1306 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 627

(e) It shall be unlawful for any person within the State
to sell, offer or expose for sale, or pack for sale, or transport
for sale apples which are adulterated or misbranded within
the meaning of this Act.

SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act apples packed in a
closed package shall be deemed to be misbranded.

(a) If the package shall fail to bear the statements required
by this Act.

(b) If the package shall be falsely branded or shall bear
any statement, design or device regarding such apples which
is false or misleading, or if the package bears any statement,
design, or device indicating that the apples contained therein
are a given Maryland "standard grade, " or "cull grade, " or
"orchard run class, " and said apples when packed or repacked
do not conform to the requirements of such grade.

SEC. 6. For the purposes of this Act apples packed in closed
packages shall be deemed to be adulterated if their quality or
grade when packed or repacked does not conform to the marks
upon the package.

SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless he re-
grades and repacks the apples, to erase the original size, grade
or variety of apples branded upon the package and in its place
substitute a size, grade or variety-name different from the one
marked upon the barrel by the packer of the apples.

SEC. 8. No person shall pack, or shall sell, or offer, expose,
or have in his possession for sale any apples packed in any
package in which the face or shown surface gives a false
representation of the contents of such package; and it shall
be considered a false representation when more than fifteen
per centum of such fruit is substantially smaller in size than,
or inferior in grade to, or different in variety from, the faced
or shown surface of such packing.

SEC. 9. Any person who misbrands or adulterates, or falsely
represents apples within the meaning of this Act, or who vio-
lates any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay to the people of the State of Maryland
a sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars for the first violation and not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.