store or pharmacy where physicians, prescriptions were compounded and dispensed for not less than five years prior to the passage of this act: Provided, however, That in case of failure or neglect on the part of any such person or persons to present themselves for registration within sixty days after said public notice, they shall undergo an examination such as is provided for in section five of this act. Commissioners SEC. 5. That the said commissioners of pharmacy shall, upon applicaof pharmacy to tion and at such time and place as they may determine, examine each examine appli- and every person who shall desire to conduct the business of selling at cants and register such as are found retail, compounding, or dispensing drugs, medicines, or chemicals for medicinal use, or compounding and dispensing physicians' prescriptions within the District of Columbia as pharmacists; competent. Age and previous service, &c., of applicants. Graduates in And if a majority of said commissioners shall be satisfied that said person is competent and fully qualified to conduct said business of compounding or dispensing drugs, medicines, or chemicals for medicinal use, or to compound and dispense physicians' prescriptions, they shall enter the name of such person as a registered pharmacist in the book provided for in section four of this act. SEC. 6. That no person shall be entitled to an examination by said commissioners of pharmacy for registration as pharmacist unless he present satisfactory evidence of being twenty-one years of age, and having served not less than four years in a store or pharmacy where physicians' prescriptions were compounded and dispensed, or is a graduate of some respectable medical college or university. SEC. 7. That all graduates in pharmacy having a diploma from an inpharmacy may be corporated college or school of pharmacy that requires a practical experegistered. rience in pharmacy of not less than four years before granting a diploma shall be entitled to have their names registered as pharmacists by said commissioners of pharmacy. Registry fees. Re-examina tion. Application of fees. SEC. 8. That the commissioners of pharmacy shall be entitled to demand and receive from each person whom they register as pharmacists, without examination, the sum of three dollars, and from each person whom they examine the sum of ten dollars. And in case the examination of said person should prove defective and unsatisfactory, and his name not be registered, he shall be permitted to present himself for re examination within any period not exceeding twelve months next thereafter, and no charge shall be made for such re-examination. The money received under the provisions of this section shall be applied to payment of such expenses as the commissioners may incur in executing the provisions of this act. Responsibility of SEC. 9. Every registered pharmacist shall be held responsible for the pharmacists for quality of all drugs, chemicals, and medicines he may sell or dispense, adulterations, &c. with the exception of those sold in the original packages of the manufacturer, and also those known as "patent medicines"; And should he knowingly, intentionally, and fraudulently adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, such drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, his name shall be stricken from the register. SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person, from and after the pas not to be retailed of this act, to retail any poisons enumerated in Schedules A and without affixing sage B, as follows, to wit: Certain poisons labels. Opium and its preparations, except paragoric and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce; Without distinctly labeling the box, vessel, or paper in which the said poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover, with the name of the article, the word "poison", and the name and place of business of the seller. Sales not to be Nor shall it be lawful for any person to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in Schedules A and B, unless, upon due inquiry, it be found made without that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character, and represents making inquiry, that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. &c. always open to in Nor shall it be lawful for any registered pharmacist to sell any poisons Entry of sales to included in Schedule A without, before delivering the same to the pur- be made in books chaser, causing an entry to be made, in a book kept for that purpose, spection. stating the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quality of the poison sold, the purpose for which it is represented by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dispenser; such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, and to be preserved for reference for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of Restrictions not poisons, in not unusual quantities or doses, upon the prescriptions of to apply to medipractitioners of medicine. Nor shall it be lawful for any licensed or registered druggist or pharmacist in the District of Columbia to retail, or sell, or give away any alcoholic liquors or compounds, as a beverage, to be drunk or consumed upon the premises. And any violation of the provisions of this section shall make the owner or principal of said store or pharmacy liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five and not more than one hundred dollars, to be collected in the usual manner. cal prescriptions, &c. Druggists not to sell or give away alcoholic liquors as beverages, &c. license fee. SEC. 11. Any itinerant vender