Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-06-25

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ISSUE"
Laws Relative 10 Public Health and
Safety.
From Lansing Republican.
Among the laws passed by the recent
Legislature was one of general interest
to the people of the state, and to farmers
and dairymen in particular, relative to
the manufacture and sale OF
OLEOMARGARINE.
Act No. 81 provides that any person
who shall manufacture or offer for sale
any article or substance in semblance of
butter, not the legitimate product of the
dairy 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 melt
ed butter or any oil thereof has been in
troduced to take the place of cream, shall
distinctly and durably stamp, brand or
mark upon the top and side of every
package of the same the word "Ole0mar-
garine," if such article or substance is
composed in part of suet or tallow; or
the word "butterine," if such article or
substance is composed in part of lard.
These marks are required to be burned
in or printed on with permanent black
paint, and each letter to be not less than
one inch in length.
In case of retail sales, the person SELL
ing such substance shall deliver there
Hoar;n~ tra + YIg;Ee1h h printed label
margarine or "buttetine," as the same
may be, with the name of the manufac-
turer in Roman letters, not less than
One-half inch in length.
No action can be maintained in any of
the courts of this state to recover upon
any contract for the sale of any such
article or substance not so stamped,
branded, marked, Tabled, or sold. Any
person who shall sell, or offer or expose
for sale, or procure to be sold, offered, or
exposed for sale, any such substance,
contrary to the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or; and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by fine of not less than $40
nor more than 800, and the cost of pros
ecution, or by imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail for not less than five nor more
imprisonment, for each and every Of
Tense.
i.i,aa ABATING NUISANCES. rst -g5.
Act No. 1876, to enlarge the powers of
boards Of health in townships and vii
make such rules and regulations in re-
latiOn to the care and cleaning of privies
and water-clOSets as they may deem
For fha % H.
health of any Of the Inhabitants; or such
boards may declare any privy or water
closet nuisance and order the same to
be abated. Any violation of any rule or
requirement of such board shall be deem
ed a misdemeanor, and punished by fine
of not more than $40 or Imprisonment
in the county Jail not more than ten
days, or both such fine and imprisOn-
ment, at the discretion of the court.
PUBLIC SAFETY.
Act No. Al, amending and adding to
act No. 226 of 1879, provides that it shall
be the duty of the mayor of every city
and of the president of every incOrpOr-
ated village, by the advice and consent
of the councils or trustees thereof, on or
before May in each year, to appoint
three competent mechanics, builders, or
architects, to be known as building in
spectors, whose duty it shall be to make
inspection of buildings, etc., in their re-
spective cities and villages.
Whenever said inspectors or any two
OF them shall be requested to inspect any
hall, opera house, church, stand or struc-
ture of any kind intended to be used for
schools or by public assemblage or other
gatherings of the people, it shall be their
duty forthwith thoroughly to examine
such building or stand, with reference
to its condition, strength and safety for
the use intended, and for the safe and
speedy egress, in case of sudden danger
or alarm, OF the persons assembled. If
such board or any two of them shall find
the same to be amply strong and safe
for the use intended, they shall so certify
in writing, and deliver their certificate |
to the person requesting such examina-
tiOn, and shall state therein for what
length Of time such building or struc-
ture may be deemed safe for the afOre-
said purposes. Persons having control
of such hall or structure, feeling ag-
grieved by the decision of the board, may
appeal to the city council or village trus-
tees where the structure is situated,
which council or trustees may require
discrimination and inspection Of such
This bill further provides that no such
building or structure shall be used or &C
cupied for any meeting or assemblages
until after the same shall have been in
spected and certified to be safe, as in this
act provided.
If any owner or person in charge or
control of any snch building or structure
shall permit the same to be used or Oc-
cupied for any of the purposes named