The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-07-14

Phagmacopaeia and National Formr-
]ary Eicn contain no more alcohol
tnan is necessary to extract the medl-
c;nal properties OF the drugs contain
ed in such prepava lions, and no more
alcohol than is necessary to hold the
medicinal agents in solution, and
which are manufactured and sold as
medicine, and not rs beverage.
Section !. That no sale Of pure al
coho'. for medicinal purposes, shall
be made. by any retail druggist, except
upon the prescription of regular
practicing physician of this state, who
before writing such prescriptions,
shall make an actual examlnatlan OF
the person for whom the prescription
is issued, and the said prescription
shall be substantially in the following
form: Estate of South Carolina.
County. To.
Druggist. ......., a regular, IL
censed and practicing physician under
the laws of this State, do hereby GER
tify that I have examined.....: :.....
patient in my charge, and I do here
by prescribe for the use Of said pa atient
alcohol, and I further certify,
that the use of such alcohol is, in my
judgement, absolutely necessary to
alleviate or cure the illness or disease
from which said patient is now, suffer-
ing. and that T an not interested IN
the drug store to which this prescrip-
ton is directed, nor in the profits on
the drugs herein prescribed. Dated
Section 5. That no prescription
shall be filled herein except upon the
day upon which it is issued or the fol-
lowing day, and no more than one
half pint of alcohol shall be sold de-
livered on any one prescription, ana
when such prescription is filed 1t
shall not be refilled, but shall be de-
livered to the druggist filling same,
and at the end OF the month in which
the same is filled, it shall be filed by
such druggist in the Office Of the clerk
of court of the county in which said
druggist is engaged in business: Pro-
vided, No druggist, who is also a
practicing physician, shall fill his own
prescriptions hereunder, nor shall
they be filled at any drug store in
which the said physician is financially
interested: Provided, further, That
the delivery of such alcohol sold un-
der such prescription shall be made
only directly to the person for whom
such prescription is issued or to
the physician, or to some one author
lied by the physician, or in case OF
minor to his parent or guardian or
physician or some one authorized" "by
said physician.
Section s. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or
cities of the State may lawfully sell
alcohol in quantities not gr q ater than
FIVE (5) gallons to be used in the arts
or for scientific or mechanical pur-
poses, and such druggist may sell, in
like quantities, to chemists or bacteri-
ologists engaged in scientific work,
and for such purposes only, and such
druggists may sell in quantities,
not greater than one-half gallon, wine
used for sacramental or religious pur-
poses only. That any person desiring
to purchase alcohol for the purpose
set out in this section, shall sign a
written or printed statement, giving
his name, residence, occupation and
the purpose for which he intends to
use said alcohol, and, he shall .cerlty
that said alcohol is purchased in good
faith for such purposes and no other,
and that said druggists shall, at the
end of each month, file with the clerk
of court of the county in which he is
engaged in business, all such state
ents, with a certificate under oath,
that said statements contain a true
statement of all such sales.
Section Z. That it shall be unlaw-
full to sell wine for sacramental pur-
poses except to a minister, pastor,
priest or regularly constituted officer
of a regularly organized religious
congregation or church.; Any person,
desiring to make such purchase, shall
sign written or printed statement,
giving his name and residence and the
name and location of the church for
which such wine is purchased, and he
shall certify that said wine is purchas-
ed in good faith, to be used for sacra-
mental or religious purposes, and no