818 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

Fraud—Butter—Oleomargarine.

1888, art 27, see. 88. 1886, ch. 455, sec. 1. 1888, ch. 312, sec. 1.
1900, ch. 496.

122. No person by himself, his agents or servants, or as the
agent or servant of any other person, shall render or manufac-
ture, sell or exchange, offer for sale or exchange, expose for
sale or exchange, take orders for the future delivery of, have
in his possession, keep in storage, distribute, deliver, transfer
or convey, with intent to sell within this State, any article,
product or compound made wholly or partly out of any fat,
oil or oleaginous substance or compound thereof not produced
directly and wholly from unadulterated milk or cream from the
same, which shall be in imitation or semblance of yellow butter
produced from pure unadulterated milk or cream from the
same; provided that nothing in this section and in sections
123, 124 and 125 shall be construed to prohibit the manufac-
ture or sale of oleomargarine in separate form and in such,
manner as will advise the purchasers and consumers of its real
character, free from coloration or ingredients which cause it to
look like yellow butter. Whoever violates any of the provis-
ions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, and by a
fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or by such fine and three months' imprison-
ment for each subsequent offense.

McAllister v. State, 72 Md. 390. Wright v. State, 88 Md. 437. Fox v.
State, 89 Md. 384. Hancock v. State, 89 Md. 724. Fox v. State, 94 Md.
144. McAllister v. State, 94 Md. 299 Medairy v. McAllister, 97 Md. 491.

Ibid. sec. 89. 1888, ch 312, sec. 2. 1900, ch. 496.

123. Whoever sells oleomargarine free from coloration or
any ingredients that cause it to look like yellow butter, as pro-
vided in section 122, from any dwelling, store, office or public
market, shall have conspicuously posted therein a placard or
sign in plain Roman letters not less than four inches in length
"Oleomargarine Sold Here." Any person neglecting or failing
to post the placard herein provided for shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for
the first offense, and one hundred dollars for each day's neglect
so to post placard thereafter, and by a fine of not less than
two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by