Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-19
SAN-JAk THE OLD AGt GERM KILLER
U. S. OPIUM LAW
EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, rs

The law relating to the production,
importation and sale of opium its de-
rivatives will be in effect on and after
! March 1. This law will be enfored by
the United States Internal Revenue De-
partment which has already arranged
or the employment of men who have
had much experience in unearthing the
illegal traffic of this drug under the
various state laws.
The Government will use every
means at its disposal to break up the
Illegal sale of opium in all its forms,
so thorough will be the method of
checking sales, that every physician,
dentist veterinary surgeon, importer,
| druggist, hospital, or person or firm,
| in any way handling opium or any
of it's derivatives must register with
the Internal Revenue Department, on
or before March 1st, and pay special
tax at the rate of $1.00 year. Forms
on which to make application for re-
gistry will be supplied by the Collec-
tors of Internal Revenue.
Every person, firm or company dis
pensing direct to consumers any of
the drugs herein referred to, must on
| the first day of March. 1915, prepare
and keep on file an inventory of all
such drugs on hand at that date. No
special form of inventory is required,
but the inventory must fully set forth
the quantity of each kind of such
drugs, preparations or remedies so
held. and must be verified by oath
not later than March s. 1915
| Where any of these drugs are to be
! sold or otherwise disposed Of, the
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order on order forms which will be
supplied by the Government in books
of 10 each, and for which a charge of
10 cents will be made. Such order
books can only be procured by persons
who have registered and paid the in
ternal revenue tax, and then only when
the Collector is satisfied that such
blanks will not be used for an unlaw-
full purpose. These orders must be
made in duplicate. the copy to be re
and duplicate orders must be retained
on file at least two years.
4 Doctors are required to keep a rec
ord of all such drugs dispensed or
distributed, and this record must
show the date dispensed, quantity in
each dose, and the name and residence
of the patient. Each must supply
himself with suitable blank book for
such record.
i A doctor may however, dispense to
a patient upon whom he shall per-
sonally attend, i. e., personally visit,
without receiving a written order, and
no record need be kept This exemp-
tlon is also made as to drugs dis
pensed or distributed under a written
prescription issued by a doctor who
has registered under this act Such
prescriptions must be signed with the
! full name of the doctor, his registry
number and the location of his office
and the name and address of the per-
son for whom written. The dispensing
of such drugs except on physicians
original prescriptions, or on origina
orders issued to persons who have
Registered. will be violation of the
law. Refilling of prescriptions or or.
ders is prohibited.
The penalty for violating or failing
to comply with this law is not more
than $4,000, and Imprisonment moi
more than five years, or both.
Frank B. Niles, Collector of In
ternal Revenue, at Toledo, Ohio, has
received blanks upon which to register
under this Act. which will be mailed
on request. The amount of specia
tax for the balance of the Government
year ending June 30th, is 34c, ano
must be paid on or before March 1st