97-31-5 - Alcoholic preparations; unlawful to sell or keep certain preparations; exceptions.
§ 97-31-5. Alcoholic preparations; unlawful to sell or keep certain preparations; exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, to sell, barter, or give away, or keep for such purposes any sweet spirits of nitre, liquid ginger preparation, elixir of orange peel, pear extract, or any like drug, compound, bitters, elixir or preparation of any kind whatsoever, except where otherwise legalized under the laws of this state, which when drunk to excess, in the form sold, will produce intoxication, except when the same is kept, sold, bartered or given away for either medicinal, or household purposes, or for uses in cooking, baking, and purposes incidental to the treatment of disease.
This section shall have no effect whatsoever on the sections appearing in Chapter 1 of Title 67, Mississippi Code of 1972, cited as the "Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law" of the State of Mississippi. If there is any conflict whatsoever between this section and the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law cited hereinabove, the provisions of the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law shall be paramount.
Sources: Codes, 1930, § 2021; 1942, § 2660; Laws, 1926, ch. 201; Laws, 1928, ch. 213; Laws, 1968, ch. 356, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved May 27, 1968).