ART. 27] FRAUD. 375

box, package, cover or wrapper in which said article is encased or
enclosed.

1904, art. 27, sec. 185. 1900, ch. 398, sec. 119D. 1912, ch. 639.

203. 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 mer-
chandise 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 tag, pack-
age, cover or wrapper in which said article is encased or enclosed, the
words "Sterling Silver" or "Stirling," or any colorable imitation there-
of, unless 925-1000ths 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 hereinafter 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.

Ibid. sec. 186. 1900, ch. 398, sec. 119E. 1912, ch. 639.

204. 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 mer-
chandise 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, pack-
age, 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 appearing or
purporting to be silver, of which such article is manufactured are pure
silver, subject to the qualifications hereinafter 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 fore-
going standards.

Ibid. sec. 187. 1900, ch. 398, sec. 119F. 1912, ch. 639.

205. 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 mer-
chandise 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 article is composed be not