Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-09
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lars, or sentenced to Imprisonment for
not to exceed one year, or both such |
fine and imprisonment IN the oISc1e-
ton of the court.
Section 1494-10p. 1t snau pc un1aW
full for any person, firm or corporation,
to introduce, import, snip, denver %
receive into this state, or to snip or
deliver from this state, any lnseetla7
eide or fungicide which Is aduIterateo
or nnisbranded within the meaning OF
this act; and it shall likewise be IN
lawful for any person, firm or corpora
ton to sell or offer TOT sac fb e ~ any
such adulterated or mis- branded lLse ~
eide or fungicide in any form Wna tfon
ever. Any person, firm OF corr ~ "t tbia
violating any of the provisions OF TINS
act shall be guilty of a mlsdemssahpp a |
and shall on conviction tnere9d pe
fined not to exceed two hunored a oltals |
for the first offense, and on conVlctloh
for each subsequent oftenSe hot 81
ceeding three hundred dollars, or pc
imprisoned not exceeding one oo, yea %
both in the discretion or the court
Section 1494-l0q The rules anu
regulations for carrying out the pro.
visions of this act, including lhe GU
lection and examination of specimens
of insecticides and fungioldes, manu-
featured or compounded or lnLrouucSa
or shipped or sold or offered Tor SAFE
in this state, shall be devised ana exc
cuted under the direction or the al
rector of the agricultural experiment
station. ~
duty of each district attorney to whom
the director of the agricultural expert
ment station or his deputy shaII Pre-
sent satisfactory evidence OF Vloadtion
Of any provision or provisions Of TINS
act, to institute and prosecute WltnQ ~
delay appropriate proceeolnss II az az
proper court for the enforcement y" Zig
% Section cf 1494M10s. No dealer or agent
shall be prosecuted under the proyls7
ions of this act when ne can ese pii9 3nh1
guaranty signed by the wholesaler, joy
Der, manufacturer or other party Fesl pI-
ing in the United States, from Whofn
he purchased such articles TO the ga ga
feet that the same is not adulterateq
or miSbranded within the meaning u
this act, designating it. Said guaranty, 10
afford protection, shall contain ft "a. ,, ere
ties making the sale of such artlcies
to such dealer or agent, ana IN SuGn
| case said party or parties less snal fin ee
and other penalties, which WouIo at
| tach in due course to the deaief -
agent under the provisions OF Inns inns att'
eide" as used in this act shall 1ncIude
| any substance or mixture OF substances
| intended to be used for preventing, des-
| troying, repel1ing or mlt1gatln9 any
| insects which may infest vegetation'
| man or other animals, or houSeholds'
or be present in any enVironment WhaI'
| ed in this act shall include the prod
uct sold in commerce as Paris Green
and chemically known as the a eida =
arsenite of copper. The term lead
| arsenate" as used in this act shall IN
| clude the product or products SOLO IN
commerce as lead arsenate and consist
, Pg on arsenio acid Gt {Ph8HsoD by re-
| placing one or more hydrogen atoms ny
| lead. The term "fungicide" as uscd
in this act shall include any substance
or mixture of substances intended 70
| be used for preventing, destroying, re.
polling or mitigating any and al funSl
inf tiOn
sent in any environment whatsoever
Section 1494-1Ou. l. For the PuFo
pose of this act any article shall De
| deemed to be adulterated: 80
In the case Of paris green: first, II
it does not contain at least fIty per
cent of arsenious oxide; second IL II
| equivalent to more than three ana
one-half per cent of arsenlous oXlce;
third, if any substance has been mix
and packed with so as to reduce OF
lower or injuriously affect its quality
2. In the case of lead arsenate; first
if it contains more than fifty per cent
of water; second, If it contains total
arsenic equivalent to less than Twelve
and one-ha1f per cent of arsenic oXld
| (AS2O5); third, if it contains arsenic
in water soluble forms equivalent TO
more than seventy-five one hundredths
fourth If 36v aE E oxid haze Asz60 een
duce lower or injuriousIy affect its
quality or strength; that extra water
may be added to lead arSenate (aS de-
scribed in this para raph) if the result
ing mixture is labeled lead arsenate
and water, the percentage of extra wa
ter being plainly and correctly stated
on the label.
8. In the case Of insecticides or fun
gicides, other than naris green and lead
arSenate: first, If ITS strength or purity
fall below the protested standard or
| quality under which it is sold: second,
if any substance has been substituted
! wholly or in part for the article; third,
| if any valuable constituent of the artt-
| Gle has been wholly or in part abstract
| ed; fourth, if it is intended for use on
! vegetation and shall contain any sub
| stance or substances which, although
| preventing destroying, repelling or mi
| tigating insects, shall be injurious to
! such vegetation when used.
! Section 1494-10V. 1. The term mis-
branded" as used herein shall apply tc
all insecticides, paris green's lead ar
senates or fungicides, or articles which
| enter into the composition of inSecti-
cides or fungicides the package or la
! bel of which shall bear any statement,
! design or device regarding such article
! tanned therein which shall be false or
| misleading in any particular, and 10 oil
| insecticides, paris greens, lead arsen~
ates or fungicides which are are falsely
country in which they are manufactuF-
| ed or produced.
2. For the purpose of this act an
article shall be deemed to be misbrand-
ed
(a) In the case of insecticides, paris
greens, lead arsenates and fungicides;
first, if 1t be an imitation or offered
for sale under the name of another ar
ticle; second, if it be labeled or brand
ed SO as to deceive or mislead the pur-
chaser, or if the contents of the pack
age as originally put up shall have
been removed in whole or in part and
other contents shall have been placed
in such package; third, If in package
form, and the contents are stated in
terms of weight or measure, they arc
not plainly and correctly stated on the
outside of the package.
OBJ In the case Of insecticides GOTH
er than paris greens and lead arsenates)
and fungicides: first, If it contains ar
senio in any of it's combinations or in
the elemental form and the total
amount of arsenic present Expressed
as per cent of metallic arsenic) is not
stated on the label; second, if it con-
tains arsenic in any Of its combinations
or in the elemental form and the
amount of arsenic In water-soluble |
forms Expressed as per cent of me- |
tallic arsenic) is not stated on tho Ia
bel; third if it consists partially or
completely of an inert substance or |
substances which do not prevent, de- |
stroy, repel or mitigate insects or fungi !
and does not have the names and per- /
centage amounts of each and every |
one of such inert ingredients plainly /
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