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1935. ch. 39. sec. 285W.

285W. No person shall be prosecuted for a violation of any provision
of this sub-title if such person has been acquitted or convicted under the
Federal narcotic laws of the same act or commission, which, it is alleged,
constitutes a violation of this sub-title.

1935. ch. 59, sec. 285X.

285X. If any provision of this sub-title or the application thereof to
any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of the sub-title which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions
of this sub-title are declared to be severable.

1935, ch. 59. sec. 285Y.

285Y. This sub-title shall be so interpreted and construed as to effec-
tuate its general purpose and to make uniform the laws of those States
which enact it.

1935. ch. 59. sec. 285Z.
285Z. This sub-title may be cited as the uniform narcotic drug act. ¹

Health—Caustic Acids.

1929, ch. 183.

291A. The term dangerous caustic or corrosive substance means each
and all of the acids, alkalies, and substances named below: Hypochlorous
acid, either free or combined, and any preparation containing the same in
a concentration so as to yield ten per centum or more by weight of available
chlorine, excluding calx chlorinata, bleaching powder, and chloride of
lime; Potassium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chem-
ically unneutralized potassium hydroxide, including caustic potash and
Vienna paste, in a concentration of ten per centum or more; Sodium
hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized
sodium hydroxide, including caustic soda and lye, in a concentration of ten
per centum or more; and Ammonia water and any preparation yielding"
free or chemically uncombined ammonia, including ammonium hydroxide
and "hartshorn, " in a concentration of five per centum or more.

The term misbranded parcel, package, or container means a retail parcel,,
package, or container of any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance for
household use, not bearing a conspicuous, easily legible label or sticker, con-
taining (a) the common name of the substance, (b) the name and place of
business of the manufacture, ² packer, seller, or distributor; (c) the word
"POISON, " running parallel with the main body of reading matter on
said label or sticker, on a clear, plain background of a distinctly contrasting

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 59, acts of 1935, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.
² Evidently a typographical error.