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have issued the same: And provided further, That such dealer shall preserve such prescription for a period of 2 years from the day on which such prescription is filled in such a way as to be readily accessible to inspection by the officers, employees, and officials mentioned in section 4773. (3) EXPORTATION.—To the sale, exportation, shipment, or delivery of narcotic drugs by any person within the United States or any Territory or the District of Columbia or any of the insular possessions of the United States to any person in any foreign country, regulating their entry in accordance with such regulations for importation thereof into such foreign country as are prescribed by said country, such regulations to be promulgated from time to time by the Secretary of State. (4) GOVERNMENT AND STATE OFFICIALS.—To the sale, barter, exchange, or giving away of narcotic drugs to any officer of the United States Government or of any State, Territorial, district, county, or municipal or insular government lawfully engaged in making purchases thereof for the various departments of the Army and Navy, the Public Health Service, and for Government, State, Territorial, district, county, or municipal or insular hospitals or prisons. (d) PRESERVATION.'—Every person who shall accept any order required under subsection (a), and in pursuance thereof shall sell, barter, exchange, or give away narcotic drugs, shall preserve such order for a period of 2 years in such a way as to be readily accessible to inspection by any officer or employee of the Treasury Department duly authorized for that purpose, and the State, Territorial, District, municipal, and insular officials named in section 4773. (e) DUPLICATES.—Every person who shall give an order as provided in this section to any other person for narcotic drugs shall, at or before the time of giving such order, make or cause to be made a duplicate thereof on a form to be issued in blank for that purpose by the Secretary or his delegate, and in case of the acceptance of such order shall preserve such duplicate for said period of 2 years in such a way as to be readily accessible to inspection by the officers, employees, and officials mentioned in section 4773. (f) SUPPLY,—The Secretary or his delegate shall cause suitable forms to be prepared for the purposes mentioned in this section, and shall cause the same to be distributed to each internal revenue district for sale to those persons who shall have registered and paid the special tax as required by sections 4722 and 4721; and he shall require that the same be sold only to persons who have registered and paid the special tax as required by said sections. The price at which such forms shall be sold shall be fixed by the Secretary or his delegate but shall not exceed the sum of $1 per hundred. The Secretary or his delegate shall cause to be kept accounts of the number of such forms sold, the names of the purchasers, and the number of such forms sold to each of such purchasers. Whenever any of such forms are sold, the Secretary or his delegate shall cause the name of the purchaser thereof to be plainly written or stamped thereon before delivering the same; and no person other than such purchaser shall use any of said forms bearing the name of such purchaser for the purpose of procuring narcotic drugs, or furnish any of the forms bearing the name of such purchaser § 4705(c)(2)

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