The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03

CllaSerS Tor Saluc without nOIlce ITO'li
sdch vcndee. although the memoran
dun does not set forth when or how the
amount due on the goods is payable
provided that in all other respects the
Ii rovisions Of section 1852 of the Code.
as amended by the act of March s, 1904,
shall have been complied with.
There is an inadvertence in this sta
tute in It's reference to the act Of 1904
/ IN regard to the date of its approval.
| 1t was approved March 10. 1904. and
lis to be found on page 352 of the Acts
| OF that scar IT has reference to the
marking upon the margin of the rec
ord booS by the vendor. or his agent, ct
ali satisfied claims by vendors who
| lave reserved liers or titles.
Snle of Cocaine.
The act approved March 10. Acts 1905,
page as, which is an emergency act
provides that no person shall sell. give
away or otherwise dispense cocaine.
alpha or beta eucaine, or any mixture
| of either. except on the prescription OF
a licensed physician. or by any licensed
manufacturers, pharmacists or cheri-
| lists. or wholesale or retail druggists,
! to other licensed manufacturers, phar-
macists or chemists, or wholesale or
retail pharmacists or druggists,
or to hospitals, colleges, or pub
lie institutions. or to licensed ply
| sicians, dentists, or veterinary sur
| geons; hut the act is not to be con-
sidered as prohibiting the use OF those
drugs by any licensed physician, den.
! tlst. or veterinary surgeon In the regu-
! lar course of his practice All persons
Except those mentioned are prohibited
from having those drugs or any mix
turc of any, with intent to sell, give
away Or otherwise dlspsnse it, AMI, eX-
,to cd n, ND n thn
case of q person having the drug by
prescription of q licensed physician.
1.-THE possession shall be deemed prima
Ifacie evidence of the intent to sell, give
laway. or dispense 1t. Any person vio-
lluting either of these provisions shall
,lbe deemed guilty of felony and pun
shed by confinement in the peniten.
tiary for not less than one or more
THAN five years. The statute further
lprovides that every prescription Ter the
|use Of those drugs must be signed by
the licensed physician giving It and the
nume and address Of the patient must
be plainly written upon the prescr'p.
/ ton, which nav be filled only once.
1 A violation Of this provision is made
a misdemeanor. punishable by fine OF
from $50 to $780,
University OF Virginia.
' | Two atClS approved MdICl1 1Op Avs
/ 1905 pages 37S and $50, which are
emergency acts, amend sections 1871
and 1856 Of the Code Of Virginia, re-
speedway The first gives to the uni
varsity, III addition to its other powers,
all the corporate powers given to cor
porations by the provisions of chapter
/ of the act concerning corporations,
! which became a law on May 81. 1908,
except ii. those cases where. by the
,eSpress terms of the act, 1t is confined
/ to corpora tons created unler It; and
the university is also given the power
Ito accapt. execute and administer any
trust in which it may have an inter-
i est under the terms OF an instrument
creating a trust. The provision that
the rector and visitors Of the univer-
i s:ty shall be at all times subject to
the control OF the General Assembly is
/, retained III the new statute. The sec
i ond act amends section 1856. so as tt
make 1t unlawful for the rector and
4 visitors Of the university to Issue Its
obligations to be secured by deed OF
trust on its real estate without the con-
4 sent OF the General Assembly. The old
law simply provided that they could
mot contract debts withouts.such con-
sent.
State Library.
The act approved March ID. Acts 1908
I, page 1854, which Is an emergency act
4 p-ovides that the State Library Board
may in Its discretion charge reasonable
4 fees for copies of or extracts from any
papers, books, documents or manu-
scripts In the library which may be
supplied by the library staff to per,
sons applying for them. The State Ia
A harlan. under the direction OF the Ii
brary Board, must keep an accurate &C
count Of all fees collected under the
4 act and turn them into the State Treas
ury to be credited to the library fund
County and City,Jnils.
The act approved March 13. Acts 9o3
n page 400, which Is an emergency act
amends section 92s oflthe Code OF Vir.
ginia, 30 as to provide that the boards
Of Supervisors of the counties and the
councils of the cities Of the State shall
provide for the necessary heat, beds
E and bedding for the State, county ana
lefty prisoners in the ia!ls Of the Com,