1172 ARTICLE 27

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 tag, package, cover or wrap-
per in which said article is encased or enclosed, the words "Sterling Sil-
ver" or "Stirling," or any colorable imitation thereof, 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 quali-
fications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that
in the case of all such articles there shall be allowed a divergence in fine-
ness of 4-1000ths parts from the foregoing standards.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 230. 1912, sec. 204. 1904, sec. 186. 1900, ch. 398, sec. 119E. 1912,

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267. 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 sil-
ver," or any colorable imitation thereof, unless 900-1000ths of the com-
ponent 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 231. 1912, sec. 205. 1904, sec. 187. 1900, ch. 398, sec. 119F. 1912,

ch. 639.

268. 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
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") indicating, or designed or in-
tended 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 less by more than 4-1000ths 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 misdemeanor; provided that, in any test for the ascertain-
ment of the fineness of any such article mentioned in this section, accord-
ing to the foregoing standards, the part of the article taken for the test,
analysis or assay, shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have
attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing