The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-09

be filled herein except upon the day
upon which it is issued or the follow
Ing day, and no more than one-hal1
pint of alcohol shall be sold and de.
livered on any one prescription, and
| when such prescription is filled, il
shall mot be reflled, 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 Us engaged in business: Pro
vided, No druggist, who Is also a prac-
ticing physician, shall fill his own pre-
scription hereunder, nor shall they be
filed at any drug store in which the
said physician is financially interest
ed: Provided, further, That the de-
livery of such alcohol sold under such
prescription shall be made only d.
rectly to the person for whom such
prescription is issued or to the physl-
clan, or to some one authorized by the
physician, or in case Of a minor to
his parent or guardian or physician
or some one authorized by said ply
sician.
"Sec. 6. That any retail druggist
whose place Of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or ci-
ties of the State may lawfully sell AL
cohol in quantities not greater than
five (5) gallons to be used in the arts
on for scientific OF mechanical pur-
poses, and such druggist may sell, in
Like quantities, to chemists and bac-
teriologists 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 certify
that said alcohol is purchased in good
faith for such purpose and no other,
and that said druggist 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
statements, with certificate under
oath, that said statements contain a
true statement of all such sales.
"Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful
to sell wine for sacramental pur-
poses except to a minister, pastor,
priest, or regularly constituted off,
Ger Of regularly organized religious
congregation or church. Any person,
desiring to make such purchase, shall
sign a written or printed statement,
giving his name and residence and the
name and location of the church for
which such wine is purchased, and
be shall certify that said wine is pur-
chased in good faith, to be used for
sacramental or religious purposes, and
no other. That such statement shall
be fled as provided for in the next
preceding section, in the office of the
clerk of the court.
"Sec. s. That all statements or
prescriptions required by this act to
be filed in the office Of the clerk Of
the court shall be recorded and pro-
perly indexed by him in a book kept
for that purpose, which shall at all
times be open for public inspection,
and a certified copy of such record,
OF tine original statement or prescrlp-
ton, with the certificate of the clerk
of the court indorsed thereon, show
ing that it has been recorded, shall be
priu1a facie evidence of the facts re-
cited therein For making such re-
cord the clerk of the court shall be
entitled to charge and collect for each
prescription a fee of 5 cents and for
each statement, other than prescrip-
ton, fee Of Is cents, which shall be
paid by the party filing the same.
"See. 8. That in addition to the
r1equbnemAhts hereinbefore prescrib-
ed, all licensed and registered drug
gists selling alcohol by prescription
shall keep a record thereof, which
shall bear the trrle dates Of the sal
es, the names Of the persons to whom
sales were made, names Of physicians
or SURGEONS upon whose prescriptions