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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,

cints prescribed by law in said Coun'
ty, on Tuesday, August II, 1909, as
provided in the following Act.
No. AZ.
An Act to Prohibit the Manufacture,
Sale, Barter, Exchange, Giving
Away to Induce Trade, the Fur
nishing at Public Places or Other
wise Dsposing of Alcohol, Spiritu-
Gus, ViDous or Malt Liquors or
Beverages, or Other Liquors or
Beverages by Whatsoever Name
Called, Which if Drunk to EX-
cess Will Produce IntoXication,
Except for Sale of Alcohol in Ger
tain Cases Upon Certain Condi.
tions, And Except the Sale OF
Wines for Sacramento Purposes,
And to Provide Penalties for the
Violation Thereof.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State OF
South Carolina, that all alcoholic IL
quors and beverages, whether manu-
featured within this State or else
where, or any mixture by whatsoever
name called, which if drunk to excess
will produce intoXicatiOn, are hereby
declared to he detrimental, aad their
use and consumption to be against the
morals, good health and safety of the
State, and contraband. That it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, cor
poration or association within this
State to manufacture. sell, barter eX-
change, receive, accept, give away to
indu ce trade, deliver, store, keep in
possession in this State, furnish at
public places or otherwise dispose of
any spirituous, malt, vinous, ferment-
ed, brewed or other liquors and bever-
ages, or any compound or mixture
thereof which contains alcohol and is
used as a beverage, and which If drunk
to excess will produce intoXication,
except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale guam
titles to retail druggists and to public
or charitable hospitals or to medical or
pharmaceutical colleges. and in no
other way, pure alcohol for medical
purposes only, or grain alcohol to be
used by chemists or psychologists
actually engaged in scientific work
and for such purposes only, and such
wholesale druggist shall at the end of
each month in which any such sales
have been made, file with the clerk of
the court of the county in which they
do business, statement in writing
under oath, giving the name of the
purchaser, the price paid the date of
sale, and the quantity and character
of the alcohol sold. That if said
wholesale druggist making such sale
is not resident of the State of South
Carolina, then such statement shall be
filed in the office of the clerk of the
court of the county in which the pur.
chaser resides.
Sec. 8. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or Cit
les Of this State, who is himselfa reg
istered or licensed pharmacist, or who
regularly employs registered or H.
censed pharmacist, may sell, in the
manner herein set out, upon filing a
bond ia the sum of five thousand dol
lars, to be approved by the clerk of
the court, in which such druggist does
business, conditioned for a faithful
observance of the provisions of this
Act, such bond TO be approved by the
clerk of the court, pure alcohol for
for medical purposes only, grain alco-
mol to chemists and psychologists
actually engaged in scientific work,
and for such purposes only and wine
to be used for sacramental or religious
purposes only: Provided, that moth
ing herein contained shall prevent
such druggists from using alcohol in
the compounding of prescriptions or
other medicines, the sale of which
would not subject him to the payment
of special tax required of liquor
dealers by the Government of the
United States: Provided, further,
that nothing herein contained shall
prevent such druggists from COM
pounding or selling medicinal prepa-
rations manufactured in accordance
with formulas prescribed by the Unit
ed States Pharmacopoeia and Nation
al Formulary which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract
the medicinal properties of the drug
contained in such preparations, and no
more alcohol than is necessary to
hold the medicinal agents in solution,
and which are manufactured and
sold as medicine, and not as a bever-
age.
Sec. 4 That no sale of pure alcohol,
for medicinal purposes. shall be made
by any retail druggist, except upon
the prescription of regular practiclng
physician of this State, who, before
writing such prescriptions, shall make
an actual examination Of the person
for whom the prescription is issued,
and the said prescription shall be sub.
stantially in the following form:
estate of South Carolina, >. County.
To. :. Druggist. /, regular Ii
censed and practiciDg physician under
the laws of this State, do hereby certi-
fly that have examined . :, a patient
in my charge, and | do hereby pre-
scribe for the use of said patient
alcohol, and I further certify, that the
use of such alcohol is, in my judg.
ment, absolutely necessary to alleviate
or cure the illness or disease from
which said patient is now suffering
and that I am not interested in the
drug store to which this prescription
is directed, nor in the profits on the
drugs herein prescribed. Dated
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Sec. 5. That no prescription shall
be filled herein except upon the day
upon which it is issued or the follow
ing day, and no more than one-hal
pint OF alcohol shall be sold and de
liveIed on any one prescription, anc
when such prescription is filled, i
shall not be refilled, but shall be deliv
cred to the druggist filling same ant
at the end of the month in which tht
same is filled, it shall he filed by sucf
6ruuuict in tho rtfipp of tho clerk n