The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-05-21
CHAPTER AIR

dred and eighty-four, chapter TWO hundred
and fortythree, entitled San Act" to repeal
the Act of eighteen hundred and seventy
eight, chapter four hundred and ninety
three, entitled "An Act" for the protection
OF Dairymen, and to prevent deception in
the sale OF butter and cheese, and to enact
new sections in lieu thereof
SEC l.. BE al enacted By tile General assem-
0g Of maryland, That the Act of eighteen
hundred AMI eighty-four, chapter two hundred
ana forty three, be and the same is hereby
repealed, and the following sections enacted
in lieu thereof;
SEC. /. That every person who shall man.
uiacture for sale, or who shall offer or expose
Tor sale, any article or substance in semblance
OF butter or cheese not the legitimate and
direct product OF the dairy, and not made ex-
clusively of milk or cream, but into which the
oil or fat of animals not produced from milk
or cream, enters as a component part, or into
which melted butter or any oil thereof, has been
introduced to take the place of cream, shall
shall prominent, distinctly and durably stamp,
brand or stencil upon the top or tops, side or
sides, and bottom or bottoms of each end
every ub,tirkin, box or package of such article
or substance the word "Oleomargarine," in
plain Roman letters not less than half an inch
square, placed horizontally in proper order,
thus:
OLEOMARGARINE,
SO as to be conspicuous in any position in
which the package or packages may be placed;
and in each and every retail sale of such
article or substance, the seller shall deliver to
the purchaser the article bought enclosed in q
wrapper, to the outside of which shall be
durably and firmly attached a label bearing
the stamped, printed or stencled word
"Oleomargarine," in type or letters as afore-
said, to wit, in plain Roman letters not less
than half an inch square, placed horizontally
in proper order, thus:
OLEOMARGARINE,
: Conspicuously on the outside of each and
every parcel, piece or package so sold that the
buyer shall be apprised of the nature of the
article which he or she has bought and every
sale of each and every imitation of butter,
known to the trade as "Oleomargarine" or
any of its germs, whether butterne, suene or
any name that may be given or applied to it
or them, either wholesale or retail, not so
stamped, branded, stenciled, marked or label
ed, Shall be void, and no action or actions
shall be maintained for the price thereof
SEC. 2. Be 1t enacted, That no retail dealer
shall sell or offer for sale any of the articles
or substances mentioned in the first section
OF this Act which are not the legitimate and
direct product of the dairy, except from re-
ceptacle upon which the word "Oleomarga-
rine" is distinctly stamped, branded or stem
ciled, as provided III the said section; which
said receptacle SO stamped, branded or stem
ciled as aforesaid, shall be kept in plain view
OF all persons to whom such substances or
articles shall be sold or offered for sale, so
that the said inscription can be easily read by
anyone purchasing from such retail dealers.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any dealer
who is asked for butter by any purchaser or
intended purchaser of the same, to sell or offer
for sale to such purchaser or intended pur-
chaser, any of the substances or articles men.
toned in section one of this Act, which are
not the legitimate and direct product of the
dairy, and not made exclusively of milk or
cream, even though the packages or parcels
in which such substances or articles are sold
or offered for sale are stamped, branded, print
ed or stenciled as herenbefore provided.
SEC. a. Any person or persons who shall
neglect or refuse to comply with any of the
provisions 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 INSIDE
meanor, 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
offence, and shall 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 offence; one-half of the
fine imposed upon any case to 60 to the in
former, and on the trial of any one for viola
ting the provisions of this Act. proof of the
sale or offer to sell, or exposure for sale of any
of the articles mentioned in the previous por-
tions Of this Act shall be presumptive evidence
of knowledge of the character of the article
so sold or offered or exposed
Sec. 8. BE 1t enacted, That all Oleomarga-
rine sold by the pound, piece or parcel in the
public markets of the city of Baltimore, or in
any county of this State, shall be in conform
ity with section one of this Act and any per-
son selling or offering or exposing Oeomar-
garine 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
markets of the city of Baltimore, or the con-
stables of any county, and sold for the use of
the public school fund, in the city or county
where such seizure was made.
Sec. 6. And be ii enacted That this Act
shall take effect from the date Of its passage.
Approved April z, 1886.
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, ofMaryland, passed January Session, 1886.
L. B. PRETTYMAN,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
w. G. PURNELL,