The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-29

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induce trade, or keeping or furnish
ing al public places, or keeping on
hand at places Of business of any
alcoholic, spurious, malt or intoxi-
eating liquors, or intoxicating Bit
tiers or other drinks which, if drunk
to excess, will produce intoxicaLion;
to except sales Of alcohol in certain
cases, upon certain conditions; to
provide certain rules Of evidence in
connection with the enforcement
hereof to prescribe penalties, and
for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be il enacted by the May
or and City Council Of the City Of
Leesburg, and it is hereby enacted
by authority Of the same that from
and after the passage Of this act, it
shall not be lawful for any person
within the incorporate limits of the
City of Leesburg, Lee County, Geor-
ga, to sell or barter for valuable
consideration, either directly or in
directly, or give away to incuce
trade at any place of business, or
keep or furnish at any other public
place or manufacture, or keep on
hand at their place Of business any
alcoholic, spurious, malt or intoxi-
eating liquors or intoxicating bitters
or other drinks which if drunk to
excess will produce intoxication,
and any person so offending shall
be guilty Of an offense against the
ordinance Of the City OF Leesburg,
and shall be punished as prescribed
for disorderly conduct under the
| City of Leesburg. Provided that lic-
ensed druggists may sell and furn-
ish pure alcohol, for medicine pur-
poses only, upon written prescript-
ion Of a regular practising physician
of this State, in the manner herein
prescribed, to- wit: Before any ply
stefan shall issue such prescription
he shall make an actual examina-
ton Of the person for whom the
prescription is granted. The pre-
scription shall be substantially in
the following form.
| Georgia, Lee County, j,
a regular practing physician under
the laws Of Georgia. do hereby pre-
scribe for the use Of "a pat
lent III my charge, whom | have
ersonally examined, pure al
cohol, and do certify that in my
opinion that the same is necessary
in the alienation or cure Of the i'll
ness from which said patient is suf-
fering. This day Of Sign
ed. !" No prescription
shall be filled hereunder except the
date Of prescription or the following
day. Upon any prosecution under
this Act the burden of proving the
defense that the sale was of pure
alcohol under prescription shall
rest upon the defendant.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
1.-The same authority, That any per-
son, firm or corporation who shall
violate this act in any respect shall
be punishable as for disorderly corr
duct, any physician who shall issue
a prescription hereunder containing
any false statement shall be amen
able to same punishment; any
druggist who shall fill prescription
except under conditions above pro-
vided for shall be amenable to same
punishment.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
the same authority, that nothing
in this Act shall prohibit the sale
by licensed druggists Of wood or
denatured alcohol for art, scientific
or mechanical purposes or grain al
cohol for psychologists who are
actually engaged in that class of
work for scientific purposes only.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by
same authority all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with be and the same are hereby
repealed. Read the first time.
Read the second time and adopted.
Signed