JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIBE, GOVEHNOE. 82T
and not made exclusively of milk or cream, but
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into which the oil or fat of animals, not produced
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from milk, enters as a component part, or into
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which melted butter, or any oil thereof has been
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introduced to take the place of cream, shall dis-
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Stamp ar-
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tinctly and durably stamp, brand, or mark upon
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ticles not the
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every tub, firken, box, or package of such article
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product of the
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or substance, the word Oleo Margarine, in plain
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dairy.
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roman letters not less than half an inch square,
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placed horizontally in proper order, thus: Oho
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Margarine, and in case of retail sale of such article
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or substance in parcels, the seller shall in all cases
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deliver therewith to the purchaser a written or
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How to be
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printed label bearing the plainly written or printed
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labeled.
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word Oleo Margarine, in type or letters as afore-
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said, and every sale of such article or substance
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not so stamped, branded, marked, or labeled shall
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be void, and no action shall be maintained for the
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price thereof.
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SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That every person who
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shall sell, or offer to sell, or have in his or her
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possession with intent to sell, contrary to the pro-
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visions of this act, any of the said article or sub-
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stance required by the first section of this act to
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be stamped, marked, or labeled, as therein stated,
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not so stamped, marked, or labeled, or in case of
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retail sale without delivery of a label required by
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Penalty for
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section one of this act, shall, for each such offence,
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violation.
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forfeit and pay a fine of one hundred dollars, to
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be recovered by indictment in any court of this
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State of competent jurisdiction for the trial of
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misdemeanors, and the one-half of such fine when
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paid to go to the informer, and the residue to be
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paid into the Treasury of the State.
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SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That every person who
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shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or who shall
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cause or procure to be sold, or offered or exposed
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for sale, any article or substance required by the
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first section of this act to be marked, branded,
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stamped, or labeled, not so marked, branded,
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stamped or labeled, shall be guilty of a misde-
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When guilty
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meanor, and on trial for such misdemeanor, proof
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of a misde-
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of the sale or offer or exposure alleged, shall be
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meaner.
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