of any drug, nostrum, ointment, or ap- Itinerant vendpliance of any kind, intended for the treatment of diseases or injury, or ers of drugs, noswho shall, by writing, or printing, or any other method, publicly profess trums, &c., to pay to care or treat diseases, injury, or deformity, by any drug, nostrum, manipulation, or other expedient, shall pay a license of two hundred dollars per annum into the treasury of the District of Columbia, to be collected in the usual way. SEC. 12. That any person who shall procure or attempt to procure Penalty for false registration for himself or for another under this act, by making or caus- representations. ing to be made any false representation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and the name of the person so fraudulently registered shall be stricken from the register. Any person, not a registered pharmacist as provided for in this act, for conducting who shall conduct a store, pharmacy, or place for retailing, compound pharmacy without registry. ing, or dispensing drugs, medicines, or chemicals, for medicinal use, or for compounding or dispensing physicians' prescriptions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars. Fines, &c.; how SEC. 13. That all fines and penalties under this act shall be collected prosecuted for by in the same manner that other fines and penalties are collected in the United States atDistrict of Columbia; and it shall be the duty of the United States distorney. trict attorney for the District of Columbia to prosecute all violations of this act. Repeal. SEC. 14. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. [June 15, 1878.] CHAPTER 259. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPART- Special agents of [Par. 1.] That hereafter the per diem pay of all special agents apPost-Office De- pointed under section forty hundred and seventeen, Revised Statutes, partment and as- shall only be allowed for their actual and necessary expenses not exceedsistant superintendents of rail- ing five dollars per diem when they are actually engaged in traveling way mail service; on the business of the department except such, not exceeding ten in their number and number, as are appointed by the Postmaster-General to do duty at such R. S., $$ 4017, important points as he may designate, and nine assistant superintendents of railway mail service, who may be detailed to act as superintend1880, June 11, ch. ents of division of railway mail service, who shall each receive a salary 206, § 1, par. 1. of two thousand five hundred dollars, per annum and no more: compensation. 4020. Post-route maps [Par. 2.] For the preparation and publication of post-route maps may be sold at cost. * ; and the Postmaster-General may authorize the publication and sale 1879, March 3, ch. 180, § 1, par. 3.' of said maps to individuals at the cost thereof, the proceeds of said sales to be applied as a further appropriation for said purpose. Compensation of [Par. 3.] That the compensation of postmasters of the fourth class postmasters of shall be the whole of the box-rents collected at their offices and commisR. S., § 3852- sions on unpaid letter-postage collected, on amounts received from wastepaper, dead newspapers, printed matter, and twine sold, and on postage1876, July 12, ch. stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards, and newspaper and periodical 179, § 8. stamps canceled as postages on matter actually mailed at their offices, at the following rate, namely: fourth class. 3860. On the first one hundred dollars or less per quarter, sixty per centum; On all over one hundred dollars and not over three hundred dollars per quarter, fifty per centum; And on all over three hundred dollars per quarter, forty per centum; The same to be ascertained and allowed by the Auditor in the settlement of the accounts of such postmasters, upon their sworn quarterly returns: Provided, That when the compensation of any postmaster of this class when exceeding shall reach one thousand dollars per annum, exclusive of commissions $1,000, salary to be adjusted. on money-order business, and when the returns to the Auditor for four quarters shall show him to be entitled to a compensation in excess of that amount under section seven of the act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy six, the Auditor shall report such fact to the Postmaster-General, who shall assign him to his proper class, and fix his salary as provided by said section: Provided further, That in no case shall there be allowed to any post- - limit of. master of this class a compensation greater than two hundred and fifty dollars in any one quarter, exclusive of money-order commissions. when postmasters R. S., § 3855. That in any case where the Postmaster-General shall be satisfied that Commissions to a postmaster has made a false return of business, it shall be within his be withheld, &c., discretion to withhold commissions on such returns, and to allow any compensation that under the circumstances he may deem reasonable: Provided, That the form of affidavit to be made by postmasters upon their returns shall be such as may be prescribed by the Postmaster-Gen- to returns by postmasters, and peneral; and any postmaster who shall make a false return to the Auditor, alty for false refor the purpose of fraudulently increasing his compensation under the turns, &c. provisions of this or any other act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; R. S., § 3855. 