PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 943

card or label attached thereto or upon any tag, package, cover or
wrapper in which said article is encased or enclosed, the words
"Sterling Silver" or "Stirling," or any colorable imitation
thereof, unless 925-l000ths of the component parts of the metal
appearing or purporting to be silver,, of which such article is
manufactured are pure silver, subject to the qualifications here:
inafter set forth., is guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that in
the case of all such articles here shall be allowed a divergence
in fineness, of, 4-1000ths parts from the foregoing standards.

SEC. 186. Any person, firm, corporation or association, who
or which makes for sale, or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of,
or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dispose
of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of
silver or of any alloy of silver and having marked, stamped,
branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card
or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or
wrapper in which such article is encased or enclosed, the words
"coin" or "coin silver," or any colorable imitation thereof,
unless 900-1000ths of the component parts of the metal appear-
ing or purporting to be silver, of which such article is manu-
factured are pure silver, subject to the qualifications herein-
after set forth, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that in
the case of all such articles there shall be allowed a divergence
in fineness of 4-1000ths parts from the foregoing standards.

SEC. 187. Any person, firm, corporation or association, who
or which makes for sale, or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of,
or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dis-
pose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of
silver or of any alloy of silver, and having stamped, branded,
engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card or label
attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper
in which said article is encased or enclosed, any mark or word
(other than the word "sterling" or the word "coin") indicat-
ing, or designed or intended to indicate, that the silver or alloy
of silver in said article, is of a greater degree of fineness than
the actual fineness or quality of such silver or alloy, unless the
actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which said arti-
cle is composed be not less By more than 4-l000ths parts than
the actual fineness indicated by the said mark or word (other
than the word "sterling" or "coin") stamped, branded, engraved
or imprinted upon any part of said article, or upon any tag,
card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover
or wrapper in which said article is encased or enclosed, subject
to the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a misde-
meanor ; provided that, in any test for the ascertainment of the