OPIUM, ETC., AND COMPOUNDS, MANUFACTURERS
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enforcing the provisions of this act, or for the purpose
of enforcing any law of any State or Territory or the
District of Columbia, or any insular possession of the
United States, or ordinance of any organized munici-
pality therein, regulating the sale, prescribing, dispens-
ng, dealing in, or distribution of the aforesaid drugs,
shall, on conviction, be fined or imprisoned as provided
by section nine of this act. And collectors of internal
revenue are hereby authorized to furnish upon written
request, to any person, a certified copy of the names of
any or all persons who may be listed in their respective
sollection districts as special-tax payers under the pro-
sisions of this act, upon payment of a fee of $1 for each
»ne hundred names or fraction thereof in the copy so re-
uested.
Certifled 1ist
Jf names may be
hirnished
[See sec. 706, Revenue Act of 1924, under head of
Prior Acts, this chapter. Repealed and reenacted in sec.
704, Revenue Act of 1926. See immediately below.]
Skc. 704. [Revenue Act of 1926.] Section 6 of such
act of December 17, 1914, as amended by section 1007
of the Revenue Act of 1918. is reenacted without change.
as follows: * * *
“ Sec. 6. That the provisions of this act shall not be
ronstrued to apply to the manufacture, sale, distribution,
giving away, dispensing, or possession of preparations
ind remedies which do not contain more than two grains
»f opium, or more than one-fourth of a grain of mor-
ohine, or more than one-eighth of a grain of heroin, or
more than one grain of codeine, or any salt or derivative
of any of them in one fluid ounce, or, if a solid or semi-
solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce; or to lini-
ments, ointments, or other preparations which are pre-
pared for external use, only, except liniments, ointments,
and other preparations which contain cocaine or any of
its salts or alpha or beta eucaine or any of their salts or
any synthetic substitute for them: Provided, That such
remedies and preparations are manufactured, sold, dis-
tributed, given away, dispensed, or possessed as medi-
cines and not for the purpose of evading the intentions
and provisions of this act: Provided further, That any Recordsofsales
manufacturer, producer, compounder, or vendor (includ- On fo Be Rent
ng dispensing physicians) of the preparations and reme-
dies mentioned in this section shall keep a record of all
sales, exchanges, or gifts of such preparations and reme-
dies in such manner as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treas-
ary, shall direct. Such record shall be preserved for a
oeriod of two years in such a way as to be readily acces-
sible to inspection by any officer, agent or employee of the
Ireasury Department duly authorized for that purpose,
and the State, Territorial, District, municipal, and insular
officers named in section 5 of this act, and every such
person so possessing or disposing of such preparations
Provisos.
If used as med-
cines
Preservation
for inspection.