Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

No. c aSl ST. hA%s My oF Is is1s 1919
AN ACT--To amend section 4601aa of
the statutes, relating to the brand
The people of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly. do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 4601aa of the
statutes is amended to read: Section
4601aa. Any person who by
himself, or by his servant or
agent or as the servant or
agent of another. IS
shall manufacture or solicit or take
orders for delivery, or sell, exchange,
deliver or have in possession with the
intent to sell, exchange or expose, or
offer for sale or exchange any article
1900 of the statutes which is mis-
branded within the meaning of this
section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the county jail not less than
ten days nor more than sixty days. .
The term "misbranded." as used
herein, shall apply:
% To articles of food, or articles
which enter into the composition of
food, which, or the package or label of
which shall bear any. statement de-
sign or device regarding such article
or the ingredients or substances con-
tanned therein which shall be false or
misleading in any PARTICULAR;
CD To articles of food in package
form which do not bear plainly and
conspicuously marked on the outside
thereof the name and address Of the
manufacturer. packer or dealer;
package form if the actual
quantity of the contents be not plainly
and conspicuously marked on the out
side Of the package in terms of weight,
measure or numerical count; reason
able variations, however, shall be per-
mitted from the stated weight, meas
ure or numerical count, and the dairy
and food commissioner shall establish
tolerances for the same by rules and
regulations; and
~ in package form ri If if the con- con-
tents of the package as originally put
or in part and other contents shall
have been placed in such package.
The term label" as used in this
section and in section 46O1; or in any
relating to the adulteration or mis-
specifically described and provided
therein, shall apply to any printed,
pictorial, or other matter. upon or at
tached to any package of food pro-
duct or any container thereof.
The term package" as applied to
articles of food shall mean closed
receptacle or any KIND IN winch an
article of food is kept in stock and
which with it's contents is sold to the
public.
: The dairy and food com
bH hs assistants CHEMISTS by himself nspaetops
and agents, is hereby authorized to
enforce the provisions of this
section and for this purpose
commissioner = his assist
by sections 1410a, 1410b, 1410d, or by
any other provision of the
statutes are hereby conferred upon
said dairy and food commissioner, his
assistants, chemists, inspectors and
agents, so far as the same may be ap-
plicable.
The provisions Of subdivisions (3)
and Cd of this section shall not ap-
dispensed for consumption on the
of the enclosed units is less than six,
or when the net weight of the con-
tents of the package is less than three
ounces avoirdupois or in case of
liquids when the contents of the pack
age are less than one fluid ounce; or
to fruits and vegetables when such
fruits and vegetables are sold by the
standard barrel, standard crate, STAN
dard box or basket or other standard
receptacle as provided in section 1868
of the statutes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after the
third day of September, 1914.
Apnrovad Nav % 1919 COnV Law