been recorded shall be prima face evil dence of the facts recited therein. For making such record the probate judge shall be entitled to charge and collect for such prescription a fee of 10 cents, and for all statements other than pre- scriptions, a fee of 25 cents which shall ba paid by the party filing the same.
 Sec g. That nothing in this act shall prevent the sale of wood or denatured alcohol.
 Sec 10. That any person who violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any physician who issues any prescriptions hereunder con tainng any false statement or who sells, barters, exchanges or gives away any alcohol or uses the same, except in com pounding and dispensing remedies in the practice of his profession, shall be guilty of a msdemeanor, and shall be debarred from the practice of his profession for one year. And person who shall sell any alcohol or wine in this state for any pur- pose other than herein allowed. or who shall fail to file in the office of the pro- bate judge prescriptions and statements herein, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and any person who shall obtain any al- cohol or wine in accordance with this act and convert the same to his use, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and any person so offending shall, on conviction, be punished by fine of not less than $50 or more than $500. and may also be i'm prisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months for the first conviction and on the second and every subsequent conviction. in addition to the fine which may be imposed, shall be confined to hard labor for the county for not less than three nor more than six months.
 Sec II. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Provided, however. that nothing in this act shall operate to repeal any of the local or special acts of the general assembly or legislature of Alabama prohibitirg the sale or otN"~ disposition of any of the liquors mentioned in the first section ot tnls cat, ..., such acts shall continue in full force and effect and in concurrence herewith and indictments or prosecutions may be had either under this act or any special or