Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-03-28


be held and taken to be Intoxicating
liquors within tho meaning of the act
aforesaid; and of all acts amendatory or
supplementary thereto and of any other
laws Of this State"
ADULTERATIoN OF BUTTER.
Representative Jolls gave notice of an
act TO prevent the adulteration of butter
and fraud i'll the sale thereof. II is as
follows:
Sec, /. No person, by himself or his
agents or his servants, shall render or
manufacture. sell, offer for sale, expose
Tor sale, or have in his possession, with
intent to sell, any article, product or COM
pound made wholly or partly out of any
fat, oil or oleaginous substance or COM
pound thereof not produced wholly from
milk or cream from the same, which shall
be colored yellow or any shade of yellow
in Imitation of yellow butter produced
from milk or cream Of the same; provided
that nothing in this act shall be construed
to prohibit the manufacture or sale of oleo-
margarine or any other compound in q
separate and distinct form and in such
manner as will advise the consumer of its
real character, free from coloration or in
Bredient that causes 1t 10 look like butter.
Sec. 2 Whoever violates any OF the pro-
visions OF section of this act shall be
punished by fine of not less than 800
nor more than $500, or by Imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one year.
sec. B. Whoever sells oleomargarine,
hutterine or any other substitute for butter
from any dwelling, store, office or public
mart shall have cOnspicuously posted
thereon the placard or sign, Ill letters not
less than four inches in length, "Oleo.
margarine sold here" or "Butterine sold
here" or the name of the substitute for
butter, whatever the same may be. Any
person neglecting or failing to post the
placard herein provided for shall be
punished by fine OF not less than 500 for
each days neglect thereafter.
See. 4. The Acknowledgement of the
State of Delaware, oil the information of
any person who lays before him satisfac-
tory evidence that any of the provisions of
section OF this act is being violated, shall
order any constable of this State, or other
officer OF the law, to enter all places where
butter or limitations thereof are stored OF
Kept for sale, and the said constable, or
other officer, shall take specimens of stl5-
pected butter and limitations thereof to the
attorney general aud he shall send them
to the State chemist, who shall cause them
to be analyzed, or otherwise satisfactorily
tested. the result of which analysis or test
he shall record and preserve as evidence,
and certificate of such result sworn to
ny lle dlldl ger Sudll Dt duHlllIeu Ill eNi-
dence III all prosecutions under this act.
The expense of such analysis or test. not
exceeding $50 in any one case, shall be
included in the costs of such prosecution
in case of conviction; and where there
shall not be conviction under such
| analysis, the cost of such analysis, not
exceeding $50 Ill any one case, shall be
| paid by the county i'll which violation of
this law occurred; provided that the whole
nf gO ~ M
county in any one year shall not exceed
| the sum of 500.
THE TOWN OF FREDERICK.
Representative Killen has given notice
| of au act to amend the act To incorpor
are the town of Frederick. 1t cnlarges
said town and fixes the boundaries as
follows: Beginning at the fork formed
by the junction of Murderkill river and
Spring creek and running thence with
| Spring creek to the line dividing the
lands of the heirs of Robert |. Lowber,
| deceased, and the lands of Samuel w.
Darby, and continuing in westerly
course until reaching a point opposite
the dividing line between lands of
Thomas ID. Burton and Mrs. Sarah Ii.
Lister, and running with said division
line to point on lands of Robert g.
Stevenson opposite the drawbridge,
thence in II straight line to the draw
bridge and following the course of the
Murderkill river to the place of begin
ming. 1t also provides that the towns
tax levy shall be $500 annually (exclu-
siye OF dog taxi, an increase OF $500.
| ANOTHER FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Senator Pyle has introduced an act to
incorporate the Horse Breeders Associa-
ton OF the State of Delaware. Said
organization desires to bold fairs in New
Castle county. Its incorporates are
James I. Shallcross, Theodore b. Rogers,
Matthew w. Hayden, Henry NJ. White,
Patrick Fahey, Pierce Gould, Isaac N.
Fooks, Joseph TruXon, Horace II. Mus
tard, Isaac N. Mills, Charles l.. Terry
and Amos Cole, and its capital stock is
not to exceed 100000.
A GENERAL SCHOOL LAW.
Representative Sypherd has given
notice of an act in relation TO the free
schools of the State. lie will frame II
himself and it will provide for the ap.
pointmcnt of commissioners, an equal
number from each county, to revise the
existing school laws and have them EN-.
bodied in general school law. The
bill will carry out the idea expressed in
joint resolution recently introduced by
Representative Pyle.
AN ANSWER FROM LEWES.