The sun., 1919-07-10
NO RUBBER STRINGS
TO RUM EXEMPTIONS
Prescription Limited to One
Quart a Month, With a =
Tab on Patient.
NO CHANCE TO "REPEAT"
Treasury Department Issues
Rules for Medicinal and Other
. Uses of Liquors.

The Treasury Department regulations
governing the manufacture and sale Of
wines and liquors for medicinal or re-
ligious use were made public yesterday
by William II. Edwards, Collector OF In
ternal Revenue for the Second District.
The rulings settle a number OF points
that have arisen under the act OF No
vember 81. 1918 (the war prohibition
law. providing. among other things.
that a physician may not prescribe more
than one quart OF wines. liquors or alco-
hoi to any one patient in a month.
Records of all prescriptions and sales
must be kept In duplicate both by the
physician and the pharmacist, and once
a month the pharmacist must file with
the Collector Of Internal Revenue list
showing the names Of physicians, names
of the patients and the total quantity
dispensed to each patient during the
month. The list will be closely exam
incd by the revenue officers, and in case
IL appears that any persons are obtain
ing prescriptions from more than one
physician or that they are procuring
more than a normal quantity from a sin
gle physician. the case will be turned
| over to the United States District Attor-
ney.
1t is held in the ruling that the en-
forcement OF wartime prohibition rests
| solely with the Department of Justice
and that violations Of the statute must
, be referred to that Department. The
double warning is made. however. that
liquor dealers found guilty OF violating
the law also may be prosecuted for the
recovery of the revenue tax involved.
Doctors Must Keep Record.
| Physicians must keep a book in which
on separate pages will show the record
Of every patient for whom they are is
suing prescriptions for alcoholic liquors.
| The record must show the patient
name and address. the date Of each pre-
scription. the amount and kind Of liquor
dispensed and the name of the pharma-
cIst who nils the order. In no case shall
physician prescribe for a patient who
Is not under his constant personal su-
! pervision. The condition or illness for
| which the prescription is issued must be
carefully noted. The physician is TO
keep one copy of each prescription on
| file.
Druggists are permitted to deal In
this trade only II their names appear on
| the physicians order, or IL they have re-
ceived the required permit. and have
| paid the special tax. There can be no
rehlling on one prescription. The drug
gists are instructed not to Ali any pre-
scription IL they have reason to suspect
that the physicians are dispensing for
other than strictly legitimate medicinal
uses, or II they happen to know the
patient as n repeater"
| The regulations affecting the whole
sale or retail liquor dealers who were
caught with prohibition with stocks OF
wines and liquors on hand, provide that
! they may sell to pharmacists holding
permits until their present supplies are
exhausted. The tax rate on liquors so
sold is $40 a gallon. Pharmacists are
permitted 10 enter the liquor business
| for non beverage purposes. The present
Wholesale and retail dealers must sus-
| pend when their leftover stocks are gone
/ The tax rate on non-beverage alcohol
denatured or medicated for fillinE pre-
scriptions. is sac a gallon.
! Wines for Church Use.
Wines produced for sacramento pur.
poses under clerical supervision may bt
removed from the point OF production
under special regulations and by appli'
| cation to the Railroad Administration
The Treasury Department is willing Il
change the rulings regarding wines in
tended for religious use II /. is shown
that any church customs are beiag VIC
lated. Respecting the enforcement q
the act the ruling says
The Department OF Justice has ex
| elusive Jurisdiction to enforce the pro
hibition provisions OF the war prohibition
law. Accordingly II sho, ID be suggested
TO all that they address either the At
| torney General or the local United State.
| Attorney when making inquiries as Il
the prohibition provisions. Similarly
| when internal revenue officers bee omt