1246 HEALTH. [ART. 43

liquors, or other liquor intended for food or dietetic purposes,
knowing the same to be adulterated or in any way sophisti-
cated, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail
not longer than one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, and the article so adulterated shall be forfeited
and destroyed or so disposed of as to prevent it from being
exposed for sale or used for the food of man.

1890, ch. 604, sec. 52.

126. If any person shall sell or offer for sale any kind of
diseased, corrupted or unwholesome provisions such as poul-
try, game, flesh, or preparations of flesh, fruits, vegetables,
bread, flour, meal, milk* or other things intended to be used for
human food, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail not more than one year, or be fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion of the court having jurisdiction, and the unwhole-
some provisions offered or exposed for sale shall be forfeited
and destroyed or so disposed of as to prevent their being used
for food; provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to
the shippers or consigners of green fruits or vegetables that
may be spoiled in transitu.

Ibid. sec. 53.

127. The State board of health shall be charged with the
duty of rendering effective the provisions of this sub-title, and
shall take such steps and do such things as the board may deem
necessary, to detect and publicly expose any adulteration or
corruption of all articles sold or liquid intended or offered for
sale as food or drink; and shall when deemed necessary have
the suspected article subjected to chemical or other scientific
examination in order to establish more clearly the fact and
degree of adulteration.

Ibid, sec 54.

128. Whenever the said board of health or its proper officer
shall be satisfied that any article of food, condiment or drink
has been adulterated, or is otherwise unsound or unwholesome,
the said board or its proper officer shall forbid the sale or dis-
posal of such article for human food and order it to be destroyed
or disposed of so as to prevent it from being exposed for sole
or used for the food of man; and the person or persons to whom
the same belongs or did belong at the time of exposure for sale,
or in whose possession, or on whose premises the same was
found, refusing or neglecting to destroy or otherwise dispose

*See ante. Art 27. Secs. 232—236.