The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-05-15

W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CHAPTER 455.
AN ACT to repeal an Act of eighteen
hundred and eighty-four, chapter two
hundred and forty-three, entitled can
Act" to repeal the Act of eighteen hum
bred and seventy-eight, chapter four hum
dred 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. /. Be 1t enacted by the General
assembly of Maryland, That the Act of
eighteen hundred and eighty -four, chapter
two hundred and forty-three, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and the following
sections enacted in lieu thereof:
SEC. l. That every person who shall
manufacture for sale, or who shall offer or
expose for sale, any article or substance in
semblance of butter or cheese not the legit-
innate and direct 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 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 prominently,
distinctly and durably stamp, brand or
stencil upon the top or tops, side or sides,
and bottom or bottoms of each and every
tub, Grkin, box or package of such article
or substance the word "0leomargarine, 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 wrapper, to the outside OF
which shall be durably and firmly attached
label bearing the stamped, printed or
stenciled word i'Oleomargarine, in type OF
letters as aforesaid, to wit in plain Roman
letters not less than half an inch square,
placed horizontally in proper order, thus;
LEOMARGARINE,
Conspicuously on the outside of each and
every parcel, piece or package so sold, that
the buyer shall be appraised 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 "Oleomar-
garine," or any of its germs, whether but
terine. suene or any name that may be
given or applied to it or them, either whole
sale or retail, not so stamped, branded,
stenciled, marked or labeled, 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 le-
Ultimate and direct product of the dairy,
except from receptacle upon which the
word electromagnetic" is distinctly stamped,
branded or stenciled, as provided in the
said section; which said receptacle so
stamped, branded or stenciled 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 in
scription can be easily read by anyone pur-
chasing from such retail dealer.
SEC. 3. Itshall be unlawful for any dealer
who is asked for butter by any purchaser
OF intended purchaser of the same to sell
or to offer for sale to such purchaser or in-
tended purchaser any of the substances or
articles mentioned in section one of this
Act, which are not the legitimate and direct
product of the dairy, and not made exclu-
siyely of milk or cream, even though the
packages or parcels in which such sub
stances or articles are sold or offered for
sale are stamped, branded, printed or stem
eiIed, as hereinbefore provided
SEC 4. 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 hereinbe-
fore 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 offence, and shall be i'm
prisoned 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 90 to the informer, and on the
trial of anyone for violating the provisions
of this Act, proof of the sale or, offer to
sell, or exposure for sale of any of the ar
ticles mentioned in the previous portions of
this Act shall be presumptive evidence OF
knowledge of the character of the article so
sold or offered or exposed.
SEC 5. Be 1t enacted, That all 0leomar-
garine sold by the pound, piece or parcel
in the public markets of the city of Balti-
more, 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 for sale, not in ac-
cordance 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 constables 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. Ind be 1t enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
/ Approved April Z, 1886.
4 We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General