HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

SEC. 4. Any person or persons who shall neg-
lect or refuse to comply with any of the pro-
visions of this act, and every person or persons
who shall render illegible, concealed or hide
in any manner the inscription to be stamped,
branded or stenciled as hereinbefore provided,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be imprisoned in the Jail of the city or
county in which such illegal act was done, not
less than ten nor more than sixty days, in the
discretion of the Court, and shall be fined one
hundred dollars for the first offense, and shall

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be imprisoned as aforesaid not less than ninety
days nor more than one year, and be fined two
hundred and fifty dollars for the second of-
fense, one-half of the fine imposed upon any
case to go to the informer; and on the trial of
any one for violating the provisons of this act,
proof of the sale, or offer to sell, or exposure
for sale of any of the articles mentioned in
the previous portions of this act, shall be pre-
sumptive evidence of knowledge of the char-
acter of the article so sold, or offered, or ex-
posed.

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That all oleomargarine
sold by the pound, piece, or parcel in the pub-
lic markets of the city of Baltimore, or in any
county of this State, shall be in conformity
with section one of this act, and any person
selling, or offering, or exposing oleomargarine

Penalty.

for sale, not in accordance with section one,
shall forfeit the same, and it shall be seized
and taken by the Clerk of the respective mar-
kets of the city of Baltimore, or the Constables
of any county, and sold for the use of the pub-
lic school fund in the city or county where
such seizure was made.

Seizure.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.

Effective.