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offered for sale.' Every registered pharmacist shall file, or cause to be filed, all physicians' prescriptions compounded or dispensed in his pharmacy or store. They shall be preserved for two years, and he shall furnish a correct copy of any prescription under the order or request of the attending physician. Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to all costs of the action, and for the first offense be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty (50.00) dollars, and for each subsequent offense a fine of not less than fifty (50.00) dollars, nor more than one hundred (100.00) dollars, said fines to be paid over to the board of pharmacy. On written complaint being entered against any person or persons, charging them with specific violation of any of the provisions of this act, the board of pharmacy is hereby empowered to delegate one of its members, or other suitable person, who shall have authority to inspect drugs, chemicals, or medicines, and to make a thorough investigation of the case. He shall then report the result of his investigations, and if such report justifies such action, the board shall duly cause the prosecution of the offender as provided in this act.

Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and "B," appended to this act, without labeling the box, bottle, or paper in which said poison is contained, with the name of the article, the word "Poison," and the name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be lawful to sell or deliver any poison named in schedules "A" and "B," unless on inquiry it is found that the person is aware of its poisonous character, and that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. Nor shall it be lawful to sell or deliver any poison included in schedule "A" without making, or causing to be made, an entry in a book kept for that purpose only, stating the date of sale, and the name and address of purchaser, the name and quantity of the poison sold, the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dispenser, said book to always be open for inspection by the proper authorities, and to be preserved for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons when prescribed by practitioners of medicine, nor

to the sale of poisons if a single bottle or package does not contain more than an ordinary dose. Dealers shall affix to every bottle, box, parcel, or other inclosure of an original package containing any of the articles named in schedules "A" and "B" of this act, a suita e lahel. brand, with the word "Poison," but they are hereby exempted from the registration of the sale of suca arucies when sold at wholesale, or to a registered pharmacist, or physician. Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100.00) dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifty (50) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 11. Any person who shall attempt to procure registration for himself or any other person under this act by making or causing to be made any false representations, or who shall fraudulently represent himself to be registered, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to all costs of the action and to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100.00) dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifty (50) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Any person who shall permit the compounding or dispensing of prescriptions of medical practitioners in his store by persons not registered, except under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist, or any person not registered who shall retail medicines or poisons, or chemicals for medicinal use, except in a pharmacy under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist or a regis tered assistant pharmacist; and any person who shall fail to comply with the regulations of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to all costs of the action and to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100.00) dollars, or imprison ment for a term not exceeding fifty (50) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. All fines under this act shall be paid one half to the state board of pharmacy and one half to the county in which the conviction is obtained. Any person convicted of violating this act a third time shall be liable, in addition to the penalty hereinbefore mentioned, to have his registration as a pharmacist or assistant pharmacist canceled. Nothing in this act shall

apply to or interfere with the business of any practitioner of medicine who does not keep a pharmacy, open shop, or drug-store, advertised or otherwise, for the retailing of medicine or poisons, and wherein no other prescriptions are filled for regular practitioners, nor with the exclusive wholesale business of any dealer, except that portion of section ten which relates to marking or labeling certain poisons mentioned in this act. Nor shall general dealers come under the provisions of this act, in so far as it relates to the keeping for sale of proprietary medicines in original packages. Nor shall this act apply to registered or copyrighted proprietary medicines registered in the United States patent office, nor to the manufacture of proprietary remedies or the sale of the same in original packages by persons other than pharmacists.

Sec. 12. Any proprietor of a pharmacy, who, not being a registered pharmacist, shall, ninety days after this act takes effect, fail or neglect to place in charge of such pharmacy a registered pharmacist; or any such proprietor who shall by himself, or any other person, permit the compounding or dispensing of prescriptions, or the vending of drugs, medicines, or poisons, in his store or place of business, except by or in the presence and under the supervision of a registered pharmacist; or any person, not being a registered pharmacist, who shall take charge of or act as manager of such pharmacy or store, or who, not being a registered pharmacist, shall retail, compound, or dispense drugs, medicines, or poisons; or any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to all costs of the action and to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100.00) dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifty (50) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 13. All persons registered under this act shall be exempt and free from jury duty.

Schedule "A."

Arsenic, corrosive sublimate, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, wood alcohol, strychnia, cocaine, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, opium and all its preparations, except those which contain less than two grains to the ounce.

Schedule "B."

Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, savin, cantharides, phosphorus, digitalis, and their phar maceutical preparations, croton oil, chloral, sulphate of zinc, sugar of lead, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid, white precipitate, red precipitate, biniodide of mer cury, essential oil of almonds; and all medicines or prepa rations, secret or proprietary, of whatsoever kind or nature, that are intended to cause abortion or miscarriage. Sec. 14. An act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and sale of poisons in the state of California," approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, and all parts of acts in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.

Sec. 15. This act shall take effect immediately.

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ACT 2677.

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TITLE 365.

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ACT 2678.

To provide for removal of obstructions in, above the mouth of Hat Creek, so as to enable salmon to reach the spawning grounds on the upper waters of said river and its tributaries. [Stats. 1880, p. 104.]

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ACT 2684.

Providing for location, construction, and maintenance of highways. [Stats. 1871-2, p. 142.]

Repealed 1883, 5, chap. X, sec. 2.

ACT 2685.

Providing for the location and better maintenance of roads and highways. [Stats. 1873-4, p. 833.]

Repealed 1883, 5, chap. X, sec. 2.

ACT 2686.

Roads and highways in. [Stats. 1875-6, p. 413.]
Amended 1877-8, 115. Repealed 1883, 5, chap. X, sec. 2.

ACT 2687.

Notaries public, additional for. [Stats. 1871-2, p. 33.] Superseded by Political Code, sec. 791.

ACT 2688.

County recorder, salary of. [Stats. 1873-4, p. 702.]
Repealed 1877-8, 269.

ACT 2689.

Recorder of, fees and compensation of. [Stats. 1877-8, p.

268.]

Repealed by County Government Acts, 1897, 527, sec. 177, and fee bill of 1895, 267.

ACT 2690.

Legalizing records of. [Stats. 1863-4, p. 84.]

ACT 2691.

Consolidating offices of sheriff and tax collector, and making the sheriff ex-officio tax collector.

p. 709.]

[Stats. 1873-4,

Repealed by County Government Acts, see 1897, 452.

ACT 2692.

Supervisors, regulating powers of. [Stats. 1877-8, p. 197.] Repealed by County Government Acts, see 1897, 452.

ACT 2693.

Reorganizing board of supervisors in. [Stats. 1873-4, p.

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Amended and supplemented 1873-4, 775; 1875-6, 573. Act of 1873-4, 775, repealed 1875-6, 573.

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