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Session Laws, 1878
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JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIBE, GOVEHNOE. 82T

and not made exclusively of milk or cream, but

 

into which the oil or fat of animals, not produced

 

from milk, enters as a component part, or into

 

which melted butter, or any oil thereof has been

 

introduced to take the place of cream, shall dis-

Stamp ar-

tinctly and durably stamp, brand, or mark upon

ticles not the

every tub, firken, box, or package of such article

product of the

or substance, the word Oleo Margarine, in plain

dairy.

roman letters not less than half an inch square,

 

placed horizontally in proper order, thus: Oho

 

Margarine, and in case of retail sale of such article

 

or substance in parcels, the seller shall in all cases

 

deliver therewith to the purchaser a written or

How to be

printed label bearing the plainly written or printed

labeled.

word Oleo Margarine, in type or letters as afore-

 

said, and every sale of such article or substance

 

not so stamped, branded, marked, or labeled shall

 

be void, and no action shall be maintained for the

 

price thereof.

 

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That every person who

 

shall sell, or offer to sell, or have in his or her

 

possession with intent to sell, contrary to the pro-

 

visions of this act, any of the said article or sub-

 

stance required by the first section of this act to

 

be stamped, marked, or labeled, as therein stated,

 

not so stamped, marked, or labeled, or in case of

 

retail sale without delivery of a label required by

Penalty for

section one of this act, shall, for each such offence,

violation.

forfeit and pay a fine of one hundred dollars, to

 

be recovered by indictment in any court of this

 

State of competent jurisdiction for the trial of

 

misdemeanors, and the one-half of such fine when

 

paid to go to the informer, and the residue to be

 

paid into the Treasury of the State.

 

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That every person who

 

shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or who shall

 

cause or procure to be sold, or offered or exposed

 

for sale, any article or substance required by the

 

first section of this act to be marked, branded,

 

stamped, or labeled, not so marked, branded,

 

stamped or labeled, shall be guilty of a misde-

When guilty

meanor, and on trial for such misdemeanor, proof

of a misde-

of the sale or offer or exposure alleged, shall be

meaner.



 

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