The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-27
THE PROHIBITION Law.


the Sale Of IntOxicants Through
out the State--Of Special In
tereSt Now.
Now that prohibition throughout
the bounds of Mississippi is an
established fact, the act of the leg
islature of 1908 is of special inter-
est. Full text of the same is as
follows:
H. B. NO. 15-LAWS 1908.
An act to prohibit the manufac-
ture, sale, barter, or giving away to
induce trade of any vinous, alcohol
ic, malt, Intoxicating or spurious
liquors or intoxicating bitters, or
other drinks, which, if drunk, to
excess, will produce intoxication
to except and regulate sale of alco-
hol and wine in certain cases and
upon certain conditions; to fix
penalties and provide rules of evil
dence in the enforcement hereof
and for other purposes.
Section l.. Be it enacted by the
legislature of the State Of Missis-
sippi, That it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, corporation or
association within this State to
manufacture, to sell or barter, or
give away to induce trade, or keep
for sale or barter, or to be given
away, to induce trade any vinous,
alcoholic, malt, intoxicating bitters
or other drinks, which, if drunk to
excess, will produce intoxication,
except as hereinafter provided.
But this section shall not be con-
strued to prohibit the making of
home made wine for domestic or
household uses, only.
Sec. 2. That any licensed real
druggist in this State may sell in
the manner herein set out pure al
cohol for medicinal purposes only +;
grain alcohol to chemists and bac-
teriologists actually engaged in
scientific work and for the purpose
of being used only in such work
and wine to be used for sacrament
al purposes only; provided that
wholesale druggists domiciled and
doing business in this State may
sell pure alcohol in quantities no
less than one gallon to licensed re-
tail druggists, and to licensed and
practicing physicians, and to pub
lie or charity hospitals, and to
medical or pharmaceutical colleges,
but all wholesale druggists shall
make and preserve for two years
after such sales complete record
of sales Of alcohol which shall at
all times be open for inspection to
any consevator of the peace of the
country; and provided further, that
nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to prohibit the manufacture
or sale of wood and denatured alco-
hol for art, scientific and mechani-
cal purposes. A person shall not
be deemed a licensed druggist
within the meaning of this act by
reason of being licensed physi-
clan or pharmacist.
Sec. 3. That no sale of pure alco-
hol for medicinal purposes shall be
made except upon the written pre-
|scription of a licensed and practic-
ing physician of this State, who,
before writing such a prescription
shall have made an actual examina-
tion of the patient for whom the
prescriptions is issued, which pre-
|scription shall be dated and signed
by the physician and shall be sub
stantially the following form
State of Mississippi, county.
|, a regularly licensed and
practicing physician under the
laws of this State do hereby certify
that have examined - a pa
tient in my charge, and hereby
prescribe for the use of said pat
lent of pure alcohol, and
| certify that the use thereof is
necessary to alleviate or cure the
illness or disease from which such
patient is suffering. Dated
--M. D.
No prescription shall be filled
hereunder except upon the day up
on which it is issued or the follow
ing day, and no more than half a
pint of alcohol shall be furnished
on any one prescription, and when
such prescription is filled it shall
not be refiIled, but shall be deliver
ed to the druggist filling the same
and at the end of the month in
which the same is filled shall be
filed by such druggist in the office
of the circuit clerk of the county.
In the towns having a population of
1000 or more the physicians pre-
scription shall not be filled at any
drug store of which he is the pro-
prietor. or in which he has finan-
cial interest either as partner,
stockholder or otherwise.
Any person purchasing alcohol
for any purpose set out in this act,
for which a prescription is not re-
quired herein, shall first sign q
written or printed statement prop
|erly dated and deliver the same to
the druggist, stating his name,
residence and occupation, and the
purpose for which he intends to use
said alcohol.
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful
to sell wine for sacramental pur-
poses, except to a minister, pastor,
priest, or officer Of a regularly
organized church or religious CON
gregation, and before such sale il
made the narson dnsirinO III make