The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-12
New Laws.

No. go. An ket to define and pun
ish adulteration of drugs, food and
drink, providing for stamping arti
cles manufactured, sold or offered for
sale within this State, and prescri
bing punishment for its violation,
and prescribing certain duties of the
, Beard Of Health relative to samples
| and their analysis and fees therefor.
] SECTION ]. No person shall within
this State, manufacture, have, etfer
for sale or sell any article of feed or
drugs which il aduiterated, and any
person violating this provision shall be
deemed guilty of q m~isdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall I've punished by
d fine not exceeding fifty dollars for
tile first o~ffense, and. not exceeding one
hundred dollars for each subsequent
affsnse.
SEC. 2. All articles shall be deemed
adulEerated within the meaning of this
act. In tho case OF drugs, if when sold
under Il namerecognized IN the United
States Pharmacopeia, its strength or
purity fall below the professed stand
ard under which it Isl sold.
And in the case of food or drink, If
b substance has been mixed with it
90 IA to lower II injurionsly affect it
quality or strength, or il amy inferior or
cheaper substance or substances have
been substituted wholly or in part for
.ale pure article, OF to mix any sub
8rahce ID food or drink so sold, or to
sell the same so mixed, which by its
use will effect in any extent the pub
liz health or injure the health of the
eonsnmer of said food or drink.
SEC. 3. No person shall manufacture,
sell or offer for sale within this State
any drugs, groceries, such as sugar.
coffee, tea, butter, cheese, or any other
article to be censnmed as fnod or drink,
unless the package when sold at whole
sale Of the package from which ri2
taken when sold at retail be stamped
Ia plain large letters, showing the true
quality Aid kind of the article sold
within the meaning of this act, and
every person violating the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty
Of a misdemeanor, and shall upen con
yicti0n pay q fine of not less than
twenty-five .dafiars nor more than fifty
dollars, or be sentenced to imprison
ment for not more than ten days Oh
both at the direction of the Court,
SIC. 4. That any person who know.
ingly sells any article of food or drink
with a stamp as provided aforesaid
and the article so sold is not the article
IL pnrports to be or Uf inferior quality
shaIl BE- deemed guilty Of misdemean
OF. and upon conviction shall pay u fns
not exceeding one hundred dollars.
SEC. s. The State Board of Healtl
shall take cognizance of the ~imteTestl
Of the public health as it relates to th,
aaIe offood and drugs, agd the adultera
ton Of the am and mike all necessary
Investigations and inquiries rslativ.
thereto, and at any time when In theil
Judgment necessary they shall ellemi,
eally analyze any drug or drugs, or
ticles 0f food and drink, and shall pub
lish Che results Of their analysis togath
er with the name of the article or Dir
tieles analysed iii case the same BIZ de
~lateFious 40 tile public health, and Il
warn tie public against its consump.
ton.
On application 0f any citizen they
SHALL also anaiYze tgse article Or arti
elea presented ftH analysis by him, bui
Ill this case fe shall pay such fees fol
said analysis M the Board of Health
may fx.
SEc. q. ON application 8f tile Beard
Dit Health kairangh tile officer til be
selsctad by tham. every persnn man
afaeanElng or selling any article d
faoai 0r dgagR shall lid laOnnd To furnish