ART. 27] FRAUD—RED CLOVER SEED. 837

1888, art. 27, sec. 117. 1888, ch. 415, sec 5

172. Any person or persons, firm, corporation, agent or
agents, making sale of any of the seeds or products named in
the four preceding sections by false or fraudulent representa-
tions as to its quality or productiveness, or selling or offering
to sell the same by any artifice or device whereby the pur-
chaser may be deceived, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction on indictment shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each
offense, or imprisoned in the house of correction for not less
than six months nor more than two years, or be both fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

Fraud—Red Clover Seed—Sales of.

1898, ch. 364, sec. 1.

173. Every person who shall sell, or offer or expose for sale,
red clover seed with which there has been mixed in any way
what is commonly known as "yellow trefoil seed,", shall prom-
inently, distinctly and durably stamp, brand or stencil upon
the top or tops, side or sides and bottom or bottoms of each
and every box, bag or package of such article or substance the
words, containing yellow trefoil seed, in plain Roman letters,
not less than half an inch square, placed horizontally in proper
order, thus—"Containing Yellow Trefoil Seed," so as to be
conspicuous in any position in which the package or packages
may be placed, and every sale of any such mixture of red
clover and yellow trefoil seed, whatever name may be given or
applied to. it, either wholesale or retail, not so stamped,
branded, stenciled, marked or labeled shall be void, and no
action or actions shall be maintained for the price thereof.

Ibid. sec. 2.

174. Any person or persons who shall neglect or refuse to
comply with any of the provisions of section 173, and every
person or persons who shall render illegible, conceal or hide in
any manner the inscription to be stamped, branded or stenciled,
as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be imprisoned in the jail of the city or
county in which such illegal act was done not less than five
nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court, and
shall be fined fifty dollars for the first offense, and shall be
imprisoned as aforesaid not less than sixty days nor more
than ninety days, and be fined one hundred dollars for the