3920. And no postmaster of any class, or other person connected with the Postmasters and others in postal postal service, intrusted with the sale or custody of postage-stamps, service restricted stamped envelopes, or postal cards, shall use or dispose of them in the as to sale of stamps, payment of debts or in the purchase of merchandise or other salable cards, and envelarticles, or pledge or hypothecate the same, or sell or dispose of them opes. except for cash, or sell or dispose of postage-stamps or postal cards for R. S., 3918any larger or less sum than the values indicated on their faces, or sell 1879, March 3, or dispose of stamped envelopes for a larger or less sum than is charged ch. 180, § 26. therefor by the Post-Office Department for like quantities, or sell or dispose of postage-stamps, stamped envelopes, or postal cards otherwise than as provided by law and the regulations of the Post Office Department; And any postmaster, or other person connected with the postal service, who shall violate any of these provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. Penalty. One agent only [Par. 4.] That hereafter the Postmaster-General may appoint one agent only to superintend the postal railway service, who shall be paid, out of to superintend posthe appropriation for the transportation of the mail on railways, a salary ice; his salary. tal railway servat the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars a year, and no allowances for traveling or incidental expenses; R. S., § 4020. railway compensa- And provided further, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to readjust the compensation to be paid from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for transportation of mails on railroad routes by reducing the compensation to all railroad companies for the transportation of mails five per centum 1875, March 31, ch. 128, par. 2. per annum from the rates for the transportation of mails, on the basis 1876, July 12, ch. of the average weight fixed and allowed by the first section of an act 179, § 1. entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post 1879, March 3, Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen ch. 180, $$ 5, 6. hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes", approved July 206. 1880, July 11, ch. twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. ** 1881, March 1, ch. 96, ỷ 1, par.2. 16 Opin. Att'yGen., 196. Disbursement of SEC. 2. That the disbursements of the moneys appropriated for the preparamoney for post- tion and publication of post-route maps be made by a regular bonded route maps to be by bonded officer. disbursing-officer of the Post-Office Department, according to the laws, rules, and customs as recognized by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department: Topographer's office; pay-rolls of how made out and paid. -expenditures for post-route maps; how vouched for. - disbursements of, to what appropriation charged. Repeal. And provided also, That the pay-rolls of the draughtsmen, clerks, messengers, and other employees of the topographer's office, shall be regularly made out by the chief of the topographer's office, examined and checked by the appointment-clerk of the Post-Office Department, and the payments thereof made by a bonded disbursing-officer of the Post-Office Department: And also provided further, That all expenditures made by the chief of the topographer's office for the preparation and publication of post-route maps shall be accounted for by vouchers, accompanied by affidavit, and the moneys therefor shall be disbursed by a disbursing officer of the Post-Office Department; And all of the above disbursements shall be paid out of the appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps. SEC. 3. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. [June 17, 1878.] CHAPTER 260. June 17, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 143. Cadet midshipmen; number and appointment of. Substitute for R. S., § 1513. AN ACT REGULATING THE APPOINTMENT OF CADET-MIDSHIPMEN AND CADET-ENGI- Cadet-midshipmen; number and appointment of. Rank not to be changed except by advice of Be it enacted, &c., That section fifteen hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes shall hereafter read as follows: "SEC. 1513. There shall be allowed in said academy one cadet-midshipman for every member or delegate of the House of Representatives, one for the District of Columbia, and ten appointed at large: Provided, however, That there shall not be at any time more in said academy appointed at large than ten; But the provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to cadet-midshipmen appointed at large now in said academy." Section fifteen hundred and six is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Officers in Navy "SEC. 1506. Any officer of the Navy may, by and with the advice and may be advanced consent of the Senate, be advanced, not exceeding thirty numbers in duct in battle. rank, for eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle or extraordinary heroism; for eminent con Rank not to be And the rank of officers shall not be changed except in accordance changed except by with the provisions of existing law, and by and with the advice and advice of Senate, consent of the Senate." [June 17, 1878.] &c. R. S., § 1506. CHAPTER 261. June 17, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 144. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PENSION OF CERTAIN PENSIONED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Pension for loss of both hands, feet, or eyes increased. Whereas, it is apparent that the present pension paid to soldiers and sailors who have lost both their hands or both their feet in the service of the country is greatly inadequate to the support of such as have families: Therefore, |