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ty, on Tuesday, August II, 1909, a
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 Disposing of Alcohol, Spiritu
Gus, Vinous or Malt Liquors o.
Beverages, or Other Liquors o.
Beverages by Whatsoever Nam,
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 o
Wines for Sacramental Purposes
And to Provide Penalties for tht
Violation Thereof.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State O
South Carolina, that all alcoholic Ii
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 be detrimental, and theil
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 tC
indu ce, trade, deliver, store, keep in
possession in this State, furnish al
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 beverage, and which if drunk
to excess will produce intoXication,
except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale quan.
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 bacteriologistS
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 ir which they
do business, statement in writing
under h, 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. 3. 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
jstered or licensed pharmacist, or who
regularly employs a registered or III
censed pharmacist, may sell, in the
manner herein set out, upon filing 6
bond in the sum of five thousand dol
lars, to be approved by the clerk O.
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 fol
for medical purposes onl y, grain alco
hol to chemists and bacteriologist:
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 il
the compounding of prescriptions o.
other medicines, the sale of which
would not subject him to the paymen
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 ormulary which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract
the medicinal properties Of the drug
contained 10 such preparations, and nc
more alcohol than is necessary t.
hold the medicinal agents in solution
and which are manufactured anG
sold as q medicine, and not as 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 a regular practiclng
physician of this State, who, before
writing such prescriptions, shall make
N NJ 10
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. /, -. a regular IL
censed and practicing physician uEdel
the laws of this State, do hereby certi
fy that have examined . E, patient
ia my charge, and l do hereby pre-
scribe for the use of said patient
alcohol, and 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 ! am not interested in tb,
drug store to which this prescription
is directed, nor in the profits on In,
drugs herein prescribed. Dated
........ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. M. ID
Sec. 5. That no prescription shall
be filled herein except upon the da,
upon which it is issued or the follow
ing day, apd no more than one-hal
pint OF alcohol shall he sold and de
fiveled on any one prescription, an,
when such prescription is filled,
shall not be retilled, but shall be deliv
arod IN tho drnpoist filing ss,oa' an