ART. 43] ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND DRINK—VINEGAR. 1249

agents, employes or officers, violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hun-
dred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by not less
than three months nor more than twelve months' imprisonment,
or by both, in the discretion of the court.

1904, ch. 653, sec. 51 A.

135. No person, firm, or corporate body shall manufacture
for sale, sell or deliver, or have in his, her or their possession,
with intent to sell or deliver, any vinegar not in compliance
with the provisions of sections 135 and 136. No vinegar shall
be marked, branded sold or exposed for sale as apple or cider
vinegar which is not the legitimate product of pure apple
juice and containing at least one and one-half per cent, of
solids, and all vinegar shall contain not less than three and
one-half per cent., by weight of absolute acetic acid, except
when mixed with other articles of food.

Ibid. sec. 51 B.

136. No person, firm or corporate -body shall manufacture
for sale, offer for sale, or have in his, her or their possession
with intent to sell, or offer for sale, any vinegar found upon
proper test to contain ingredients injurious to health.

Ibid. sec. 51 c.

137. Every person, firm or corporate body who shall violate
any of the provisions of sections 135 and 136 shall, for
every offense, forfeit and pay not less than five dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars, which shall be recoverable,
with costs, including expense of inspection and analysis, by
any person suing in the name of the State, as debts of like
amount are by law recoverable; provided, that the State board
of health or other health authority, through its executive
officers, together with its deputies, agents and assistants, shall
be charged with the enforcement of sections 135 and 136, and
shall have full access to all places of business, factories, mills,
buildings, carriages, cars, vessels, barrels, tanks and packages
of whatever kind used in the manufacture and transportation
and sale of any vinegar or any adulteration or imitation thereof,
or any package in which vinegar is mixed with articles of food.
They shall also have power and authority to open any package,
barrel or vessel containing any vinegar or any adulteration or